Roscoe Charles Burch (1954)

BURCH, MCNAMARA, HOLEKVAM, OELERICH, BERTHOLF, COFFEY

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Date: 2/22/2007 at 20:26:45

Winterset Madisonian, July 28, 1954
Winterset, Iowa

ROSCOE C. BURCH DIES AT DAVENPORT

Roscoe Charles Burch of Davenport, proprietor of the Burch Studio for the past twenty years, died at the hospital in Davenport June 30th after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage a few hours earlier.

Mr. Burch was born in Madison County, January 1, 1894, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Burch. He was married to Gertrude McNamara in Winterset October 21, 1913. They have resided in Davenport for more than twenty years.

Services were held in Davenport July 2nd with burial there.

He is survived by his wife, on son, Harold V. Burch of Davenport, two daughters, Mrs. H. D. Holekvam of Omaha and Mrs. Dorothy Oelerich of Mt. Pleasant, two sisters, Mrs. Wray Bertholf of Hollywood, California and Mrs. Roy Coffey of Detroit, Michigan; a brother, Harry Burch of Winterset and six grandchildren.

Mrs. And Mrs. Harry Burch, Mr. and Mrs. John Burch and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McNamara attended services for Mr. Burch.