Roberta Ann Akalin, age 70, of Pleasant Prairie, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee, following a 5 month battle will multiple illnesses.<\/p>\n
Born on October 21, 1945, in Fond du Lac, WI, she was the daughter of the late Emil J. and Teresa C. (Thill) Steiner.\u00a0 At the age of 13, Roberta entered the School Sisters of St. Francis at St. Joseph\u2019s Convent in Milwaukee.\u00a0 When she was 26, she left the convent, as God had other plans for her.\u00a0 Through the convent, she received her BA from Alverno College and a Master\u2019s Degree from Winona State University.<\/p>\n
On February 7, 1976, Roberta was united in marriage to Semsettin Akalin in Kenosha.\u00a0 They were blessed with one son and celebrated their 40th<\/sup> anniversary this past February.<\/p>\n Roberta had a lengthy teaching career and was currently employed with KUSD as a school counselor with Bullen Middle School.\u00a0 She also taught and mentored children from numerous other Kenosha schools throughout her career.\u00a0 In 2005, Roberta was honored with the KUSD Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Education.\u00a0 She also taught summer courses at UW-Parkside for their pre-college program.<\/p>\n Roberta was a member of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Wisconsin Education Association, Wisconsin School Counselor Association, and the Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority.<\/p>\n She will be deeply missed by her husband, Semsettin; their son, Fahri; three sisters, Romaine E. (Marvin \u201cRick\u201d Kujawa) Soles, Rogene M. (Albert) Kais and Rosalie J. Slomski; two nephews, Jacob (RaeAnne) Soles and Tad J. Slomski and two nieces, Esther \u201cSusie\u201d Soles and Tanya M. (Cliff) Miller.<\/p>\n In addition to her parents, Roberta was preceded in death by a brother, Gerard Steiner and two brothers-in-law, Jerdan M. Soles and Anthony J. Slomski.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Funeral services will be held on Friday, March 18, 2016, beginning with a prayer service at 11:15 a.m. from the Piasecki-Althaus Funeral Home, 3720 39th Ave., Kenosha, WI. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:00 NOON at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, 7117-14th Avenue. Interment will follow in Green Ridge Cemetery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roberta Ann Akalin, age 70, of Pleasant Prairie, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee, following a 5 month battle will multiple illnesses. Born on October 21, 1945, in Fond du Lac, WI, she was the daughter of the<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":14982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-14981","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/14981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=14981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n