Roman Joseph Nobbe, age 86 of Batesville, Indiana passed away Saturday, June 12, 2021 with his loving family at his side.
The son of Roman Fredrick and Marie Katherine (Doerflein) Nobbe was born on December 9, 1934 in Hamburg, IN. In his younger years Roman was affectionately known to much of his family as Sonny. He graduated from Batesville High School and proudly served in the US Navy during Korea.
Roman married Ruth Jonas on October 26, 1957 in Brookville. They were married almost 60 years before she passed away on October 23, 2017. Roman was a member of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Oldenburg and the Batesville Knights of Columbus #1461
Roman ran the family business, Roman Nobbe Inc, which his father started in 1929. In 1976 Roman and Ruth purchased the business, and he continued to work until his retirement in 2015. Roman had many interests besides work. He loved raising cat fish and has a special patch of persimmon trees he liked to tend to. Roman and his wife, Ruth loved to polka dance too and they won several trophies over the years competing. Most of all, Roman cherished the time he had with his grandchildren.
He will be dearly missed by his son, Roman ‘Bucky’ (Jeanna) Nobbe of Oldenburg, IN; daughters, Karen (Mike) Knueven of Sunman, IN and Tammy (Chris) Forthofer of Batesville; 9 grandchildren, Roman A. (Sarah) Nobbe, Brad Nobbe, Jason Knueven, Kristine (Dan) Aldulescu, Amanda (Jeremy) Reed, Eric (Tara) Forthofer, Nicole (Dan) Wilds, Anthony Forthofer; 4 great grandchildren, Leigha & Liam Reed, Martin Forthofer & Ellie Wilds; brothers, Paul J. Nobbe and Daniel Nobbe; and sisters, Clair Jansing and Susie Nobbe.
In addition to his parents and wife, Ruth, he was preceded in death by his grandson Joshua Nobbe, and sisters Mary Fran Stang and Janice Roberts.
Visitation is Tuesday, June 15, 2021 from 4-7pm at Meyers Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial is 10:00am on Wednesday at Holy Family Church in Oldenburg. Fr. Carl Langenderfer officiating. Burial to follow in Holy Family Cemetery with graveside military honors conducted by the Ripley County VFW Post #3183 and Prell-Bland American Legion Post #271.
Memorial donations may be made to the Holy Family Window Fund by bringing to services or mailing to, Meyers Funeral Home, P.O. Box 202, Batesville, IN 47006.
You are welcome to leave a message at www.meyersfuneralhomes.com on Roman’s obituary page for the family in the online guestbook.