Christina Marie Rohrer, accomplished wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt died of lung cancer on July 30, 2012 at the age of 72. Tina was a resident of Pound Ridge for over 40 years and brought much love into the world by contributing to society as an artist, scientist, and volunteer. Tina was born in Washington, D.C. to Colonel Andrew and Mary Scheele and traveled the world for her first 20 years as part of her father’s army career. Tina received an undergraduate degree, with a major in biology and minor in chemistry, from Randolph Macon Woman’s College in Virginia and a Ph.D from Harvard, even spending time at Dartmouth Medical School for part of the program. She met and fell in love with her husband, Dean, while studying abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and they married in 1969 in Thetford Center, VT. Throughout her life, Tina enjoyed downhill skiing; ocean sailing; playing bridge; and doing the New York Times crossword puzzle (even the Sunday edition). In her first career, Tina was a distinguished scientist and contributed to advancements in virology through her work at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD and the Department of Viral Oncology of the Public Health Research Institute in Manhattan. Ironically, she was a recipient of a Damon Runyon Cancer grant. After several years raising a family, she started on her second career as an artist. In her words, her art helped her with spiritual, emotional, and mental health, which later served her well as she worked through the emotions of fighting and beating breast cancer twice and some of life’s other challenges. She was an avid volunteer in the community and served on the Pound Ridge Library Board as well as at Stamford Hospital. She found a welcoming, supportive, and happy home in the art community at the Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts in New Caanan, CT, the Loft-Artists Association in Stamford, CT, ArtPlace in Fairfield, CT, and the NoHo Gallery in Manhattan. She volunteered her time for all of these groups as well. Tina’s art was featured several times in the New York Times. In her 27 years as an artist, she participated in many art shows and won numerous awards. She painted for the love of creation and her art is a graceful intersection of her scientific/geometric mind and a strong artistic eye for colors, movement, shading and, dimensions. She is survived by her loving husband Dean; her son, Jonathan Rohrer of Long Beach, CA; her daughter, Kirstin McPolin of Navesink, NJ; her son, Jay Rohrer of San Francisco, CA; her sister, Nancy Louise Waite of Solvang, CA; and her brother, Drew Scheele of Bellevue, OR. She was graced with five grandchildren: Emma Christine, Manuel Peter, Luna Jane, Juliet Rose, and Isabel Christina, all of whom will miss her dearly. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 10, 2012 from 4 – 7pm at Hoyt Funeral Home, 199 Main St., New Canaan, CT 06840. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 10:00am at St. Aloysius Church. Interment will follow at Pound Ridge Cemetery. For online condolences and directions, visit our website at www.hoytfuneralhome.com In Lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to The Bennett Cancer Center at Stamford Hospital or the Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts.