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Vesta Gertrude <I>Smith</I> Roddy

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Vesta Gertrude Smith Roddy

Birth
Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
8 Feb 1971 (aged 66)
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec B, Row 5, Site 122 Gr 3
Memorial ID
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Mrs. Boyd A. Roddy, 66 years of Rockview, died Monday in a nursing home in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Roddy, the former Vesta Smith, was born June 10, 1904 at Kingston, OK.
On December 2, 1925 she married Mr. Roddy. They resided in Drum for a number of years, moving to Rockview August 13, 1951. They operated Roddy's Grocery until retirement on January 1, 1967.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Rockview. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter of Whitewater and served as its worthy matron in 1957, and an honorary member of the Elda Chapter of O.E.S. at Illmo.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two brothers, Andrew J. Smith of Medford, OR and John H. Smith of Toyah, TX, and two sisters, Mrs. Oval Clark of Ashland, OR and Mrs. Jimmy Hardy of San Francisco, CA.
Services were held February 10 at Bisplinghoff Funeral Home. Burial was in Bollinger County Memorial Cemetery near Lutesville.
MARBLE HILL (MO) BANNER-PRESS, 18/Feb/1971
Mrs. Boyd A. Roddy, 66 years of Rockview, died Monday in a nursing home in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Roddy, the former Vesta Smith, was born June 10, 1904 at Kingston, OK.
On December 2, 1925 she married Mr. Roddy. They resided in Drum for a number of years, moving to Rockview August 13, 1951. They operated Roddy's Grocery until retirement on January 1, 1967.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Rockview. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star Chapter of Whitewater and served as its worthy matron in 1957, and an honorary member of the Elda Chapter of O.E.S. at Illmo.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two brothers, Andrew J. Smith of Medford, OR and John H. Smith of Toyah, TX, and two sisters, Mrs. Oval Clark of Ashland, OR and Mrs. Jimmy Hardy of San Francisco, CA.
Services were held February 10 at Bisplinghoff Funeral Home. Burial was in Bollinger County Memorial Cemetery near Lutesville.
MARBLE HILL (MO) BANNER-PRESS, 18/Feb/1971


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  • Maintained by: Silent One
  • Originally Created by: Jean ღ
  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12446799/vesta_gertrude-roddy: accessed ), memorial page for Vesta Gertrude Smith Roddy (10 Jun 1904–8 Feb 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12446799, citing Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Silent One (contributor 47845738).