Roanoke G. Bell 1919-2002

BELL, HILDEBRANDT, THOMPSON

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 7/13/2013 at 22:04:25

Sioux City Journal
3 March 2002

Roanoke G. Bell, 82, of Sioux City died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002, following a lengthy illness.

Services will be 10 a.m. today at Christy-Smith Morningside Chapel with the Rev. Stephen S. Niles officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery in Le Mars, Iowa. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Bell was born July 6, 1919, in Somerset, Kan. the daughter of Jesse and Anna (Hildebrandt) Thompson. She attended school in Somerset. She married Peter Bell on Nov. 23, 1937 in Le Mars. He died Feb. 1, 1985. She moved to Sioux City in 1949, and had been a resident ever since. She was employed at St. Joseph's Hospital, Zenith Corporation, the Battery Factory and Aalfs Manufacturing, all in Sioux City.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in South Sioux City. She enjoyed the Senior Center, her flowers and sewing.

Survivors include a daughter, Janice Taylor of Sioux City: a sister, Posie Picus of Wyoming; a brother, Rex Thompson of Arizona; a granddaughter, Sarah Bell and her special friend, Dustin McDonald of Sioux City; a grandson and his wife, Rolin and Laurie Taylor of Sioux City; and four great-grandchildren, Erica and Zachary Taylor Lathan and Shelby McDonald.

She also was preceded death by her parents.