Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1920 — WILLIAM ROACH OF DELPHI PASSES AWAY [ARTICLE]

WILLIAM ROACH OF DELPHI PASSES AWAY

Delphi, Ind., June 7.—William Roach, one of Delphi’s leading business men, died Saturday evening of cancer. He was one of the proprietors of the Roach & Rothenbarger flour mills and was the father of W. A. Roach, former secretary of state, who died last year. Mr. Roach, who was born in Canada in 1846, had lived in Delphi fifty years. For thirty years he and Levi Rothen berger had been partners in the milling business. Mr. Roach was a prominent Miason and Odd Fellow and a member of the Methodist church. He was twice married, his first wife dying in 1882. His' second wife survives, together with one daughter by his first wife, Mrs. E. L. Cox, and a son, Harry, and a daughter, Mrs. Luther Grantham, by the second marriage. He also leaves a step-daughter, Mrs. Vern Brook, in Texas, and two grandchildren. The funeral was held Monday afternoon, Rev. R. O. Kimberlin officiating.