I vote to keep the obits...they do help some people...and they are easy to delete... I am looking for the family of William Albert Rose, b. 1830, Missouri, (probably St. Louis), and died abt 1886 in St. Louis, Mo...He was married to Susan Cornelia Gereau, the daughter of Francois Giroux and Elizabeth Gaudert...William and Susan's children were...William (Willis) A. Rose, B. 1858, St. Louis, Mo...Marion W. Rose, b. 13 Sep 1862, St. Louis, Mo...Mary Elizabeth Rose, b. 23 Oct 1865, Florrisnat, St. Louis, Mo., d. 3 Feb 1948, Lithium, Missouri, md. Platt Welch Upshaw, son of Thomas Jefferson Upshaw and Margaret Prudence Bowles. I would like to find something on Willis and Marion. William Albert Rose's parents were Rolla Francis Rose, b., 1804, Missouri (probably St. Louis), d.1877, Bridgton, St. Louis, Mo., md. (1) Mary H. Clark...(2) Adeline Hafner... William and Mary's children were, Louis, William Albert, Franklin, and Nancy William and Adeline's children were, Katherine, Virginia, James, Rolla Mathias, Stella Alice, Mamie, and Clementin (later became Sister Mary Ignatius) Rolla Francis Rose's parents were, Matthias Rose, b. 16 Apr 1764, Maryland, d. 5 Jul 1834, St. Ferdinand Twp., ST. Louis, Mo., md. Nancy Ann Hickman, b. abt 1770, Loudon Co., Va., d. 1852, St. Louis Co., Missouri...daughter of Francis and Sarah Hickman....Matthias and Nancy's children were, Lewis, Elza H., Sarah (Sally), Rolla Francis, Elizabeth, and Anjaline. Matthias Rose's parents were Gottlieb (Rooss)Rose, b. abt 1723, Bingen, Germany, d. Jefferson Co., Ky., md., Maria (Barbary), b. abt 1727, Germany, d. Kentucky....Gottlieb and Maria's children were, Ludwig (Lewis) Christian, Wilhelmina (Jemima) Julianna, Philip Christopher, Carl Ludwig, Martin, Matthias, Deniza, and Barbara. Would love to share information with anyone who has any of these people in their family... Joyce