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/kgDBAEB/758 Message Board Post: DAISY TILLOTSON ROPER Was born in East Chicago, Indiana on January 16, 1928. She passed away on Friday, December 17, 2004 at Munster Med Inn. The third of four children, she was born to Ulysses and Beatrice Tillotson. Daisy was preceded in death by her parents; her stepmother Hortense Tillotson; her siblings, William Tillotson, Marion Tillotson Wailes and Dorothy Tillotson Winbush; her special niece, Jacqueline Wailes Morgan; and her granddaughter, Keyva Roper. Daisy was a former member of St. John A. M. E. Zion Church in Hammond, Indiana. She was a 1947 Graduate of East Chicago Washington High School. She was a 20 year employee of Hammond Valve Corp. where she served as Union Vice President and Griever, Union Trustee and Financial Secretary. She also served as District 31 Steelworkers Black Caucus Secretary, and National Collation of Black Trade Union Treasurer. She was a proud member of The Confectionery Friends. Daisy will be lovingly remembered by her devoted husband of ! 54 years, Edward; three daughters, Karen Desadier (John) Spann of Portage, IN, Karla (Jim) Scott of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Kim (Gregory) Gillis; one son, Kevin Roper of Gary, IN; brothers-in-law, Clarence (Delores) Roper of Chicago, IL and Leo (Morrell) Roper of Bradenton, FL; eleven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; special girlfriends, Katherine Scott, Luella Lott, Ethel Rena Roberts, and Betty Upshaw; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 from 12 Noon to 8:00 P.M. with Family Hour from 6-8 P.M. at the Alpha Mortuary Chapel, 421 West 5th Avenue, Gary, Indiana. Homegoing Services will be held on Thursday, December 23, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. from Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1047 Kenwood St., Hammond, IN. with Rev. William Collins, Pastor, officiating. Interment Concordia Cemetery in Hammond, IN. Mrs. Roper will lie in state from 10:00 A.M. until time of services. Services were entrusted to "The Car! ing Professionals" of Alpha Mortuary (219) 882-8230 To share a memory with the family, or to offer your condolences to the family, please view the obituary to sign the Guest Book, www.post-trib.com Published in the Post-Tribune (Gary, IN) on 12/21/2004. No relation to the deceased.