The Topeka Daily Capital Monday January 7, 1952 William N. Roether. William N. ROETHER, 74, of 318 East Fourth, died Sunday in a Topeka hospital. He was born April 16, 1877, in Iowa and moved to Milford with his parents when he was three years old. He had lived in Topeka since 1921. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Milford. He is survived by two sons, Frank Roether, Sunflower Village and Tom Roether, Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Albert McDONALD, Milford; a borther, John Roether, Salina; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Eslinger's Funeral Home, with burial in Rochester Cemetery.