Roselyn C. Steere
April 16, 1877-July 8, 1968
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 9, 1968, page 12, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Roselyn C. Steer, 91, of 316 Randolph St., Maywood, Ill, died at 11:45 p.m. Monday in the Baptist Retirement Home, there, following a two -year illness.
Mrs. Steere was born April 16, 1877 in Jackson and moved here from there in 918. She moved to the Baptist Home in 1955. Her husband, Fredrick M. Steere, died in 1932.
Her survivors include four sons, Courtney and Benjamin, both of Noes; Melton of San Diego, Calif.; William of Rochester; two daughters, Mrs. S.E. Davis of El Paso, Tex.; Mrs. William Schultz of Buchanan; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Cunningham, pastor of the First Baptist Church of which she was a member, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Upon family request, memorials may be made to the Hazel Rutter organ fund of the church.