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Rokes, Marion Elizabeth[1]

Female 1916 - 1991  (74 years)


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  • Name Rokes, Marion Elizabeth 
    Born 23 Dec 1916  Woodstock, Pipestone County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Fact 5 Lakewood Cemetery, Battle Lake, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 10 Jun 1991  Fergus Falls, Ottertail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Record Change 22 Apr 2001  [1] 
    Buried Lakewood Cemetery, Battle Lake, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I32104  USA
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2016 

    Family Whiting, Clarence Morley,   b. 22 Aug 1918, Clitherall, Ottertail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 2003, Wadena, Wadena County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 24 Mar 1942  Battle Lake, Ottertail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F10351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • OBITUARY FOR MARIAN E. (ROKES) WHITING

      Funeral Held For Marian E. Whiting

      The funeral for Marian E. "Betty" Whiting, 74, of Clitherall, Minnesota was held last Thursday morning at the Christian Missionary and Alliance Church in Battle Lake, with the Reverend Louis Rowe officiating. She died on Monday, June 10, 1991 at the Lake Region Hospital in Fergus Falls.
      Providing music for the service were organist Karen Dreyer and vocalists George Hendrickson and Robert and Eunice Swedberg. Serving as pallbearers were David Rokes, Robert Rokes, John Cordes, Richard Dreyer, Carol Malmstrom and Oliver Jacobson.
      Mrs. Whiting was born on December 23, 1916 at Woodstock, Minnesota, the daughter of Grant and Olive (Bell) Rokes. In 1924 her family moved to Timber Lake, South Dakota, and later on to Ridgeway, South Dakota. In 1930 she moved with her family to the Clitherall area where she attended school at District no. 1 in Old Clitherall. After her marriage to Clarence Whiting on March 24, 1943 in Battle Lake, they made their home in the Clitherall area. She was a member of the Christian Missionary and Alliance Church for 50 years.
      Survivors include her husband of Clitherall; One brother, James Rokes of Vining; and five nephews. The Nilson Funeral Home of Battle Lake was in charge of the funeral arrangements, and burial was in the Lakewood Cemetery in Battle Lake.

      This obituary was submitted by Mrs. Julian (Ilo) Whiting.

      BIRTH: Also shown as Born Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota.

      BIRTH: Also shown as Born Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2308] Whiting OK Fam Tree.FTW.
      Date of Import: 14 Nov 2004