Husband Edward Frederick Albert Roess 1 2
Born: 9 Apr 1872 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2
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Died: 20 Aug 1939 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Father: Christian Roess (1844-1907) 3
Mother: Sophia Julianne Krauthause (1844-1912) 4
Marriage: 24 Apr 1901 - ? Venango Co, PA 2
Wife Emma L. Reimann 1
Born: 25 Aug 1876 - Paris, Stark Co, OH
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Died: May 1970 - ? Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Father: Rev. Henry J. Reimann (1852-1912) 2
Mother: Louisa Elizabeth Knoderer (1853-1935) 2
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1 F Catherine Reimann Roess 5
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Spouse: Dr. Roland S. Aronson ( - ) 5
Marr: 1940 - ? Venango Co, PA
2 F Elizabeth Reimann Roess 5
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Spouse: John Lawrence Monier ( - ) 5
Marr: 1931 - ? Venango Co, PA
3 M Edward Reimann Roess 5
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4 F Emma Reimann Roess 5
Born: 17 Aug 1908 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
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Died: 6 Oct 1983 - Dallas Co, TX
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Spouse: Kenton Chickering (1906-2005) 5
Marr: 12 Sep 1933 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 6
5 F Lucy Reimann Roess 5
Born: 19 Sep 1910 5
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Died: 18 Jun 1913 5
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 M Christian Reimann Roess 5
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7 F Rebecca Reimann Roess 5
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General Notes: Husband - Edward Frederick Albert Roess
He was educated in the public schools of Oil City, Pennsylvania, and began the active business of life at the early age of thirteen, when he became delivery boy for Charles Settle, a local retail meat merchant. Even as a boy he demonstrated his enterprising spirit and exceptional gifts for business leadership. As a result he was made a partner in the business under the name of Settle & Roess and continued the association for several years. At the time he was still far short of his majority. Mr. Roess was only eighteen when he entered the retail meat business for himself, launching the enterprise of which he was active head for half a century and its guiding spirit throughout this entire period. In 1923 the business was incorporated as the Edward Roess Company, located at No. 214 Center Street, Oil City, with Mr. Roess as president and general manager. Later it was moved to another address, No. 35 Seneca Street, where it was long operated by the Edward Roess estate. In later years, dairy products and frosted foods were added to the line of provisions carried.
Although he was primarily a merchant and one of Oil City's most successful figures in that field, Mr. Roess' judicious investments brought him other large interests, notably in Oil City real estate. He had important holdings in both business and residential properties. In them he revealed his fine judgment of property trends and values and his complete confidence in the future of Oil City, a faith he willingly backed by long-term investments. The same spirit made him an ideal civic worker, whose leadership was decisive in the success of many useful community causes and whose support was generously given to charitable as well as civic projects. Mr. Roess was associated with many of the leading institutions of the city. He was a charter member of the Oil City Kiwanis Club, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Oil City Boat Club, the Wanango Country Club and the Young Men's Christian Association. He was a member of the board of directors of Grove Hill Cemetery Association and a leading member of Good Hope Lutheran Church, which he served as vestryman, elder and treasurer during his active years prior to his last illness. During the World War, he was active in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives and other organized movements of the period. A friendly man, whose personal warmth and good fellowship were true manifestations of his inner spirit, he enjoyed congenial company and social contacts. Among the sports, he was especially fond of horse trading, and for many years horses were his favorite diversion. [HNP, 61]
General Notes: Wife - Emma L. Reimann
SSDI: ROESS, EMMA 25 Aug 1876 May 1970 93 16301 (Oil City, Venango, PA) (none specified) Pennsylvania 187-36-5497