Private graveside services for Carolyn Jane Lodhia, 69, Lawton will be held in Omaha, Nebraska at 11:00 AM on Thursday, May 1, 2014 followed by a memorial service and reception at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Omaha at 12:00 noon. Carolyn was born on January 14, 1945 in Diller, Nebraska to William and Hulda Roelfs. She lived on their farm and attended primary school in Diller and subsequently graduated from Plymouth High School. She married Kanchan Lodhia in Plymouth, Nebraska in 1968 and worked briefly as an LPN in Omaha before and after her marriage. Carolyn, husband and two children lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa from 1972 to 1995 when they moved to Lawton, Oklahoma. She was a loving mother, wife and grandmother. She had an abiding faith in her Lord Jesus Christ and departed this life surrounded by her family after a struggle with lymphoma and a brief acute downhill terminal course. She is survived by her husband, Kanchan Lodhia, M.D., their son Keith Lodhia, M.D. and his wife Heidi, of Omaha, grandchildren, Megan, Katherine and Christian Thomas, daughter, Karen Lodhia of Omaha, her brother Harold Roelfs and his wife Norma of Diller, Nebraska and numerous nephews and nieces. Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Warren Roelfs and Dr. Richard Roelfs and a sister Esther Roelfs Heckman. A memorial service will be held at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Lawton, Oklahoma at 2:00 PM on Saturday, May 17, 2014 with Rev. Don Howard, pastor officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1320 N.W. Homestead Drive, Suite D, Lawton, OK 73505.