***SS Lizzie.
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Joseph Ira Rock, 71, a resident of Rossville route 1, died at the John Hopkins residence in Dayton on Wednesday afternoon. He had been ill since April.
A native of Hardyville, Ky., he moved to Rossville in 1923. He was a retired farmer, and other than the time he had been cared for at the Hopkins home in Dayton, had lived in the Clinton county community since moving here from Kentucky. He was born on Sept. 1, 1887, the son of Frank and Mary Emma Rock. His first wife, the former Emma Jewell, preceded him in death on Oct. 5, 1949. In 1950 he married the former Lizzie Trumble, who survives. Mr. Rock was a member of Shady Grove Baptist church, near the Kentucky town where he was born.
Survivors besides the widow include four sons, Leroy of Arizona, Earl of Indianapolis, Louie of Lafayette and Paul of Frankfort; two daughters, Mrs. Milton Orum of Frankfort route 7 and Mrs. Donald Layton of Frankfort route 7; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Stilts and Mrs. Enolia Ghere, both of Hardyville, Ky.; a brother, Amos Rock and two half-brothers, Flory Rock and Henry Rock, both of Hardyville, Ky., and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Moore & Brown Funeral Home in Rossville at 2 p. m. Friday, with the Rev. A. P. Wenger officiating. Burial was in Rossville cemetery.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, October 23, 1958
***Information Courtesy of INGenWeb Project.
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Joseph Ira Rock, 71, a resident of Rossville route 1, died at the John Hopkins residence in Dayton on Wednesday afternoon. He had been ill since April.
A native of Hardyville, Ky., he moved to Rossville in 1923. He was a retired farmer, and other than the time he had been cared for at the Hopkins home in Dayton, had lived in the Clinton county community since moving here from Kentucky. He was born on Sept. 1, 1887, the son of Frank and Mary Emma Rock. His first wife, the former Emma Jewell, preceded him in death on Oct. 5, 1949. In 1950 he married the former Lizzie Trumble, who survives. Mr. Rock was a member of Shady Grove Baptist church, near the Kentucky town where he was born.
Survivors besides the widow include four sons, Leroy of Arizona, Earl of Indianapolis, Louie of Lafayette and Paul of Frankfort; two daughters, Mrs. Milton Orum of Frankfort route 7 and Mrs. Donald Layton of Frankfort route 7; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Stilts and Mrs. Enolia Ghere, both of Hardyville, Ky.; a brother, Amos Rock and two half-brothers, Flory Rock and Henry Rock, both of Hardyville, Ky., and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Moore & Brown Funeral Home in Rossville at 2 p. m. Friday, with the Rev. A. P. Wenger officiating. Burial was in Rossville cemetery.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, October 23, 1958
***SS Lizzie.
***Information Courtesy of INGenWeb Project.
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Joseph Ira Rock, 71, a resident of Rossville route 1, died at the John Hopkins residence in Dayton on Wednesday afternoon. He had been ill since April.
A native of Hardyville, Ky., he moved to Rossville in 1923. He was a retired farmer, and other than the time he had been cared for at the Hopkins home in Dayton, had lived in the Clinton county community since moving here from Kentucky. He was born on Sept. 1, 1887, the son of Frank and Mary Emma Rock. His first wife, the former Emma Jewell, preceded him in death on Oct. 5, 1949. In 1950 he married the former Lizzie Trumble, who survives. Mr. Rock was a member of Shady Grove Baptist church, near the Kentucky town where he was born.
Survivors besides the widow include four sons, Leroy of Arizona, Earl of Indianapolis, Louie of Lafayette and Paul of Frankfort; two daughters, Mrs. Milton Orum of Frankfort route 7 and Mrs. Donald Layton of Frankfort route 7; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Stilts and Mrs. Enolia Ghere, both of Hardyville, Ky.; a brother, Amos Rock and two half-brothers, Flory Rock and Henry Rock, both of Hardyville, Ky., and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Moore & Brown Funeral Home in Rossville at 2 p. m. Friday, with the Rev. A. P. Wenger officiating. Burial was in Rossville cemetery.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, October 23, 1958
***Information Courtesy of INGenWeb Project.
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Joseph Ira Rock, 71, a resident of Rossville route 1, died at the John Hopkins residence in Dayton on Wednesday afternoon. He had been ill since April.
A native of Hardyville, Ky., he moved to Rossville in 1923. He was a retired farmer, and other than the time he had been cared for at the Hopkins home in Dayton, had lived in the Clinton county community since moving here from Kentucky. He was born on Sept. 1, 1887, the son of Frank and Mary Emma Rock. His first wife, the former Emma Jewell, preceded him in death on Oct. 5, 1949. In 1950 he married the former Lizzie Trumble, who survives. Mr. Rock was a member of Shady Grove Baptist church, near the Kentucky town where he was born.
Survivors besides the widow include four sons, Leroy of Arizona, Earl of Indianapolis, Louie of Lafayette and Paul of Frankfort; two daughters, Mrs. Milton Orum of Frankfort route 7 and Mrs. Donald Layton of Frankfort route 7; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Stilts and Mrs. Enolia Ghere, both of Hardyville, Ky.; a brother, Amos Rock and two half-brothers, Flory Rock and Henry Rock, both of Hardyville, Ky., and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Moore & Brown Funeral Home in Rossville at 2 p. m. Friday, with the Rev. A. P. Wenger officiating. Burial was in Rossville cemetery.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, October 23, 1958
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