Bedford County PA Archives Obituaries.....ROSE, Espy A. 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Rose Jul 2003 Espy A. ROSE [clipping pencil-dated 1948; newspaper unknown} Espy A. ROSE died Jan. 11, 1948 at his home on Bedford Rt. 3. He was born in that section Jan. 26, 1871, a son of George and Hannah (MCFERREN) ROSE, and married to Anna Maude GILLUM. She survives, together with these children: Clyde of Big Springs, Neb.; Mrs. Fannie SHAFFER of New Paris; Percy and Luther of Bedford; Norman of Schellsburg, RD.; Russell, Hosea, and Ralph of Bedford Rt. 3; these brothers: R.E. ROSE of Cumberland, Elmer of Bedford Rt. 3, and Luther of Kirkland, Wash.; 26 grandchildren and eleven great- grandchildren. Mr. ROSE was a member of the Bortz Lutheran Church and the Loyal Order of Moose. Funeral services were conducted at the Church Wednesday afternoon by his pastor, Rev. M. J. Ross, and interment made in the adjoining cemetery in charge of Geisel Funeral Home of Bedford.