Daniel James Roghair

Daniel James Roghair was born June 4, 1969 to William and Shirley Roghair in Spencer, Iowa. He lived in Hartley, Iowa with his family. He was number six in a family of seven children. His favorite pet was his dog Skippy. While on the farm, Dan spent many hours working in the bean field with his siblings, pulling weeds. When Dan was in sixth grade, his family moved to Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Dan attended Mountain Lake Christian School during sixth grade and then Mountain Lake Public Schools. During his high school years, Dan had a paper route, played football, and sang in the high school choir as well as the community choir. After high school, he attended Oak Hills Bible College for a year in Bemidji, Minnesota.

Dan then worked at numerous security jobs until he took a job at Medtronic where he worked as a security guard for eighteen years. Dan was a very reliable and dependable employee, never missing a day of work until his final week of life.

Almost sixteen years ago while on a cruise, Dan met his wonderful life partner, Robin Turetsky. Dan and Robin enjoyed many adventures together to Mexico, the Bahamas, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Cloud, Duluth and Grand Rapids as well as numerous places in the Twin Cities area. Robin brought so much joy to Dan's life.

Dan's faith in the Lord was one of the most important things in his life. He accepted Jesus as his Savior at a young age. As a child, he received awards for memorizing many Bible verses. Dan loved his church family and Community Bible Church in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Dan is survived by his mother, Shirley Roghair; life partner, Robin Turetsky; siblings - Sheri Peters of Rochester, MN, Lt. Col. Neil (Danielle) Roghair of Lantana, TX, Terry (Sue) Roghair of Faribault, MN, Lee Roghair of Excelsior, MN, Dr. Timothy (Maria) Roghair of Clearwater, MN, and Rachel (Mitch) Sanden of Omaha, NE; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, William Roghair.