This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/191.1 Message Board Post: >From the Daily Argus Leader, Sioux Falls SD Typed just as it appeared in the original newspaper, including any/all typos. Dated November 20, 1939 Death Summons Mrs. Mary Roach Rites to be Tuesday for 75- Year Old Widow of Pioneer Railroad Worker Mrs. Mary Roach, 75-year-old widow of William Roach, a pioneer South Dakota railroad man who died 21 years ago, succumbed to a short illness Sunday morning at 832 West Seventh st., where she lived with a daughter, Mrs. Lettie Burke. Funeral mass will be said from St. Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning and burial will be in the family lot at the local Catholic cemetery. The body is at the Barnett funeral home. Mrs. Roach was born at Syracuse, N. Y. on July 19, 1864, the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Edmund Dwyer. At an early age she moved with her parents to Baraboo, Wis., where she lived until her marriage. The wedding took place November 28, 1884 at Groton, Dakota Territory. As an employe of the Milwaukee railroad, Mr. Roach was transferred from time to time and the couple lived at Groton, Howard and Roswell, SD before his death which occurred February 28, 1918. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Roach had lived with her daughter in Sioux Falls. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors and attended St. Joseph’s Cathedral. Survivors, besides Mrs. Burke, include four sons, R. E. Roach, 901 South Duluth ave.; H. W. Roach, Cherokee, Ia.; C. F. Roach, Bloomington, Ill., and R. J. Roach, North Platte, Neb. There are nine grandchildren, Three brothers, James Dwyer, Milwaukee; Dennis Dwyer, Merrimac, Wis., and Mike Dwyer, Keno?ha, Wis., and one sister, Mrs. John Bradley, Hueneme, Calif. >From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Sioux Falls SD Typed just as it appeared in the original newspaper, including any/all typos. Dated Tuesday, January 13, 1959 Mrs. Lettie Burke Dies at Age 73 Mrs. Lettie Burke, 73, of 832 W. 7th St., died at her son’s home in rural Sioux Falls Monday night after a long illness. Born Dec. 19, at Groton, she was married to Eugene Burke in 1909 in Miner County. The couple moved to Sioux Falls in 1917. He died in 1929. She was a member of St. Joseph’s Cathedral Catholic Daughter of America and the Royal Neighbors of America. Survivors include three daughters, Wilma M. Burke, Japan, Mrs. Ray Chapman, Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Richard Lugenbeel, Washington, D. C.; two sons, Eugene, Sioux Falls, and Robert, Rt. 4; four Brothers, William and Gene, both of Long Beach, and Frank, La Crosse, Wis., and six grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, John, who was killed in 1944 during World War II. Requiem Mass will be at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph’s Cathedral. Burial will be in the family lot St. Michael’s Cemetery. Catholic Daughters of America rosary will be 8 p.m. and parish rosary at 9:19 p.m. Thursday at Barnett Funeral Home.