This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Hissem Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/731 Message Board Post: The following is a transcription of the obituary of Thomas Baker ROPER (b abt 1911 - OH, d 30 Aug 1968 - Toledo, Lucas, OH) appearing in the Wood County Sentinel Tribune on 31 Aug 1968: "Thomas B. Roper" "Thomas Baker ROPER, 57, of 2208 Secor Ave., Toledo, died Friday in St. Vincent Hospital, Toledo. Mr. ROPER until 15 years ago was in the floor surfacing business in Bowling Green. Since then he has been an appraiser for the Home Federal Savings & Loan Co., Toledo. Survivors include two sons, Stewart and Theodore, Fullerton, California; his mother, Mrs. Beth Roper DAVIDSON, Scotch Ridge; a sister, Mrs. Fred (Eunice) WHITE, Wyandotte, Mich., and two brothers, John, Woodville, and Robert, Bowling Green. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Scotch Ridge United Presbyterian Church. The body has been cremated." * Thanks are due to the Wood County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, which kindly furnished me with a copy of the obituary transcribed above. The Wood County Chapter may be contacted at: Wood County Chapter The Ohio Genealogical Society P.O. Box 722 Bowling Green, Ohio 43402-0722 * * * NOTE 1: Thomas Baker ROPER (b abt 1911 - OH, d 30 Aug 1968 - Toledo, Lucas, OH) was the son of Stewart Davidson ROPER (b 18 May 1885 - Wood, OH, d 12 Apr 1922 - Panama) and Beth Rebecca HISSEM (b Jan 1888 - NE, d 05 Mar 1970 - Wood, OH). Stewart Davidson ROPER's obituary appears in my Post "Obituary of Stewart Davidson ROPER (b 18 May 1885 - Wood, OH, d 12 Apr 1922 - Panama)" at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=727 . Census records for this family are also appended as Replies to that Post. Beth HISSEM (shown as "Bath HISSEM") is enumerated in the 1900 Census at age 12 with her Uncle Jacob P. RAPP of Chicago, IL. Her sister Blanche HISSEM (b Apr 1886 - NE) is also shown in this same record. NOTE 2: I have been unable to locate either an Ohio death certificate nor a SSDI record for Thomas Baker ROPER (b abt 1911 - OH, d 30 Aug 1968 - Toledo, Lucas, OH). NOTE 3: Thomas Baker ROPER is enumerated in the 1920 United States Census with his parents Stewart Davidson ROPER and Beth Rebecca HISSEM (See "1920 Census Record for Stewart and Beth ROPER, of Cristobal District, Panama Canal Zone" at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=727.2 ). Thomas Baker ROPER is enumerated in the 1920 United States Census with his mother (See "1930 Census Record for Beth Rebecca Hissem ROPER, widow of Stewart ROPER, of Webster, Wood County, Ohio" at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=727.3 ). * * * Does anyone know what has become of Thomas Baker ROPER's sons Stewart and Theodore ROPER?