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Bertha Eugenia <I>Rockwell</I> Essex

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Bertha Eugenia Rockwell Essex

Birth
Brown County, Indiana, USA
Death
20 Jan 1994 (aged 84)
Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA
Burial
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Funeral for Bertha E. Essex, 84, of Hope, formerly of Clifford, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Norman Funeral Home at Hope, with the Rev. Jerry Crouse officiating. Calling will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until service time Monday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.
Mrs. Essex died at 8:20 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, 1994, at Columbus Regional Hospital.
A former cook at Clifford school and Hauser High School, she was a member of Clifford United Methodist Church and Esther Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star at Hope.
She was born in Brown County Jan. 10, 1910, the daughter of George and Mary Elizabeth Siebert Rockwell. She married Joseph T. Essex April 12, 1930. He died Sept. 8, 1979.
She is survived by daughters, Jean Elliott of Hope and Joan Rollins of Vevay; a brother, Ralph Rockwell of Florida; eight grandchildren; several step-grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and one granddaughter.
Funeral for Bertha E. Essex, 84, of Hope, formerly of Clifford, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Norman Funeral Home at Hope, with the Rev. Jerry Crouse officiating. Calling will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. until service time Monday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association.
Mrs. Essex died at 8:20 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, 1994, at Columbus Regional Hospital.
A former cook at Clifford school and Hauser High School, she was a member of Clifford United Methodist Church and Esther Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star at Hope.
She was born in Brown County Jan. 10, 1910, the daughter of George and Mary Elizabeth Siebert Rockwell. She married Joseph T. Essex April 12, 1930. He died Sept. 8, 1979.
She is survived by daughters, Jean Elliott of Hope and Joan Rollins of Vevay; a brother, Ralph Rockwell of Florida; eight grandchildren; several step-grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and one granddaughter.


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