Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Doniphan. The Rev. Steve Major will officiate. Burial will be in Cedarview Cem in Doniphan.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home with a rosary at 7 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
Mr. Roach was born Jan. 22, 1909, at Sargent to Fred and Clara (Hohman) Roach. He received his education in Grand Island.
He married Johanna Warnke on March 19, 1929, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The couple lived in Omaha. He was employed by the Jesse Bakery in Grand Island for 32 years. He then managed the Scoular-Bishop fertilizer plant in Boelus for several years.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rockville. He was an avid rock collector and operated Red's Rock Shop for several years in Boelus.
Survivors include his wife; six sons, Harold Roach Jr., Michael Roach and Stanley Roach, all of Doniphan, Eugene Roach of Ashton, Gerald Roach of Ft. McCoy, Fla., and Gregory Roach of Palmer; seven daughters, Patricia Nunnenkamp of California City, Calif., Charlotte Tully of Belton, Mo., Antoinette "Toni" Hurst of Doniphan, Suzanne Kelsey of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Janet Hill of Osteen, Fla., Carol Caudill of Grand Island and Karen McIntosh of Colton, Ore.; 42 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Jack Roach of Central City; and four sisters, Marion Dahlke of St. Paul, Dorothy Worrell of Burleigh, Idaho, Ruth Henning of Lincoln and Joyce Hodtwalker of Grand Island.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Kaye Kelsey; five brothers, Vern, Jim, Bob, Lee and Billy Roach; and two sisters, Lucille and Doris.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Doniphan. The Rev. Steve Major will officiate. Burial will be in Cedarview Cem in Doniphan.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home with a rosary at 7 p.m.
Memorials are suggested to the family.
Mr. Roach was born Jan. 22, 1909, at Sargent to Fred and Clara (Hohman) Roach. He received his education in Grand Island.
He married Johanna Warnke on March 19, 1929, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The couple lived in Omaha. He was employed by the Jesse Bakery in Grand Island for 32 years. He then managed the Scoular-Bishop fertilizer plant in Boelus for several years.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rockville. He was an avid rock collector and operated Red's Rock Shop for several years in Boelus.
Survivors include his wife; six sons, Harold Roach Jr., Michael Roach and Stanley Roach, all of Doniphan, Eugene Roach of Ashton, Gerald Roach of Ft. McCoy, Fla., and Gregory Roach of Palmer; seven daughters, Patricia Nunnenkamp of California City, Calif., Charlotte Tully of Belton, Mo., Antoinette "Toni" Hurst of Doniphan, Suzanne Kelsey of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Janet Hill of Osteen, Fla., Carol Caudill of Grand Island and Karen McIntosh of Colton, Ore.; 42 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Jack Roach of Central City; and four sisters, Marion Dahlke of St. Paul, Dorothy Worrell of Burleigh, Idaho, Ruth Henning of Lincoln and Joyce Hodtwalker of Grand Island.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Kaye Kelsey; five brothers, Vern, Jim, Bob, Lee and Billy Roach; and two sisters, Lucille and Doris.
Family Members
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Vern Henry Roach
1911–1984
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Lucille Gwendolyn Roach Ward
1913–2000
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Marian Alice Roach Dahlke
1916–2002
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Fred James "Jim" Roach
1918–1964
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Dorothy Maxine Roach Warrell
1919–2007
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Ruth Helen Roach Henning
1921–2011
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Doris Roach Ainlay
1923–1982
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Robert Raymond Roach
1926–2001
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Lee Edward Roach
1928–1968
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Billy Ray Roach
1933–1936
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Jack Glen Roach
1939–2020
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