Mary Louise Roach, 91, died peacefully Thursday, July 16, 2020 in Fort Smith, Arkansas with her family at her side.
Born May 9,1929 in Okeene, Oklahoma to Ambrose and Theresa Adam.
June 11, 1947, she married Norbert Dee Roach who preceded her in death in 2015. She was also preceded in death by her parents, eight siblings and daughter-in-law Michele Roach.
She is survived by her four children, Linda Susanne Reed, Nancy Fields and her husband Jim, all of Fort Smith, Sally Ann Bailey and her husband Barry of West Fork, and Marcus Eric “Rick”
Roach of Carson City, Nevada; six grandchildren, Amy Selph Martin, David and Leslie Reed, Scott Bailey, Erica and Jackie Roach; and four great-grandchildren, Laney Lawson, Georgia and Everett Reed and Maverick Roach.
Mary and her husband owned and ran The Observer newspaper in West Fork, Arkansas for many years. Remembered for her artistic creativity and painting, a favorite is an oil on canvas of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She and her husband retired from the newspaper business and traveled throughout the country selling miniatures that she designed and made by hand.
A private service will be held at the National Cemetery in Fort Smith, at 12:00 pm Tuesday July 21, 2020, officiated by Father Matt Garrison, instead of a church funeral because of the current pandemic. Arrangements under the direction of Lewis Funeral Chapel, 4817 Kelley Hwy, Fort Smith, AR 72904
Born May 9,1929 in Okeene, Oklahoma to Ambrose and Theresa Adam.
June 11, 1947, she married Norbert Dee Roach who preceded her in death in 2015. She was also preceded in death by her parents, eight siblings and daughter-in-law Michele Roach.
She is survived by her four children, Linda Susanne Reed, Nancy Fields and her husband Jim, all of Fort Smith, Sally Ann Bailey and her husband Barry of West Fork, and Marcus Eric “Rick”
Roach of Carson City, Nevada; six grandchildren, Amy Selph Martin, David and Leslie Reed, Scott Bailey, Erica and Jackie Roach; and four great-grandchildren, Laney Lawson, Georgia and Everett Reed and Maverick Roach.
Mary and her husband owned and ran The Observer newspaper in West Fork, Arkansas for many years. Remembered for her artistic creativity and painting, a favorite is an oil on canvas of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She and her husband retired from the newspaper business and traveled throughout the country selling miniatures that she designed and made by hand.
A private service will be held at the National Cemetery in Fort Smith, at 12:00 pm Tuesday July 21, 2020, officiated by Father Matt Garrison, instead of a church funeral because of the current pandemic. Arrangements under the direction of Lewis Funeral Chapel, 4817 Kelley Hwy, Fort Smith, AR 72904
Mary Louise Roach, 91, died peacefully Thursday, July 16, 2020 in Fort Smith, Arkansas with her family at her side.
Born May 9,1929 in Okeene, Oklahoma to Ambrose and Theresa Adam.
June 11, 1947, she married Norbert Dee Roach who preceded her in death in 2015. She was also preceded in death by her parents, eight siblings and daughter-in-law Michele Roach.
She is survived by her four children, Linda Susanne Reed, Nancy Fields and her husband Jim, all of Fort Smith, Sally Ann Bailey and her husband Barry of West Fork, and Marcus Eric “Rick”
Roach of Carson City, Nevada; six grandchildren, Amy Selph Martin, David and Leslie Reed, Scott Bailey, Erica and Jackie Roach; and four great-grandchildren, Laney Lawson, Georgia and Everett Reed and Maverick Roach.
Mary and her husband owned and ran The Observer newspaper in West Fork, Arkansas for many years. Remembered for her artistic creativity and painting, a favorite is an oil on canvas of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She and her husband retired from the newspaper business and traveled throughout the country selling miniatures that she designed and made by hand.
A private service will be held at the National Cemetery in Fort Smith, at 12:00 pm Tuesday July 21, 2020, officiated by Father Matt Garrison, instead of a church funeral because of the current pandemic. Arrangements under the direction of Lewis Funeral Chapel, 4817 Kelley Hwy, Fort Smith, AR 72904
Born May 9,1929 in Okeene, Oklahoma to Ambrose and Theresa Adam.
June 11, 1947, she married Norbert Dee Roach who preceded her in death in 2015. She was also preceded in death by her parents, eight siblings and daughter-in-law Michele Roach.
She is survived by her four children, Linda Susanne Reed, Nancy Fields and her husband Jim, all of Fort Smith, Sally Ann Bailey and her husband Barry of West Fork, and Marcus Eric “Rick”
Roach of Carson City, Nevada; six grandchildren, Amy Selph Martin, David and Leslie Reed, Scott Bailey, Erica and Jackie Roach; and four great-grandchildren, Laney Lawson, Georgia and Everett Reed and Maverick Roach.
Mary and her husband owned and ran The Observer newspaper in West Fork, Arkansas for many years. Remembered for her artistic creativity and painting, a favorite is an oil on canvas of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She and her husband retired from the newspaper business and traveled throughout the country selling miniatures that she designed and made by hand.
A private service will be held at the National Cemetery in Fort Smith, at 12:00 pm Tuesday July 21, 2020, officiated by Father Matt Garrison, instead of a church funeral because of the current pandemic. Arrangements under the direction of Lewis Funeral Chapel, 4817 Kelley Hwy, Fort Smith, AR 72904
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