Roselyn Ann Kistler

ROSELYN ANN KISTLER, 82, OF POWELL, OHIO, WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD ON JANUARY 17, 2025 AT 1:26 PM FOLLOWING A BATTLE WITH LYMPHOMA, BEGINNING IN 2019. SHE PASSED PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY, AT THE KOBACKER HOUSE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. ROSELYN WAS KNOWN AS A LOVING WIFE, MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER, WHO LOVED HER FAMILY IMMENSELY. ROSELYN WAS BORN ON AUGUST 24, 1942 IN LEIPSIC, OHIO. SHE GRADUATED FROM MILLER CITY (OHIO) HIGH SCHOOL AND MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, CHARLES (CHUCK) KISTLER ON AUGUST 1, 1964. THEY BUILT A BEAUTIFUL LIFE IN 60 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. CHUCK WOULD OFTEN SAY, “SHE’S A KEEPER”. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, SHE FOUND PLEASURE IN THE OUTDOORS. SHE LOVED TO WATER SKI, FISH, CAMP, & SNOW SKI. WHEN HOME, SHE FOUND PRIDE IN HER GARDEN AND BLUE BIRDS. ROSELYN HAD AN IMMENSE LOVE FOR HER YARD AND TENDING TO HER MANY FLOWERS AND PLANTS. EVERYDAY SHE WOULD ENSURE HER BACKYARD BLUE BIRDS WERE PROPERLY FED AND HAD A COZY BOX TO NEST IN. YEAR AFTER YEAR, MANY BABY BLUE BIRDS HATCHED IN HER CARE. AN AVID SPORTS FAN, ROSELYN ALSO LOVED TO WATCH SPORTS ON TV, ESPECIALLY THE OSU FOOTBALL TEAM. IF YOUR HOUSE WAS CLOSE BY, YOU COULD SURELY HEAR HER OUTSIDE CHEERING FOR THE BUCKS!!! IN HER YOUNGER YEARS, SHE PLAYED BASKETBALL & SOFTBALL. ROSEYLYN WAS QUITE COMPETIVE & WAS KNOWN AS “CRACKLIN ROSIE” ON HER SOFTBALL TEAM. ROSELYN WAS ALSO WELL KNOWN AS AN INCREDIBLE COOK. HER HOMEMADE BUCKEYE BALLS ARE A FAMILY FAVORITE AND NEVER LASTED LONG. SHE FOUND IMMENSE JOY IN HOSTING FAMILY AT HER HOUSE AND INSISTED ON COOKING ALMOST EVERY DISH. BEING ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN, THERE WAS ALWAYS PLENTY OF CHATTER TO GO AROUND. SURROUNDED BY FAMILY WAS WHAT BROUGHT ROSELYN THE MOST JOY. SHE AND CHUCK LOVED TO CAMP, BOAT AND TRAVELTHE U.S. AND EUROPE. THEY SPENT MANY WINTERS IN VENICE, FLORIDA AND LOVED TO WALK THE BEACH FOR SEA SHELLS AND ANCIENT SHARKS TEETH. ROSELYN IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, CHARLES (CHUCK) KISTLER; DAUGHTER, VALERIE (VAL) GROOMS; GRANDAUGHTER, ALEXANDRA (ALEX) GROOMS; BROTHER, JOHN NADLER; SISTER, MARY PERKINS; SISTER, PAT (MIKE) MCFARLAND; SISTER, SHIRLEY (JIM) MANK; AND NUMEROUS NEICES & NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, RICHARD NADLER & ESTHER (VOGT) NADLER; HER SISTER, JUDY NADLER; HER BROTHER DENNIS NADLER; HER BROTHER-IN-LAW, LEE PERKINS; AND HER GRANDAUGHTER, CASSANDRA (CASSIE) GROOMS. VISTITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 3:00 PM TO 6:00 PM ON MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025 AT RUTHERFORD FUNERAL HOME AT POWELL, 450 WEST OLENTANGY STREET, POWELL, OHIO 43065. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 11:00 AM TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025 AT ST. JOAN OF ARC CHURCH, 10700 LIBERTY ROAD, SOUTH, POWELL, OHIO WITH GRAVESIDE SERVICE AND BURIAL AT 2:00 PM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025 IN STS. PETER AND PAUL CEMETERY, OTTAWA, OHIO. IN LEIU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. ST JOAN OF ARC CHURCH 10700 LIBERTY RD S, POWELL, OH 43065 614-761-0905 2. THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: PO BOX 98011, WASHINGTON, DC 20090 (LLS.ORG) 3. OHIO HEALTH KOBACKER HOUSE 3430 OHIO HEALTH PWKY, FLOOR 3, COLUMBUS, OH 43202 ONLINE: OHIO HEALTH KOBACKER HOUSE DONATIONS 614-566-5377 888-389-6231 .

Roselyn Ann Kistler

August 24, 1942 - January 17, 2025