William Ellsworth was the son of Garrett Resler Rorabaugh and Sarah Jane Lisle Rorabaugh and he was the husband of Vivian Rittgers Rorabaugh.
W. E. RORABAUGH FORMER PUBLISHER DIED SATURDAY
Funeral services for Mr. William E. Rorabaugh, 80, were held Monday morning ...at the First Methodist Church, Clermont, Burial was in the Minneola Cemetery.
He was born Dec. 19, 1876 at Colfax, Iowa. He married Vivian Rittgers, Grimes, Iowa in 1906. He practiced medicine in the Des Moines, Iowa, until coming to Florida in 1911. A resident of Clermont since Autumn of 1912, he was publisher of Clermont's first newspaper, first issued in 1913. Active in the work of the church, being a member of the First Methodist Church, Clermont, and later of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church of Minneola. For quite a number of years was faithful in the work of tract distribution and personal testimony on the streets of Clermont.
Following a fall in 1946 he was handicapped by a hip injury. Nevertheless he continued active until the last week of the life when a heart attack confined him to his bed. He passed away in his sleep in the early hours of March 10, 1957.
Surviving are wife Mrs. Vivian E. Rorabaugh, Clermont, three sons, CWO John R. Rorabaugh, U.S. Army, Germany; William L. Rorabaugh and Philip Rorabaugh of Clermont, two daughters, Miss Josephine Rorabaugh, New York and Mrs. Gail Cox, Mount Dora and 12 grandchildren.
William Ellsworth was the son of Garrett Resler Rorabaugh and Sarah Jane Lisle Rorabaugh and he was the husband of Vivian Rittgers Rorabaugh.
W. E. RORABAUGH FORMER PUBLISHER DIED SATURDAY
Funeral services for Mr. William E. Rorabaugh, 80, were held Monday morning ...at the First Methodist Church, Clermont, Burial was in the Minneola Cemetery.
He was born Dec. 19, 1876 at Colfax, Iowa. He married Vivian Rittgers, Grimes, Iowa in 1906. He practiced medicine in the Des Moines, Iowa, until coming to Florida in 1911. A resident of Clermont since Autumn of 1912, he was publisher of Clermont's first newspaper, first issued in 1913. Active in the work of the church, being a member of the First Methodist Church, Clermont, and later of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church of Minneola. For quite a number of years was faithful in the work of tract distribution and personal testimony on the streets of Clermont.
Following a fall in 1946 he was handicapped by a hip injury. Nevertheless he continued active until the last week of the life when a heart attack confined him to his bed. He passed away in his sleep in the early hours of March 10, 1957.
Surviving are wife Mrs. Vivian E. Rorabaugh, Clermont, three sons, CWO John R. Rorabaugh, U.S. Army, Germany; William L. Rorabaugh and Philip Rorabaugh of Clermont, two daughters, Miss Josephine Rorabaugh, New York and Mrs. Gail Cox, Mount Dora and 12 grandchildren.
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