DENMARK, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Marinette County authorities have identified the woman fatally shot by her husband.
63-year-old Shelley Erickson-Rogge was found dead inside her Pembine home Sunday night after deputies say her husband, 55-year-old Gary Rogge, shot her.
Rogge was arrested and remains in custody.
Two of Erickson-Rogge’s children spoke to FOX 11.
Daughter Marcy Rentmeester says Erickson-Rogge came from a large family with twelve siblings, three children, and five grandchildren.
“She lived up in Pembine, but she always made it a point to make it to their birthday parties, or school functions or anything like that, or just lunch. There was a lot of occasions that we just went to lunch because she just wanted to see the kids.”
She says Rogge and Erickson-Rogge dated for the last 10 years, but only recently got married.
“We’re so in shock it hasn’t completely hit us yet I don’t think.”
“Yeah, when you get that phone call and you hear that your mother’s unexpectedly passed you can to a point except maybe within reasonable… natural causes…it’s like taking a knife to the soul,”
Her son Matthew Erickson says he’s still in shock.
“Why? Why? I want the truth. I think we deserve the truth. From what we’ve been told by the Marinette County Sheriff’s department things aren’t adding up. My mom didn’t have a chance.”.
They said, based on information they’ve received from the Marinette County sheriff’s department, their mother was at a restaurant with Gary Rogge that night, but the two left separately.
She made a phone call to a friend around 10:30 p.m.
The 911 call came in around 11 p.m.
Gary Rogge isn’t charged with any crimes but remains in custody. Erickson-Rogge’s children said they are meeting with the lead investigators on Wednesday to get more information.
The family of Erickson-Rogge has set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for her memorial.
