Roe, Bertha A.

ROE

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/1/2007 at 23:07:19

Roe, Mrs. Bertha A:

Iowa Press Association Who’s Who in Iowa 1940. Jackson County Section by Helen O. Stoddard.

Roe, Mrs. Bertha A: Homemaker, born Green Island, Iowa, January 10, 1877; daughter of Ernist Eggers-Bertha A -; education Jackson County rural schools; married George Roe, March 27, 1895, Preston; sons Arthur, Ellis, Robert Harold, Clarence; daughters Hazel (Mrs C C Bisdorf), Emma Lue (Mrs. L H Henney), Bertha, Carol; 1891-95 on farm with parents; 1895-96 with husband on farm, near Green Island, 1896-97 near Spragueville; 1897-1935 with husband owner farm, Green Island; 1935- homemaker, near Maquoketa; 1936 won 4th place in Iowa Farm Woman’s speaking contest, 1939 won 2nd place; member associatied County Women of the World; an organizer & still active in Jackson County Womens Chorus; Jackson County Health Association; Farm Bureau, 1935-40 county chairman Jackson Womens Home Project, local leader & township chairman 1917-35; Country Comm Guild, secretary; Outlook Club; Kensington, president 1938; Congressional Church, president of Ladies Aid, Green Island 8 yers; hobby: baking fancy bread; residence Route 1, Maquoketa.