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/730 Message Board Post: The following is a transcription of the obituary of Richard Joseph ROPER (b 23 Feb 1921 - Panama, d 08 Mar 1966 - Upper Arlington, Franklin County, OH) appearing in the Wood County Sentinel Tribune on Wednesday, 09 Mar 1966: "Richard J. Roper" "A memorial service for Richard J. ROPER, 45, Upper Arlington, brother of Bowling Green Councilman Robert G. ROPER, will be Thursday in the Scotch Ridge United Presbyterian Church. He died Tuesday [presumably 08 Mar 1966] and the body was cremated. Mr. ROPER, a former resident of Scotch Ridge, attended Webster Township schools and was a member of the United Presbyterian Church there. He was born Feb. 23, 1921 to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart D. ROPER (Beth) in Panama, Canal Zone. After retiring from the United States Air Force in 1962 with the rank of major, Mr. ROPER attended Ohio State University. Since graduation in 1964 he has been teaching in the Columbus school system. Surviving are his wife, Helen; a daughter, Nan; a son, Richard; his mother, Mrs. Frank (Beth) Davidson, Scotch Ridge; two other brothers, John, Woodville, and Thomas, Toledo, and a sister Mrs. Eunice WHITE, Wyandotte, Mich. Another brother, Walter, was killed in World War II. The family requests that any tributes be in the form of contributions to the Heart Fund." * 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: Richard Joseph ROPER (b 23 Feb 1921 - Panama, d 08 Mar 1966 - Upper Arlington, Franklin County, 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: Richard Joseph ROPER's Ohio death certificate shows the date of death as 08 Mar 1966 and place of death as Franklin County, OH. His residence at death is shown as Upper Arlington, Franklin County, OH. The death certificate is recorded in Volume 18393 with certificate number 19256. This information is taken from an abstract of the death certificate appearing in Index form. I have NOT seen the original death certiifcate. NOTE 3: Richard Joseph ROPER first appears in the Census record of his mother in 1930 at age 9. A transcription of that Census record is Posted in "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 . NOTE 3: Richard Joseph ROPER's SSN appears to have been 273-14-7444. The SSDI record for this Richard ROPER shows date of birth of 23 Feb 1921 and date of death as Mar 1966. I have NOT seen the underlying SS-5 Application for a Social Security Number. Someone with an interest in this family could order that directly from the SSA. * * * Does anyone know what has become of the widow, Helen ROPER, or the children Richard and Nan ROPER?