RAYMOND A. ROTH 1904-2003

KNOPP, ROTH, MACK, FITZGIBBONS, KROCHESKI

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 9/22/2003 at 21:58:16

Raymond A. Roth

Telegraph Herald - Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003

Raymond A. Roth, 98, of Stonehill Care Center, formerly of 295 S. Hill St., died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, at the care center.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Nativity Catholic Church. Entombment will be in Resurrection Garden Mausoleum at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road, where there will be a parish scripture wake service at 7 p.m.

Mr. Roth was life underwriter, field assistant and district manager with Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, retiring after 61 years of service.

He was born on Sept. 9, 1904, in Dubuque, son of John and Elizabeth (Knopp) Roth. He married Irene Mack on June 22, 1940; she passed away on Jan. 10, 1999.

In 1917, he attended Columbia Academy (now Loras College) and was a member of the Reserved Officer Training Corps.

He was a charter member of the Dubuque Association of Life Underwriters. He was a past member of the Elks, State and National Association of Life Underwriters, Knights of Columbus Council 510, Holy Ghost Catholic Order of Foresters and the Pickwick Club.

Surviving are a sister, Mary Madonna Fitzgibbons; and many nieces and nephews.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; and three sisters, Sister Hazel Marie Roth, Sister Colette Marie Roth and Muriel Krocheski.