An obituary published in the Shelbyville Democrat on March 27, 1919 for Mrs. Ira P. Roessler stated she had died suddenly at her home in Rose Township Wednesday [March 19, 1919]. Mrs. Roessler was 26 years old at the time of her death, having been born in Kansas on the 29th of December, 1892. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weakly, former resident of the vicinity. Her parents had returned from Kansas and moved to Decatur where she had attended school, graduating from the Decatur High School and for several years taught in the rural schools near Decatur. She married Ira P. Roessler, on the 9th of September, 1913 and since that time they resided on a farm a few miles from Shelbyville. One child was born to them. She was Enid Mildred Roessler, born September 12, 1918, at the Shelby County Memorial Hospital, being the first child to be born in that new institution. Besides the husband and daughter, Mrs. Roessler was survived by her parents, three sisters and two brothers. The sisters were Mrs. Frank Calvert of Kensington, Md., Mrs. E. J. Buxton of Okmulgee, Okla., and Miss Alwilda Weakly living at home. The brothers were Rex and Ralph Weakly, both of whom were with the American Expeditionary forces in Europe. The funeral services were conducted from the First M. E. church, Rev. Coleman, officiating. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.
An obituary published in the Shelbyville Democrat on March 27, 1919 for Mrs. Ira P. Roessler stated she had died suddenly at her home in Rose Township Wednesday [March 19, 1919]. Mrs. Roessler was 26 years old at the time of her death, having been born in Kansas on the 29th of December, 1892. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weakly, former resident of the vicinity. Her parents had returned from Kansas and moved to Decatur where she had attended school, graduating from the Decatur High School and for several years taught in the rural schools near Decatur. She married Ira P. Roessler, on the 9th of September, 1913 and since that time they resided on a farm a few miles from Shelbyville. One child was born to them. She was Enid Mildred Roessler, born September 12, 1918, at the Shelby County Memorial Hospital, being the first child to be born in that new institution. Besides the husband and daughter, Mrs. Roessler was survived by her parents, three sisters and two brothers. The sisters were Mrs. Frank Calvert of Kensington, Md., Mrs. E. J. Buxton of Okmulgee, Okla., and Miss Alwilda Weakly living at home. The brothers were Rex and Ralph Weakly, both of whom were with the American Expeditionary forces in Europe. The funeral services were conducted from the First M. E. church, Rev. Coleman, officiating. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.
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