Ross, Rosa

1878 - 1974  (95 years)

• Name	Ross, Rosa
  Birth	22 Mar 1878	Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	ROSS.R003
  _FGRAVE	18350207
  Funeral	27 Jan 1974	Cardascio-Easley Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [3]
  Death	24 Jan 1974	Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	27 Jan 1974	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [2, 3]
  		Headstone, Dunahee, William L. and Rosa Ross
  Person ID	I13381	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Ross, George Washington   d. Bef 27 Jan 1920
  Mother	Creech, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 24 May 1857   d. 11 Jun 1948 (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F1632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dunahee, William Levi,   b. 1876, Indiana d. 18 Apr 1926 (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1896	Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	She was 18 years and 7 months - He was ~ 20 years and 10 months.
  Children	1. Dunahee, Edna   d. Bef 9 Jun 1995   2. Dunahee, Zora Mae   d. Bef 24 Jan 1974   3. Dunahee, ?   d. Bef 9 Jun 1995 + 4. Dunahee, Mary O.,   b. 9 Mar 1900, Clay County, Illinois d. 9 Jun 1995, Flora Pavilion Nursing Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 95 years) + 5. Dunahee, Pearl O.,   b. 16 Mar 1902, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois d. 19 Mar 2001, Crest Haven Nursing Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 99 years) + 6. Dunahee, Ivan Lee,   b. 9 Jun 1904, Clay County, Illinois d. 20 Jan 1988, Calhoun, Richland County, Illinois (Age 83 years) + 7. Dunahee, Hancel E.,   b. 17 Aug 1906, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois d. 16 Jan 1997, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 90 years) + 8. DUNAHEE, Pansy Bell,   b. 5 May 1910, Licking, Texas County, Missouri d. 20 Jan 2005, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 94 years)   9. Dunahee, Avis,   b. 1913, Missouri d. 20 Jan 2005 (Age 92 years)   10. DUNAHEE, Ruby,   b. 11 Aug 1915, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 26 Apr 1980, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (Age 64 years)   11. DUNAHEE, Cyrus Jefferson 'Jay',   b. 1918, Illinois d. Bef 20 Jan 2005 (Age < 87 years)
  Family ID	F2743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Mar 1878 - Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 28 Oct 1896 - Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois Death - 24 Jan 1974 - Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Funeral - 27 Jan 1974 - Cardascio-Easley Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - 27 Jan 1974 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Rosa Dunahee, 95, of Clay City, died at 1:50 p.m. January 24, 1974, in the Burgin Manor at Olney. She was born in Clay County on March 22, 1878. She was baptized at the age of 15 in the Sailor Springs Christian Church and became a member of the Clay City Methodist Church on March 3, 1930. She was united in marriage to William L. Dunahee on October 28, 1896 at Fairfield. Her husband preceded her in death on April 18, 1926 and one daughter, Zora Mae Died in infancy. Following her husband's death, she resided in the family home at Clay City until she was 90 years of age. Surviving are four sons, Pearl of Olney; Ivan of Calhoun, Hancle of Clay City; and Jefferson of Collinsville; five daughters, Mrs. Edna Wease and Mrs. Mary Wease, both of Noble; Mrs. Pansy Carroll of Olney, Mrs. Avis Eikleberry of Wapella, and Mrs. Ruby Tonn of Flora and one brother, Fred Ross of Orlando, Florida. She had 32 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and a number of great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services, with Rev. S. L. Milner of the Clay City Methodist Church, were held in the Cardascio-Easley Funeral Chapel at Clay City on January 27 with interment in the Clay City Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S224] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 4A, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00614&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S3549] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Dunahee, William L. and Rosa Ross, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18350207) (Reliability: 2). [S3550] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Dunahee, Rosa, 95, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18350207) (Reliability: 2). [S2011] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Wease, Mary O., 95, (http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Wease&GSiman=1&GScid=105559&GRid=60198855&), none. (Reliability: 2).