Funeral services for Edith G. “Edie” Rohde, age 99, of Randolph, Nebraska will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 22, 2026, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Randolph. Dwight Brummels, PMA, will officiate, with interment in the Randolph City Cemetery.

Visitation will be one prior to service at the church.

Home for Funerals - Randolph is in charge of arrangements.

Edie passed away Sunday, October 18, 2026, at the Colonial Manor in Randolph, Nebraska.

Edith Gayle was born June 16, 1927, in Crofton, Nebraska to Charles and Lillian (Ballentyne) Burrus.

In 1943 Edie came to take care of the newborn baby and her brother at Bill and Ruth Puntney’s, where she made her home with the Puntney family on the farm; we feel this is where her love for children began. Many years later they moved to town. Edie began working in the local grocery stores where she enjoyed working with the community.

On December 29, 1983, Edie married Merle Rhode and they shared their home on the farm. Together they enjoyed gardening, playing cards, dancing, visiting with friends and continued to share in the lives of their extended families and their children’s lives.  

After Merle passed away in 2001, Edie moved back to town where she enjoyed visiting with her neighbors and eventually their children until moving to Colonial Manor in 2023.

She is survived by her stepbrother, Tom Burrus; and nieces, nephews, and many friends who will cherish her memory.

Edith was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Merle Rohde; Bill and Ruth Puntney, Roland “Butch” Puntney; sisters, Myra (Donald) Gronlund, Lois (Arel) Anderson, Betty (Clarence) Konken, and Dorothy (Arthur) Petersen; and brothers Willard (Thelma) Burrus, her twin Earl Burrus, Bobby Burrus, Jim (Dorothy) Burrus, and Richard Burrus.

Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.homeforfuneralsinc.com.