Gene Conway Rohr

Gene Conway Rohr

Gene Conway Rohr, 55, of Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville.

Born November 27, 1953, in Charlottesville, a son of the late Benjamin Conway Rohr and Dora Lee Bibb Rohr of Charlottesville.

Gene was a member and Sunday school teacher at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Lovingston and was a retired refrigeration technician with International Cold Storage in Covesville.

Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, Patsy Rohr, of Lovingston; a son, Richard Rohr of New Mexico; a sister, Margaret Fitch and her husband, Peter, of Charlottesville; an aunt, Lois Watson of Charlottesville; mother-in-law, Ardell Simmons, and her sister, Estell Barb, of Harrisonburg; a nephew, Peter Fitch IV; a niece, Jennifer Folsom of Alexandria, and a granddaughter, Amy Marie Rohr.

A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2009, at Ridgecrest Baptist Church with Pastor David Christian officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the funeral home.

Arrangements by Wells/ Sheffield Funeral Chapel of Lovingston, 434-263-4097.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.