Roland Schuhler, 83, died peacefully on Oct. 12, 2018, in OSF St. Paul Medical Center, Mendota.

Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Sublette with the Rev. Randy Fronek officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Sublette with military rites by VFW Post 4079.

A wake for Roland will be 4-7 p.m. Tuesday with a rosary at 3:30 p.m. and 10-10:45 a.m. Wednesday in the church. Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota is handling funeral arrangements.

Roland was born Jan. 17, 1935, in Mendota to Joseph and Helen (Jones) Schuhler.  He married Carlene Spitz on Jan. 23, 1960, in Holy Cross Church, Mendota.

Roland attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help Grade School in Sublette and graduated from Amboy High School. He served in the U. S. Army. During his service, he helped staff a defense missile base near San Francisco, Calif. He was a dairy farmer and later involved in other farming operations. He was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Sublette.  He served on the Holy Cross School board in Mendota. He also helped organize an early food pantry in Mendota.

Roland is survived by his wife, Carlene of Sublette; a daughter, Deb (Tony) Antonacci of Breese; three sons, Tom Schuhler of Mendota, Mike (Kim) Schuhler of Mendota and Doug (Deb) Schuhler of Montgomery; 11 grandchildren, Elizabeth Antonacci of Bloomington, David Antonacci of Madison, Wis.,  Joseph Antonacci of Fort Collins, Colo., Dominic Antonacci of Bloomington, Anne and Ellen Antonacci of Breese, Nolan, Riley, and Mason Schuhler of Mendota, and Katilyn and Jayden Schuhler of Montgomery.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Rosetta Schuhler; and one grandson, Bryson Schuhler.

Memorials may be directed to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Sublette or Mendota Knights of Columbus.