This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burch, Routh, Wert Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UNB.2ACI/1041 Message Board Post: Obituary Elva Anna Burch was born near Plainfield, Iowa, January 13, 1895 and died at Crocker, Mo., May 15, 1918 being 23 years, 4 months, and 2 days old. She was married to Chas. E. Routh Dec. 20, 1914. To this union two children were born the first dying an infant the second being left at five days old. Besides her husband and infant daughter, she leaves her father, and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Burch now of Clarksburg, Mo., one sister Mrs. W. W. Wert, of Charles City, Iowa, and a brother Jesse E. Burch now with the colors in France. She professed faith in Christ when young and was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist church at Crocker in Oct. 1913 of which she remained a member until death. "Blessed are they that die in the lord." xxx The funeral of Mrs. Routh was conducted by Dr. W. D. Cave at the Baptist church on Thursday afternoon of last week. Interment was made in the Crocker cemetery. Published in The Crocker News, Pulaski County, Missouri on Thursday, May 23, 1918.