Roger Craig Borchers 1961

BORCHERS, OLSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/9/2013 at 00:46:12

Son is Born
Roger Craig, an eight pounds, 13 ounce son, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Borchers Saturday, May 20 at Holy Family Hospital. They came home Wednesday, and little Joleen is staying in the maternal grandparents hoe, Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Borchers are the paternal grandparents. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 3, 1961)

Infant Son Dies at Rochester
Roger Craig Borchers, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Borchers, Wallingford, died last night at a Rochester, Minn., hospital where he had been taken Tuesday for treatment of a heart condition.

The little boy was born May 20 at Holy Family Hospital. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Jolene, 17 months; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Olson of Wallingford; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Borchers of Wallingford, and great grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Borchers of Cole Camp, Mo.

Funeral services are to be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Wallingford Lutheran Church, the Rev. Norbert Jolivette officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at Wallingford.

Friends may call from tomorrow until noon Wednesday at Sandin-Fuhrman Funeral Home, at which time the body is to be taken to the church to lie in state until time of the services. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 19, 1961)

The family of Roger Craig wish to express deep appreciation and thanks for the flowers, cards, and thoughtfulness shown during our recent bereavement. – Mr. and Mrs. Romaine Borchers (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, June 29, 1961)