Prof. Howard Dykema Roelofs, head of the department of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati for many years, died Aug. 12 at his home, Arden Farm in East Aurora, N.Y., where he had lived since his retirement in 1959. He was 81 years old.

Prof. Roelofs did his undergraduate work at Amherst College and the University of Michigan and received his doctorate from Harvard. He taught at Michigan, the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford and Amherst before joining the Cincinnati faculty in 1932.

Surviving are his widow, the former Miriam Elberta Hubbard; four daughters, Mary Stott, Alice Jellema, Miriam Ellis and Joan Garber; two sons, Prof Gerrit Roelofs of Kenyon College and Prof. H. Mark Roelofs of New York University. [The New York Times, page 38, 20 Aug 1974.]

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Howard R Rodofs [sic]
United States Census, 1900
Name: Howard R Rodofs
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900 •
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Precinct 1 Grand Rapids city Ward 10, Kent, Michigan, United States •
Event Place (Original): ED 81 Precinct 1 Grand Rapids city Ward 10, Kent, Michigan, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 7
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Date: Apr 1893
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Birthplace: Netherlands
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 6
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
George Rodofs Head Male 47 Netherlands
Mary Rodofs Wife Female 43 Michigan
Flora A Rodofs Daughter Female 24 Michigan
Henrietta Rodofs Daughter Female 22 Michigan
Irene E Rodofs Daughter Female 19 Michigan
Ebertha M Rodofs Daughter Female 17 Michigan
Howard R Rodofs Son Male 7 Michigan

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