Mrs. Mary Roth, Injured In Fall, Dies At Age 83

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Roth, 83, of 435 south 22nd Street, died at 11 o'clock last night at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Roth had been in critical condition since Monday, when she fell down the basement steps at her house and suffered severe head injuries. She was 83 years, eight months and 27 days of age.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2:00 p. m. at the Methodist church in Ina, of which she was a member. The Rev. Gerald Gulley and the Rev. Earl Myers will officiate and burial will follow in Kirk cemetery. Friends may call at the Pulley Funeral Home after 2:00 p. m. Saturday. At noon Sunday the body will be taken to the church, to lie in state until the funeral hour.

Mrs. Roth was born April 8, 1874 in Jefferson county, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Hayes) Fisher.

In 1890 she was married, in Jefferson county, to William Richard Roth, who preceded her in death.

She is survived by two sons, Ralph A. of Mt. Vernon and Cyril N. of St. Charles, Ill.; four daughters, Mrs. Clela Stowers, Mrs. Velma Smith and Mrs. Mary Laur, all of Mt Vernon, and Mrs. Myrna Shaw of Benton; 15 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and three great greet grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, one daughter, one brother and one sister.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register-News
Date: Friday, January 3, 1958
Submitted by: Robert W. Loman