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Rose <I>Morey</I> Poole

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Rose Morey Poole

Birth
Arenac County, Michigan, USA
Death
10 Jul 1963 (aged 83)
Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Plot
Aspen B-99-10
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Rose Morey, daughter of Rev. Samuel Livingston Morey who was born in England and a minister of the Gospel there. In 1850 he emigrated to the United States and located in Michigan and farmed. His wife Ellenor (Rodgers) Morey, was born in Ireland. She was a devoted mother and home maker and reared nine children. Rose Morey was the youngest of the children.
Rose received her schooling in the public schools of Sanignaw, Michigan and there celebrated her first marriage which united her with Neil B. Torrey, a native of that state. They had two children; Roger D. Torrey born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reared and educated in Klamath Falls, and Ellenor M. Torrey was born in Petrosky, Michigan and attended the University of Oregon at Eugene.
Rose Morey Torrey, married her second husband, Henry W. Poole, in 1918 in Klamath Falls.
Rose came to Klamath County in 1910 and the following year filed on a homestaed on Upper Lake. She entered business circles as office manager of the Klamath Development Company and in 1918 embarked in business with her husband when he purchased the Liberty Theater. Rose was a charter member of the League of Women Voters and the Business and Professional Women's Club. After her husband died in 1939, she took over the theater business.
Rose Morey, daughter of Rev. Samuel Livingston Morey who was born in England and a minister of the Gospel there. In 1850 he emigrated to the United States and located in Michigan and farmed. His wife Ellenor (Rodgers) Morey, was born in Ireland. She was a devoted mother and home maker and reared nine children. Rose Morey was the youngest of the children.
Rose received her schooling in the public schools of Sanignaw, Michigan and there celebrated her first marriage which united her with Neil B. Torrey, a native of that state. They had two children; Roger D. Torrey born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reared and educated in Klamath Falls, and Ellenor M. Torrey was born in Petrosky, Michigan and attended the University of Oregon at Eugene.
Rose Morey Torrey, married her second husband, Henry W. Poole, in 1918 in Klamath Falls.
Rose came to Klamath County in 1910 and the following year filed on a homestaed on Upper Lake. She entered business circles as office manager of the Klamath Development Company and in 1918 embarked in business with her husband when he purchased the Liberty Theater. Rose was a charter member of the League of Women Voters and the Business and Professional Women's Club. After her husband died in 1939, she took over the theater business.

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