Rolette Adele Sandwick Kraai, age 85, of Cross Plains and formerly of Viroqua, Wis., passed away on Dec. 4, 2014, at the Ingleside Manor in Mount Horeb, Wis., where she received outstanding care.

She was born on July 1, 1929, in Viroqua, to Thomas N. and Edith Hill Sandwick. She graduated from Viroqua High School in 1946 and St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., in 1950. She taught English in high school and also was a pre-school teacher. On July 5, 1953, she married Erwin Peter Kraai at the South West Prairie Lutheran Church. They lived in Spirit Lake, Iowa, Penfield, N.Y., Atlanta, Rochester, N.Y., and Viroqua before moving to Cross Plains. She loved music, the fine arts, traveling, reading, and was a lifelong learner.

Rolette is survived by her husband, Erwin Peter Kraai; two daughters, Kristin Kraai Lewis, and Adele Kraai Mann ’86 and husband Todd; nine grandchildren, Nils, Erik, Anna, and Kristina Lewis, Torin, Elling, and Leif Mann, and Haria and Cousimo; and other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her five siblings, Thomas Ellsworth in infancy, Ethel Mathews, Nulton Sandwick, Audrey Fulton, and Theresa Sandwick Thomas ’49. She was also preceded in death by brothers-in-law, Fred Mathews and Floyd Fulton; and her nephew, Carl Mathews.

The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimers Association.