This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Stewart, Hissem Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/727 Message Board Post: The following is a transcription of the obituary of Stewart Davidson ROPER (b 18 May 1885 - Wood, OH, d 12 Apr 1922 - Panama) appearing in the Wood County Daily Sentinel Tribune on 13 Apr 1922: "STEWART ROPER DIED IN PANAMA" "Wednesday, April 12, 1922 occurred the death of Stewart Davidson ROPER, youngest son of Thos. B. and Jeannette ROPER, of Scotch Ridge, O. Mr. ROPER was superintendent of government dairies in Cristobal, Canal Zone, having accepted the position three years ago this spring. This was the second time he had been in government service in Panama. He married Beth Rebecca HISSEM of Chicago, about twelve years ago, who with her six children are left to mourn. He also leaves his father and mother; one sister, Margaret E., of Dunbridge, O.; and five brothers: Walter T. and Robert J., of Toledo; Wm. Hugh, of Monclova, O.; Roswell D., of Phoenix, Arizona, and Allen B., of Scotch Ridge. Mr. ROPER would have been 37 years old May 18, 1922. Death was due to gangrene of stomach and complications. His brother Andrew C., died in the Phillipines years ago, but his body was brought back to Scotch Ridge for burial. Funeral notice for Mr. ROPER will be announced later. His body will be brought home." * 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: Stewart Davidson ROPER (b 18 May 1885 - Wood, OH, d 12 Apr 1922 - Panama) is the son of Thomas B. ROPER (b 26 Mar 1842 - Lincolnshire, England, d 27 Mar 1923 - Scotch Ridge, Wood County, OH) and Jeanette Stewart ROPER (b Oct 1840 - Wood, OH, d 07 Mar 1923 - Scotch Ridge, Wood County, OH). I previously posted the obituaries of each at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=725 and http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=726 . NOTE 2: The six children of Stewart Davidson ROPER and Beth Rebecca HISSEM were: Thomas B., Eunice B., John H., Walter S., Robert G., and Richard J.