Otto Perry Roark (1942)

COUCH, ROARK

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 4/2/2006 at 21:24:49

Des Moines Tribune
Des Moines, Iowa
March 28, 1942
Page 3

Otto Roark, 62, War Veteran, Dies

Otto Roark, 62, retired railroad man, died Friday at Veterans hospital where he had been a patient five months.

Roark, who lived at 1710 Eighth st., retired 20 years ago from railroad work. He was a Spanish-American war veteran.

Surviving besides his widow, Mrs. Julia Couch Roark, are three brothers, Edgar Roark of West Des Moines, Charles Roark of Stuart, Ia., and Bert Roark of Earlham, Ia.

Funeral services arranged by Caldwell-McIlhon funeral home will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. Ambrose cathedral. Burial will be at Penn Center, Ia.
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Coordinator's note: Social Security Administration records list Otto P. Roark. Middle name taken from the 1880 Federal Census, where it was used as a first name. In the past, names were more fluid.

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