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Roen Virginia <I>Borchers</I> Willhite

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Roen Virginia Borchers Willhite

Birth
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
Death
13 Jun 1958 (aged 30)
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Roen Virginia Willhite was the third child of Grace Andrea Trimble and Earl Conrad Borchers. Her mother, Grace was 31 and her father, Earl was 36 when she was born. Roen was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and grew up living at 2318 West Circle Drive with her siblings: Earl Clay Borchers (Clay), Wilma Juanita Borchers, Bryce Trimble Borchers, and Blaine Gilbert Borchers. Roen attended Central High School in St. Joseph, Missouri. The 1930, 1935, and 1940 Census all show her living in St.Joseph, Missouri. The 1951 St Joseph City directory shows Roen and Frances living at 730 South 14th Street in apartment 4.

Roen married Frances Milton Willhite on Sunday, May 29, 1949, when she was 21 years old. The ceremony was held at her parents house at 2318 West Circle Drive. In 1952, Roen and Frances moved to Shawnee, Kansas. Roen and Frances had four children together; Claudia Snow, Bonnie Sue, Etta Jo, and Kathleen Ann. Roen was a member of the First Christian Church all her life.

Roe n and Francis moved to Shawnee, Kansas and were living at 6535 Melrose Lane at the time of her death in 1958.


Tragically, Roen contracted breast cancer. She was very ill from 1956 until her death on June 13, 1958. Roen died of a pulmonary embolism that resulted from surgery to remove the cancer in her right breast, when she was just thirty years old. Roen is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in the family plot with her mother, Grace Andrea Trimble Borchers,her father, Earl Conrad Borchers, her brother, Bryce, and sister Wilma.
Roen Virginia Willhite was the third child of Grace Andrea Trimble and Earl Conrad Borchers. Her mother, Grace was 31 and her father, Earl was 36 when she was born. Roen was born in St. Joseph, Missouri and grew up living at 2318 West Circle Drive with her siblings: Earl Clay Borchers (Clay), Wilma Juanita Borchers, Bryce Trimble Borchers, and Blaine Gilbert Borchers. Roen attended Central High School in St. Joseph, Missouri. The 1930, 1935, and 1940 Census all show her living in St.Joseph, Missouri. The 1951 St Joseph City directory shows Roen and Frances living at 730 South 14th Street in apartment 4.

Roen married Frances Milton Willhite on Sunday, May 29, 1949, when she was 21 years old. The ceremony was held at her parents house at 2318 West Circle Drive. In 1952, Roen and Frances moved to Shawnee, Kansas. Roen and Frances had four children together; Claudia Snow, Bonnie Sue, Etta Jo, and Kathleen Ann. Roen was a member of the First Christian Church all her life.

Roe n and Francis moved to Shawnee, Kansas and were living at 6535 Melrose Lane at the time of her death in 1958.


Tragically, Roen contracted breast cancer. She was very ill from 1956 until her death on June 13, 1958. Roen died of a pulmonary embolism that resulted from surgery to remove the cancer in her right breast, when she was just thirty years old. Roen is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in the family plot with her mother, Grace Andrea Trimble Borchers,her father, Earl Conrad Borchers, her brother, Bryce, and sister Wilma.


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