Re: OBIT
STOKER, ROGERS, HISCOX
Posted By: Margaret Myers (email) In Response To: Re: OBIT (Roseanna)
Date: 10/27/2006 at 13:45:24
This e-mail is from Margaret Myers, Collinsville, Virginia.
I need help from someone in Iowa, to do some research and make copies at the courthouse in Lyon Co., Iowa!
1. I need copies of the will for Carrie Wilsey Stoker, died August 24, 1952, Sioux Falls, Iowa, buried at East Lawn Cemetery,
Sheldon, Iowa (now called Sheldon Memorial Gardens. I also need copies of the distribution of the estate and persons
named as heirs.
Carrie Wilsey Stoker had a daughter named Shirley Frances Stoker, born about 1923. Shirley married Joseph Richard Rogers March 23, 1942, Fort Smith, Arkansas. Her husband was in the military. They had Charles Richard Rogers, born March 19, 1943, Rock Rapids, Iowa, died February 9, 1945, Woodbury Co., Iowa; buried at Sheldon Memorial Gardens. They also had a son named James Lynn Rogers, born March 13, 1944, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
On July 29, 1946, a custody hearing was held at the courthouse in Rock Rapids. Lyon Co., Iowa. Would like to have copies of that also, but it may be that juvenile records are not open to the public. I kinow they are not public in Virginia.
We are trying to locate James Lynn Rogers who would be about 62 years old now. It was mentioned that he was in California when Carrie Wilsey Stoker's will was probated. It is our understanding that he inherited the Stoker property. Would like to know if he still owns the property and if he sold it - to whom. And where he was living when he sold it. We are desperate to locate him as he has brothers and sisters living in Henry Co., Virginia, that have not seen him. James' father is deceased, but he had remarried in 1947, and was living in Henry Co., Va. when he died. We think that James was in the military and stationed in California, in 1952. There was no contact with James Lynn after his mother and father divorced. His father drank heavily, and just gave up trying to see him.
If someone can help us, send us the charges, and we could mail you a check or money order, whichever you prefer.
James Lynn Rogers' grandfather was Sheriff of Henry Co., Va., and he asked me to help him try to locate his grandson. I worked for Mr. Rogers 1991-1996.
If you need any other information, let me know by e-mail - mememe@digdat.com.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Margaret Myers
1128 Brentwood Drive
Collinsville, VA 24078
(Secretary for James Walter Rogers)
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