This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/885.2 Message Board Post: This is all I have on the Rolph/Rolfe family. dale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Ida Rolfe of Mason Dies Mrs. Ida Rolfe, widow of a former businessman, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Murl Stedman of Ovid. She was 89. A native of Mason, the daughter of Joshua and Manda Youngs, Mrs Rolfe attended Mason Schools. She studied dramatics and often gave readings at social events. She Married George W. Rolfe, November 19, 1890. Mr. Rolfe, a Mason businessman, died in 1920. She lived in Mason for all but the last ten years of her life. Mrs. Rolfe was a member of the Mason Baptist Church and Ladies Aid Society for 73 years. She also was a member of the Mason Women's Club and the Macabees. Mrs. Stedman is her only survivor. Funeral services will be held from the Houghton Funeral home at 1 pm. Saturday with Rev. G.E. Lombard of Stockbridge officiating. Burial will be in Mason. >From an Ovid newspaper date unknown. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edna I. Stedman Age 84, of 321 E. Pearl St. Ovid, died Friday evening, July 24, 1987, at Durand Convalescent Center. Graveside servicew were to be held this morning at Maple Grove Cemetery with Rev. Ron Hansen officiating. Mrs. Stedman was born in Mason, September 19, 1902, the daughter of George and Ida (Youngs) Rolfe. She graduated from Mason High School and also Lansing Business University in 1921. She and Murl Stedman were married in Mason, April 20, 1922. He died May, 1963. She was a member of the Elsie Women's Literary Club, served as president of the Clinton County Federation of Women's Clubs, a member of the Crescent Club of Ovid, the Women's Fellowship of the United Church, Elsie Chapter 69 Order of Eastern Stars and served seven years as their chaplain. Memorials may be made to the United Church of Ovid or the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by Houghton Chapel, Ovid. >From Ovid newspaper circa July 1987.