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Josephine V <I>Sterling</I> LaRock

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Josephine V Sterling LaRock

Birth
Macomb, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Death
5 Jul 1957 (aged 64)
Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Burial
Hermon, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
New Side (across street)
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Ogdensburg Advance, Sunday July 7, 1957
Mrs. W. Larock
DeKalb Junction - Wife of a well-known barber in DeKalb Junction, Mrs. Josephine sterling LaRock, 65, died Friday at 8:30pm in the Edward J. Noble Hospital, Gouverneur, where she was admitted Monday night.

Mrs. LaRock underwent a gall stone operation in May at the A. Barton Hepburn Hospital in Ogdensburg. Complications persisted which prevented recovery.

Her husband, William LaRock, who survives, has a dance orchestra well-known in the north-country, and Mrs. LaRock was an accordionist with this orchestra.

Mrs. LaRock was born on Dec 11, 1891 at Macomb, a daughter of Fred and Harriet Washburn Sterling. Her marriage to Mr. LaRock took place on Dec 13, 1910 in Ogdensburg. The couple had resided in DeKalb Junction for 30 years.

Surviving besides her husband are six sons and three daughters: Arthur, Watertown; Roy and Walter, Syracuse; Lowell, Donald and Marvin; Mrs. Marion Kerr, Mrs. James (Ruth) Frisco, all of Gouverneur and Mrs. Harold (Charlotte) Rumple Plainsville, Ind. A daughter, Mrs. Eugene (Harriet) Gray died a year ago. Two sisters also survive. Mrs. Margaret Cameron, Brooklyn and Mrs. Flora Tosch, Rochester. There are 18 grandchildren.
Ogdensburg Advance, Sunday July 7, 1957
Mrs. W. Larock
DeKalb Junction - Wife of a well-known barber in DeKalb Junction, Mrs. Josephine sterling LaRock, 65, died Friday at 8:30pm in the Edward J. Noble Hospital, Gouverneur, where she was admitted Monday night.

Mrs. LaRock underwent a gall stone operation in May at the A. Barton Hepburn Hospital in Ogdensburg. Complications persisted which prevented recovery.

Her husband, William LaRock, who survives, has a dance orchestra well-known in the north-country, and Mrs. LaRock was an accordionist with this orchestra.

Mrs. LaRock was born on Dec 11, 1891 at Macomb, a daughter of Fred and Harriet Washburn Sterling. Her marriage to Mr. LaRock took place on Dec 13, 1910 in Ogdensburg. The couple had resided in DeKalb Junction for 30 years.

Surviving besides her husband are six sons and three daughters: Arthur, Watertown; Roy and Walter, Syracuse; Lowell, Donald and Marvin; Mrs. Marion Kerr, Mrs. James (Ruth) Frisco, all of Gouverneur and Mrs. Harold (Charlotte) Rumple Plainsville, Ind. A daughter, Mrs. Eugene (Harriet) Gray died a year ago. Two sisters also survive. Mrs. Margaret Cameron, Brooklyn and Mrs. Flora Tosch, Rochester. There are 18 grandchildren.

Gravesite Details

Wife of William, 1892-1957



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