Roger Stotts

Roger Stotts, age 80, passed away suddenly from natural causes on December 8, 2023, in his home on the Stotts Cloverleaf Farm. Visitation will be 9:30-10:30 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 16, 2023, at Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton. Pastor Linda Wimmer will officiate.

Roger Vincent Stotts was born in Appleton, MN on April 8, 1943, the son of Vincent DeForest and Anne Bertina Oyen Stotts. He was the youngest of the ten Stotts children and grew up on the family farm which he later owned and farmed. He often said that he wanted to honor those who came before him by taking good care of the earth and buildings on the farm.

Roger was greatly loved, enjoyed, and respected by all his older siblings, their spouses, and their offspring. He also had the respect of neighbors and people in the Appleton area. He was known for his honesty, kindness, business sense, farming ability, as well as his great wit and ability to tell a good story.

Roger enjoyed spending time with family and friends, reading and learning about farming, and what was the news of the day. He cared about helping others that were in need, especially children.

He is survived by his special friend, Marilyn Reinke; brother-in-law Don Sallen; sisters, Deanna Hoffman, Betsy Carlin (Dan) and Katy Trevis; twenty -five nieces, nephews and their spouses and an even larger group of grand nieces and nephews and four great-grand nieces.

He was preceded in death by his parents; Aunt Frances and Uncle Homer Little; and six siblings and their spouses: Ione Rooney (Dick), June Larson (Curt), Vernon Stotts (Shirley), Carolyn Lydeen (Fred), Donald Stotts (Patricia), Shirley Sallen; brothers-in-law: Byron Baasie, Robert Hoffman, Dick Trevis; two nephews and three nieces; and two great-grand nephews.