Fuller Metz Cremation and Funeral Services
| 3740 Del Prado Blvd S
| Cape Coral, FL 33904
| Tel: 239-542-3161
| 3740 Del Prado Blvd S
| Cape Coral, FL 33904
| Tel: 239-542-3161
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Anne Elizabeth Roethke
January 5, 1925 ~ October 20, 2017 (age 92) 92 Years Old Light a Candle
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Message from TERRY CARBONELL
November 6, 2017 2:36 PM
Anne Roethke was a member of The Ninety-Nines, Inc. Intentional Organization of Women Pilots since 1958. She raced in the Powder Puff Derby twice in the 1960s. Anne told us that she learned to fly in a Piper Cub, a single-engine fabric airplane. Tail wheel airplanes are tricky to fly, especially for a beginner, but Roethke shrugged. 'I didn't have a choice. I started flying in 1945 and there were no tricycle gears back then.' She flew search and rescue missions for the Coast Guard Auxiliary for 10 years. After logging over 6,000 hours in the air, she no longer flew herself, but joined her 99s sisters aloft in their airplanes when she could. Flying was her passion and she loved it. Anne will be missed by her 99s sisters. We always appreciated her counsel and words of wisdom.
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