Wood County OhArchives Obituaries.....Roach, Amelia A. Heald April 13, 1868
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The Weekly Perrysburg Journal.  Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio.  Apr 24, 1868, p. 3.
OBITUARY.

	A large circle in this community, in Perrysburg, have been called to 
mourn over the loss of one of its most amiable and worthy members.

	After protracted and painful sickness, Consumption, that dire 
destroyer, has taken to the grave Mrs. Amelia A. Roach, wife of Andrew Roach, 
Esq., of this place. Her decease took place on the 13th inst., at the age of 38 
years.  The funeral ceremonies were performed in the Presbyterian Church, the 
Rev. G.A. Adams officiating.  A very large concourse of citizens were in 
attendance, as a last mark of respect to the deceased, and to manifest their 
sympathy with the bereaved husband and his youthful family, in this their 
deepest sorrow.

	Mrs. Roach was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 29th of December, 
1829, from whence she removed with her parents, Ebenezer and Margery Heald, to 
Ohio, in 1838.  On the 9th of October, 1851, in the city of Columbus, she was 
united, by marriage, to Andrew Roach, who made Dayton their home until October, 
1859, when they removed to this place, which continued to be her home until 
death.

	Mrs. Roach was a lady whom every one, who had the privilege of her 
acquaintance, respected and esteemed.  Her genial temper, her affable 
deportment, her frank and earnest friendship, created and atmosphere of 
gladness in the circle wherein she moved.  Sincerity and earnestness were 
preeminent traits of her character.  In acts of usefulness and of charity, she 
was ever foremost.  No one solicited her aid in vain.  In neighborly courtesy 
and kindness, her acts furnish an example of self-denial of the brightest 
character.  At all hours, when in health, she would render assistance to those 
in need, generally endeavoring to anticipate the wants of those she desired to 
help.

	In domestic relations she was, to her husband, the faithful friend, the 
devoted wife; to her children, the tender and loving mother.

	As a Christian, her profession was void of ostentation.  She seemed 
ever to posses a confident reliance on the merits of the Redeemer, and she 
viewed the gradual approach of the King of Terrors with that peace and joy 
which indicated the possession of that blessed hope of immortality beyond the 
grave.

	She has passed the portals of the tomb, but her memory will long be 
cherished, and the afflictive dispensation which has removed her from this 
circle, points to that better world where congenial spirits meet to part no 
more.

	"Forgive the tear 

	That feeble Nature drops, calm all her fears,

Wake all her hopes, and animate her faith,

Till the rapt Soul, anticipating Heav'n,

Bursts from the thraldom of incumb'ing clay

And, on the winf of Extacy upborne,

Springs into Liberty, and Light, and Life."

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