Susan (BALL) ROE

BALL, ROE, CLARK, LEONARD

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/3/2009 at 01:31:03

Bedford Times-Press
Bedford, Taylor County
Thursday, January 14, 1970, Page 7

OBITUARY - MRS. SUSAN ROE

Mrs. Susan (BALL) ROE was born in Union County, Iowa, Dec. 15th, 1859 and died at the Armstrong Nursing Home in Bedford January 4, 1943 at the age of 83 years and 20 days.

The funeral services were held at the Wetmore Funeral Home Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. G. L. HUFSTADER. Burial was in the Bedford cemetery.

She was married to Marion ROE February 28, 1882 and they always made their home in or near Bedford. Mr. ROE died March 26, 1914.

They were the parents of six children, five of whom survive. They are Albert ROE of Weldona, Colo.; Walter ROE of Encampment, Colo.; Mrs. Irene CLARK of San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Thos. LEONARD of Bedford and Floyd ROE of Mount Ayr.

There are also seven grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Jeanette WHALEN of Portsmouth, Nebr.

NOTE: Marion ROE was born in 1860, Delaware County, Iowa, and died at his home after a brief illness from an abcess formed in his brain on Thursday morning of March 26, 1914. He was interred at New Hope Cemetery near Allison, Missouri.