Name: Visitation for Kristina Grace Roth
Start: 2021-01-29T22:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-01-30T01:00:00.000Z
Location: Community Bible Fellowship of El Paso

Kristina Grace Roth

April 22, 1999 - Jan. 20, 2021

EL PASO - Incredibly full, yet incredibly short describes the life of Kristina Grace Roth, of El Paso, Illinois. She entered the arms of her Savior on the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica on January 20, 2021. 21-year old Krista was with her parents Tom and Jenni Roth and her "adopted" Costa Rican brother Felix Fonseca at the time of her home-going. The family was vacationing in Costa Rica as an early graduation present to Krista.

In addition to her parents, Krista is survived by her older sister, Kayley Roth (Ukraine), her grandfather Ron Roth (Pennsylvania), and grandparents Richard and Jeanette Scheuermann (El Paso, IL); 15 cousins and 11 aunts and uncles. She was preceded in death by her grandmother Roth.

Krista was in her last semester as an honor student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana. Krista, a trumpet player and singer, was a leader in the Marching Illini. She thoroughly loved the University, its band, and its people. Krista served short term with Can Do Kids International (CDK) in Kenya and Ukraine. Upon graduation her wish was to be able to work on CDK school water projects in Africa before starting her first engineering job. She also helped with CDK's ministry in the US as a volunteer leader and video producer.

In 2020 Krista was an engineering intern at Water Mission's world headquarters in South Carolina. She also worked in Professor Xiao Su's electrochemical separation lab as an undergraduate assistant. Krista began working part-time at age nine in her parents' photography and videography business - Heirloom. She was a great communicator and extremely creative.

Krista enjoyed traveling. In addition to Africa and Eastern Europe, she loved her experiences in Costa Rica, Switzerland (L'Abri), Austria, Spain, Iceland, Ireland, Alaska, and Canada in addition to all over the continental US.

Krista was blessed to have a very close friend group and also treasured her relationship with her cousins: Tristan, Zoe (a.k.a. Disaster Girl), Alex, Ella, Parker, Jordan, Joshua, Ethan, Adalena, Bria, Javan, Shaelyn, Kamryn, Anniah, and Isaac.

Krista followed Jesus from a young age and it showed in her words, actions and quiet strength. She had a deep desire for her friends and family to experience God's love in the same way she had. Krista was grateful for those who helped her grow spiritually, especially her BSF leaders and her church, Community Bible Fellowship of El Paso.

Krista's incredibly full life and the blessings she brought to many around the world will be celebrated at Community Bible Fellowship of El Paso at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 30th, with Pastor Wes Ooms officiating. It will be live-streamed on the church's Facebook and YouTube pages. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday evening at the church. Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Homes, El Paso is assisting the family with arrangements.

In lieu of flowers , contributions can be made to Can Do Kids International to bring clean, safe water to children in need in Africa. More information and links to the live-streams can be found at www.candokidsinternational.org/krista.

Krista is deeply missed by those who knew and loved her and would want nothing more than to meet them all in heaven one day!

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Pantagraph on Jan. 27, 2021.

Memories and Condolences
for Kristina Roth

Sponsored by Calvert & Johnson Memorial Home - El Paso.

8 Entries

Georgia Steffen

February 4, 2021

How horrifying to loose your daughter, how marvelous to know she is in the presence of her Savior. 21 years is such a short life to us, but Krista had accomplished more than most us will accomplish in 70 or more years. Your memories are golden, your reunion with be splendid. Grieving with you for this earthly loss, confident of the Heavenly joy awaiting.

Rebecca (House) Korman

February 1, 2021

Dear Jenni and Tom, and Mr. and Mrs. Scheurmann, we were so very sorry to hear of your daughter/granddaughter Krista passing so suddenly. We pray for comfort for you all in the knowing that you will be reunited with Krista for eternity. Jenni, I am Martha House's younger daughter and we played together when we were children. Please know that we will keep you all in our prayers. With blessings and love, Rebecca.

Holly Rosencranz and Warren Lavey

January 30, 2021

It is with profound sadness that we write to express our deepest sorrow for the loss of Krista. We were so lucky to have her in our "Climate Change, Law and Health" course through the University of Illinois Campus Honors program this past semester. Even though we only got to know and interact with her via Zoom because of COVID, we were impressed by her intelligence, energy, kindness to fellow students, care about the people of the world, and environmental concerns. In short, she was a spectacular student. Her enthusiasm and engagement in the course material was an inspiration to us as teachers and to her classmates. In particular, she was excited about a class presentation by a professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago on his work on drinking water purification in Kenya.
We are also great fans of the Marching Illini and were thrilled to know that she got to participate in two band performances last semester in the stadium and at the Alma Mater.
We know that she had an incredibly full and productive life, and we are so honored to have been a part of her journey. She has had a lasting impact on us and continues to inspire us to be our best in our personal and professional lives.

Holly Rosencranz
Warren Lavey
Campus Honors Program, Climate Change, Law and Health

Holly Rosencranz

January 30, 2021

It is with profound sadness that we write to express our deepest sorrow for the loss of Krista. We were so lucky to have her in our "Climate Change, Law and Health" course through the University of Illinois Campus Honors program this past semester. Even though we only got to know and interact with her via Zoom because of COVID, we were impressed by her intelligence, energy, kindness to fellow students, care about the people of the world, and environmental concerns. In short, she was a spectacular student. Her enthusiasm and engagement in the course material was an inspiration to us as teachers and to her classmates. In particular, she was excited about a class presentation by a professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago on his work on drinking water purification in Kenya.
We are also great fans of the Marching Illini and were thrilled to know that she got to participate in two band performances last semester in the stadium and at the Alma Mater.

We know that she had an incredibly full and productive life, and we are so honored to have been a part of her journey. She has had a lasting impact on us and continues to inspire us to be our best in our personal and professional lives.

Holly Rosencranz
Warren Lavey
Campus Honors Program, Climate Change, Law and Health

Melissa Karrick

January 30, 2021

Such a sweet person lost. You will be missed so much. Prayers to your family. We will see you soon.

Cheri Grizzard

January 27, 2021

I was so sorry to read the tragic news of Kristina´s death. May the Lord hold your close in this heartbreaking time.

Jay Pfister

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Jean Hickok

January 27, 2021

I´m so very sorry this has happened. I remember the girls when they were little coming to the office with Tom. And as neighbors for ten years, saw them grow. Krista was a beautiful, caring soul. God be with you all.

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