Indiana was the daughter of Duncan Wright Stivender and Margaret Gilly Ann Lee. She married David Davis Roach (1840-1903).
"WOMAN PIONEER PHILANTHROPIST IS LAID TO REST.
"Indiana Roach gave all of herself with her money donations.
"When loving friends laid to rest the aged body of Indiana Stivender Roach on Tuesday morning, there ceased a continuing philanthropy that had been unbroken in Leesburg for almost three quarters of a century.
"That long ago, at the age of 12, she came here with her parents. They sought other fields, came back, passed away, but she remained in Leesburg. Except for a few years, while she was with one of her sons, she made this her home, married, raised her two boys, saw them married, watched their careers. But she never lost sight of the needs of the people around her. Fortunate in some of her inventments, in later years she was able to dispose some charity in lumps that meant much to those whom she supplied.
"First came her church. Baptist all her life, she took a personal interest in every movement inside the church. If it was a new building, she donated so heavily that she surprised many others into larger donations than they had planned. If it were a work of mercy, she not only supplied the small funds needed by the group that had undertaken the work, but she went along and helped do what was necessary. And never did she obtrude her own personality into any project because of what she had done or given. For that reason she was never envied, but always loved by her coworkers.
"Mrs. Roach earned and proudly wore her title of 'Mother' in the First Baptist Church....
"Two sons are left to mourn her passing, Fred of Jacksonville and James of Tampa. Also there are three grandchildren. The son from Jacksonville and the family, including a married daughter from Washington, D.C., Mrs. Lester Huffman, were here during her last days and at her funeral."
Source: "The Daily Commercial," Leesburg, FL, Friday, October 25, 1935. Obituary and photos courtesy of Glorianne Fahs.
"WOMAN PIONEER PHILANTHROPIST IS LAID TO REST.
"Indiana Roach gave all of herself with her money donations.
"When loving friends laid to rest the aged body of Indiana Stivender Roach on Tuesday morning, there ceased a continuing philanthropy that had been unbroken in Leesburg for almost three quarters of a century.
"That long ago, at the age of 12, she came here with her parents. They sought other fields, came back, passed away, but she remained in Leesburg. Except for a few years, while she was with one of her sons, she made this her home, married, raised her two boys, saw them married, watched their careers. But she never lost sight of the needs of the people around her. Fortunate in some of her inventments, in later years she was able to dispose some charity in lumps that meant much to those whom she supplied.
"First came her church. Baptist all her life, she took a personal interest in every movement inside the church. If it was a new building, she donated so heavily that she surprised many others into larger donations than they had planned. If it were a work of mercy, she not only supplied the small funds needed by the group that had undertaken the work, but she went along and helped do what was necessary. And never did she obtrude her own personality into any project because of what she had done or given. For that reason she was never envied, but always loved by her coworkers.
"Mrs. Roach earned and proudly wore her title of 'Mother' in the First Baptist Church....
"Two sons are left to mourn her passing, Fred of Jacksonville and James of Tampa. Also there are three grandchildren. The son from Jacksonville and the family, including a married daughter from Washington, D.C., Mrs. Lester Huffman, were here during her last days and at her funeral."
Source: "The Daily Commercial," Leesburg, FL, Friday, October 25, 1935. Obituary and photos courtesy of Glorianne Fahs.
Indiana was the daughter of Duncan Wright Stivender and Margaret Gilly Ann Lee. She married David Davis Roach (1840-1903).
"WOMAN PIONEER PHILANTHROPIST IS LAID TO REST.
"Indiana Roach gave all of herself with her money donations.
"When loving friends laid to rest the aged body of Indiana Stivender Roach on Tuesday morning, there ceased a continuing philanthropy that had been unbroken in Leesburg for almost three quarters of a century.
"That long ago, at the age of 12, she came here with her parents. They sought other fields, came back, passed away, but she remained in Leesburg. Except for a few years, while she was with one of her sons, she made this her home, married, raised her two boys, saw them married, watched their careers. But she never lost sight of the needs of the people around her. Fortunate in some of her inventments, in later years she was able to dispose some charity in lumps that meant much to those whom she supplied.
"First came her church. Baptist all her life, she took a personal interest in every movement inside the church. If it was a new building, she donated so heavily that she surprised many others into larger donations than they had planned. If it were a work of mercy, she not only supplied the small funds needed by the group that had undertaken the work, but she went along and helped do what was necessary. And never did she obtrude her own personality into any project because of what she had done or given. For that reason she was never envied, but always loved by her coworkers.
"Mrs. Roach earned and proudly wore her title of 'Mother' in the First Baptist Church....
"Two sons are left to mourn her passing, Fred of Jacksonville and James of Tampa. Also there are three grandchildren. The son from Jacksonville and the family, including a married daughter from Washington, D.C., Mrs. Lester Huffman, were here during her last days and at her funeral."
Source: "The Daily Commercial," Leesburg, FL, Friday, October 25, 1935. Obituary and photos courtesy of Glorianne Fahs.
"WOMAN PIONEER PHILANTHROPIST IS LAID TO REST.
"Indiana Roach gave all of herself with her money donations.
"When loving friends laid to rest the aged body of Indiana Stivender Roach on Tuesday morning, there ceased a continuing philanthropy that had been unbroken in Leesburg for almost three quarters of a century.
"That long ago, at the age of 12, she came here with her parents. They sought other fields, came back, passed away, but she remained in Leesburg. Except for a few years, while she was with one of her sons, she made this her home, married, raised her two boys, saw them married, watched their careers. But she never lost sight of the needs of the people around her. Fortunate in some of her inventments, in later years she was able to dispose some charity in lumps that meant much to those whom she supplied.
"First came her church. Baptist all her life, she took a personal interest in every movement inside the church. If it was a new building, she donated so heavily that she surprised many others into larger donations than they had planned. If it were a work of mercy, she not only supplied the small funds needed by the group that had undertaken the work, but she went along and helped do what was necessary. And never did she obtrude her own personality into any project because of what she had done or given. For that reason she was never envied, but always loved by her coworkers.
"Mrs. Roach earned and proudly wore her title of 'Mother' in the First Baptist Church....
"Two sons are left to mourn her passing, Fred of Jacksonville and James of Tampa. Also there are three grandchildren. The son from Jacksonville and the family, including a married daughter from Washington, D.C., Mrs. Lester Huffman, were here during her last days and at her funeral."
Source: "The Daily Commercial," Leesburg, FL, Friday, October 25, 1935. Obituary and photos courtesy of Glorianne Fahs.
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