SEE ROSS' OBITUARY BELOW.
Son of Frank and Rachel Emeline White Rockey 'Roquet'
Siblings: Otis Rockey 1872-1872, Rella E Rockey 1875-1942, Norman F Rockey 1880-1939
Married Gertrude E Schmidt
Children: Robert L Rockey
THE LAST NAME ON THE HEADSTONES IS A MISSPELLING OF THE SURNAME ROQUET. FRANK'S FAMILY ALL OF THEIR LIVES WENT BY THE SPELLING OF ROCKEY.
THE FAMILY NAME IS ROQUET. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUNCED ROWKAY. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUCED ROCKY, SOME WENT BY ROCKEY, SOME WENT BY ROQUETTE....ALL THE DESCENDENTS OF THE SAME 1 FAMILY OF A FATHER AND 4 SONS.
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Obituary
Oskaloosa Herald
March 27 ,1953
R.C. Rockey Dies
Ross C. Rockey, 68, former Hedrick resident, died Friday night at the Broadlawns hospital in Des Moines. He was employed for many years with the Jamison Lumber company in Hedrick. He left there in 1944 and lived three years in Oskaloosa before moving to Des Moines. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, and a son Robert, of Des Moines. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Mar. 30 in the Fremont funeral chapel. Burial will be in Cedar township cemetery.
SEE ROSS' OBITUARY BELOW.
Son of Frank and Rachel Emeline White Rockey 'Roquet'
Siblings: Otis Rockey 1872-1872, Rella E Rockey 1875-1942, Norman F Rockey 1880-1939
Married Gertrude E Schmidt
Children: Robert L Rockey
THE LAST NAME ON THE HEADSTONES IS A MISSPELLING OF THE SURNAME ROQUET. FRANK'S FAMILY ALL OF THEIR LIVES WENT BY THE SPELLING OF ROCKEY.
THE FAMILY NAME IS ROQUET. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUNCED ROWKAY. SOME WENT BY ROQUET PRONOUCED ROCKY, SOME WENT BY ROCKEY, SOME WENT BY ROQUETTE....ALL THE DESCENDENTS OF THE SAME 1 FAMILY OF A FATHER AND 4 SONS.
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Obituary
Oskaloosa Herald
March 27 ,1953
R.C. Rockey Dies
Ross C. Rockey, 68, former Hedrick resident, died Friday night at the Broadlawns hospital in Des Moines. He was employed for many years with the Jamison Lumber company in Hedrick. He left there in 1944 and lived three years in Oskaloosa before moving to Des Moines. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, and a son Robert, of Des Moines. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Mar. 30 in the Fremont funeral chapel. Burial will be in Cedar township cemetery.
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