From the Tippecanoe County Death Index.
Roseberry, William Guy, age 83. Male, died Oct 06, 1957
burial at Crown Hill cemetery in Indpls, Ind. Book S-32 114
The Health Department will issue a death certificate. Not an
obituary. The Health Department has this index in their office.
Lou Ann
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A random act of kindness from genealogy buffs or other good
citizens in Lafayette,
Indiana is needed to bring closure to the
family.
I am seeking an obituary on WILLIAM GUY ROSEBERY/ROSEBERRY. He
preferred to be
called Guy. An old envelope addressed to Wm Guy
Roseberry from the National Education Association in Washington,
D.C. believed to be postmarked in 1954 was recently found by the
family among old storage boxes in Madison County Illinois. It was
addressed to him at Wabash Valley Sanitarium, Lafayette, Indiana.
This indicates that Guy was living in Lafayette, Indiana in 1954
at the age of 80. At that age Guy may have been dealing with
senility. The family believes that he probably remained there for
the rest of his life.
The obituary of his brother Clarence J. Roseberry who died in
Illinois in December
of 1954 stated that besides his widow, he
leaves a brother, Guy, and a sister, Mrs. Julia Davis, both of
LaFayette Indiana. The death index of the LAFAYETTE JOURNAL AND
COURIER NEWSPAPER INDEX, 1902-1952 stops short by two years of
his probable death after 1954. The Tippecanoe, County Lafayette
Health Department requires an exact date of death before they can
search for his obituary.
Guy disappeared and was last known to be in Wilmington Delaware
in the 1920 Census
and was also known to be living there
according to an obituary of his father in 1925. This clue of his
presence in Lafayette, Indiana was the first clue we have had to
his probable place of death in Lafayette. He was an Educator and
an avid Genealogy Researcher of the Rosebery/Roseberry surname.
Trying to run these clues down long distance is very difficult.
If anyone in
Lafayette or someone connected with the LAFAYETTE
COUNTY HOSPITAL or the local newspaper could make some inquiries
as to his time and place of death and locate an obituary the
family would be very grateful.
Robert F. Roseberry
Lawrence, KS
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