DL Capt. Noel Roehl

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

USAF veteran, DL Capt. Noel Roehl

February 21, 1941 ~ September 25, 2021

 

Notification with the passing of retired Delta pilot Captain Noel Urban Roehl, age 80.  Captain Roehl joined Delta Air Lines 07-17-1970 and retired with Delta in 2001, based 031/ATL.  Widowed in 2007 with the passing of his wife Delores, Captain Roehl is survived by his children and grandchildren.

To view the obituary and family photo video tribute, please visit the funeral home website at

https://www.conner-westburyfuneralhome.com/tributes/Noel-Roehl

Obituary information is also available online at https://pikecountygeorgia.com/noel-roehl/

The Conner-Westbury Funeral Home of Griffin, Georgia was entrusted with arrangements.

Thank you,

~ Carol for the PCN 

 

Obituary/Tribute :     “A Tribute to My Dad”

Mr. Noel Urban Roehl, age 80, of Griffin, GA passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at his family home also known as "The Rockin' R Ranch" in Pike County.

 

Noel was born in Ortonville, Minnesota on February 20, 1941. Noel grew up on the Roehl family farm, getting up before sunrise in the cold to do the chores before he went to school.  His love of farming would stay with him his entire life. Even into his seventies, he would spend hours on his tractor in the fields or bailing hay for his horses.

 

Noel wore many hats and had many talents. His childhood dream was to be cowboy and he achieved it in spades. He had a true passion for quarter horses and spent years trying to breed and train the perfect cutting horse. Noel was also an excellent craftsman and built his own home from the ground up, often using the shop he built behind his house for the bigger projects.

 

Noel was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having served as a Captain in the Vietnam War where he flew C-130's. In 1970, he joined Delta Airlines as a pilot and it became his lifelong career.  He flew various Delta airplanes for 31 years until he retired as a Captain of the MD-11.  Noel saw the world and enjoyed flying. He flew domestically for years before flying internationally but no matter where he went, coming home to the "Rockin R Ranch" was what made him the happiest of all.

 

Noel was a quiet, good and kind man who was a great father and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his loving, generous and spunky wife Delores Kluttz Roehl, his parents, Edwin and Elvira Urban Roehl and siblings, Arden Roehl, Giles “Buzz” Roehl, Darrell Roehl, Gloria Graff, and Margaret Roehl.        

He is survived by four children, Kevin O’Keefe (Meridith Williams), Holly Roehl Kammerer (Doug Kammerer), Brad Warren Roehl (Kristen Springer Roehl), Brian Urban Roehl (Leigh Anne Disinger Roehl) and eight grandchildren, Gray Williams, Sophia O’Keefe, Kenton Kammerer, Cally Kammerer, Gavin Roehl, Rylan Roehl, Charlotte Roehl, Caroline Roehl plus several nieces and nephews.       

A graveside funeral service will be Tuesday, September 18, 2021 at 4:30 at Oak Hill Cemetery section H-1, 797 Memorial Drive, Griffin, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial gifts be made to the Wounded Warrior Project. https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/   

……………………………………………..

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55838515/delores-ann-roehl

Delores Ann Kluttz Roehl

BIRTH           11 Dec 1946

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina

DEATH         19 Oct 2007 (aged 60)

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

BURIAL         Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia