Roach, Wayne Theodore

1929 - 2004  (74 years)

• Name	Roach, Wayne Theodore
  Birth	7 Sep 1929	Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Feb 2004	Boone County Hospital Center, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Burial	9 Feb 2004	St Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I12243	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Roach, Vernon Floyd,   b. 10 Mar 1898, Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, USA d. 26 Jan 1970, Lamar, Barton, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Wallace, Eva June,   b. 18 Aug 1894, Nebraska, USA d. 8 May 1978, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Feb 1919	Rosendale, Andrew, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F8551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gerling, Mary Louise,   b. 23 Mar 1928, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA d. 2 Jan 2020, Missouri, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1951	St Joseph Catholic Church, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Roach, Vernon Wayne   2. Roach, Suzanne   3. Roach, Kathleen  [natural]
  Family ID	F5334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Sep 1929 - Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, USA Marriage - 20 Jan 1951 - St Joseph Catholic Church, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA Death - 6 Feb 2004 - Boone County Hospital Center, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA Burial - 9 Feb 2004 - St Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The Sedalia Democrat From the Saturday, February 7, 2004 issue: Wayne T. Roach, 1929-2004, Pilot Grove Wayne Theodore Roach, 74, of Pilot Grove, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2004, at the Boone Health Center in Columbia. He was born Sept. 7, 1929, in Savannah, Mo., a son of Vernon Floyd and Eva June Wallace Roach. On Jan. 20, 1951, he was married to Mary Louise Gerling, who survives of the home. He graduated from high school in Boonville in 1947. He was a member of the National Guard from 1947 to 1956. He owned and operated Roach's Standard Station in Pilot Grove from April 1951 to 1997. He was a member of St Joseph Catholic Church in Pilot Grove, the Clear Creek Knights of Columbus and the Pilot Grove Lion's Club. He served on the Pilot Grove fire department for 20 years. He was instrumental in charting the Pilot Grove swimming pool. He served on the Pilot Grove City Council. Surviving are one son, Vernon Roach, of Overland Park, Kan.; two daughters, Kathleen Stewart, of Overland Park, Kan., and Susan Nelson, of Kansas City; one sister, Maxine Drechsel, of Boonville; and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the St Joseph Catholic Church in Pilot Grove, with Father Tom Seifner and Father Richard Colbert officiating. Pallbearers will be David Kraus, Virgil Kraus, Joe Ed Stoecklein, Robert L. Stoecklein, Donald R. Kempf and Jerry Dillner. Honorary pallbearers will be Clem Twenter, Wilbur Quinlan, Ralph Felten, Herbert Gerke, David Horst, Darrell Spaedy, Dennis Knipp and Jerry Drechsel. Burial will be in the St Joseph Cemetery in Pilot Grove. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Meisenheimer Funeral Home in Pilot Grove. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the St Joseph Catholic Church, with a prayer service to begin at 6. The family suggests memorial contributions to St Joseph Catholic Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S250] USA: MO: COOPER: Boonville Daily News: Obituary. https://www.boonvilledailynews.com/ [S433] CONTRIBUTORS:. Vollrath, Shandy nee Hix: svollrath@sfths.sft434.k12.ks.us [S628] USA: MO: COOPER: St Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery in Pilot Grove. https://cooper.mogenweb.org/Cemeteries/ST%20JOSEPH%20CATHOLIC%20CHURCH%20AND%20CEMETERY.pdf St Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Pilot Grove, MO.pdf St Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, Pilot Grove, MO.jpg