Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameFlorence Gwendolyn Colwell 
Birth18 Dec 1891, Ft Erie, Niagara Co, Ontario, Canada
Census14 Apr 1930, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO
Memoroll#1202, pg 26
Death26 Aug 1993, Sanford, Seminole Co, FL
MemoCentral Florida Regional Hospital
BurialValhalla Cem, Bel-Nor, St Louis Co, MO
MemoPlot 10/73/Hd. 6
FatherWilliam Clarence Colwell (1858-1959)
MotherMary Lottie “May” Woollett (1860-1935)
Misc. Notes
Was living in St Louis in 1910, alone as a boarder at age 18 and 1920 with her husband and son, then Kansas City in 1930.
Married about 1912 to Herbert A. Roes (1890, MO).
Had a son H. Courtney (1914-1973) and daughter F. Marjorie (1920-2010) .
[Obituary]
FLORENCE GWENDOLYN ROES, 101, Belltower Avenue, Deltona, died Thursday, Aug. 26. Mrs. Roes was a telephone operator for Bell Telephone Co., St. Louis. Born in Canada, she moved to central Florida in 1969. She was Episcopalian. She was a member of the Azalea Circle Golden Club, Kansas City Garden Club, Red Cross WWZ KC, Ikenobo Floral Art Society and Semper Fidelis Study Club, Kansas City.
Survivors: daugher, Marjorie Roes, Deltona; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Stephen R. Baldauff Funeral Home, Deltona.
Married about 1912 to Herbert A. Roes (1890, MO).
Had a son H. Courtney (1914-1973) and daughter F. Marjorie (1920-2010) .
[Obituary]
FLORENCE GWENDOLYN ROES, 101, Belltower Avenue, Deltona, died Thursday, Aug. 26. Mrs. Roes was a telephone operator for Bell Telephone Co., St. Louis. Born in Canada, she moved to central Florida in 1969. She was Episcopalian. She was a member of the Azalea Circle Golden Club, Kansas City Garden Club, Red Cross WWZ KC, Ikenobo Floral Art Society and Semper Fidelis Study Club, Kansas City.
Survivors: daugher, Marjorie Roes, Deltona; two grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Stephen R. Baldauff Funeral Home, Deltona.
Spouses
Birth9 Apr 1890, St Louis, St Louis Co, MO
Death22 Jan 1969, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO
MemoSt Luke’s hospital
BurialValhalla Cem, Bel-Nor, St Louis Co, MO
MemoPlot 10/73/5
Misc. Notes
[Obituary] The Kansas City Times - Friday, 24 January 1969, pg 16
HERBERT A. ROES
Herbert A. Roes 78 of 121 West Forty-eighth street, founder and president of the H A Roes & Co died yesterday at St Luke’s hospital. Mr Roes retired last year as president of the electrical equipment distributors company he founded in 1929. He was born in St Louis and lived in this area 47 years.
He was a former member of the Kansas City Red Cross board of directors. Mr Roes was a member of the Host Lions and the Westerners club. He was a Mason and a member of the Scottish Rite and the Ararat Shrine. Mr Roes was a charter member of the National Electronic Representatives association. He was a member of St Andrew’s Episcopal church.
Surviving are his wife Mrs Florence G Roes of the home, a son H. Courtney Roes, 2324 West Fifty-first terrace Westwood, a daughter Miss F. Marjorie Roes of the home, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 o’clock Saturday morning at the church; burial in St Louis. Friends may call from 6 to 9 o’clock tonight at the Stine & McClure chapel.
HERBERT A. ROES
Herbert A. Roes 78 of 121 West Forty-eighth street, founder and president of the H A Roes & Co died yesterday at St Luke’s hospital. Mr Roes retired last year as president of the electrical equipment distributors company he founded in 1929. He was born in St Louis and lived in this area 47 years.
He was a former member of the Kansas City Red Cross board of directors. Mr Roes was a member of the Host Lions and the Westerners club. He was a Mason and a member of the Scottish Rite and the Ararat Shrine. Mr Roes was a charter member of the National Electronic Representatives association. He was a member of St Andrew’s Episcopal church.
Surviving are his wife Mrs Florence G Roes of the home, a son H. Courtney Roes, 2324 West Fifty-first terrace Westwood, a daughter Miss F. Marjorie Roes of the home, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 o’clock Saturday morning at the church; burial in St Louis. Friends may call from 6 to 9 o’clock tonight at the Stine & McClure chapel.
Marriage3 Sep 1913, St Louis, St Louis Co, MO