York County PA Archives Obituaries.....Roland, Charles J. December 5, 1925 ************************************************ 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: N. Taber ntaber@mac.com August 20, 2006, 8:58 pm The Gazette, York, PA; see dates on items, others undated From The Gazette, York, PA: Roland - Entered into Eternal Rest, on Dec. 5, 1925, at 1:45 a.m., at his residence at Emigsville, Pa., Charles J. Roland. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at his residence at Emigsville, Pa., Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Prospect Hill cemetery. ******************************************************************************************* From The Gazette, York, PA, 1925: Headline: "Emigsville Loses Prominent Citizen; Charles J. Roland, Well Known In Upper York County, Passes Away; Was A Crayon Artist" Emigsville, Dec. 6 [Sunday]. - Charles J. Roland, holder of public offices, long a coal merchant and interested in the welfare of the community, died Saturday at 1:45 a. m. Death followed an illness of exactly eleven weeks, he having contracted neuritis [death certificate says cerebral embolism, duration 1.5 months] on Friday. On Thanksgiving day his condition took a turn for the worse, and little hope was held by the attending physician for his recovery. A trained nurse was on constant duty. Mr. Roland lived here all his life. After leaving the grammar schools he matriculated in the York County academy; from there to the University of Pennsylvania [sic - earlier references say the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts; neither institution has any record of his attending there] and then to an art school at Washington. In his younger life, he was quite active as an artist, doing crayon work. He held the office of justice of the peace for ten years. Shortly after he was defeated for this office upon seeking re-election, he was commissioned by the governor of Pennsylvania as a notary public. This office he held up until his demise. He was active in local politics. For nearly forty years, he conducted a coal business. He was agent for the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance company of Paradise. He was an active member of the Pennsylvania National Guard in his younger days [no record yet found of this]. Later he was retired and was on the honorary list. He was one of the organizers of the Alert Fire company, No. 1, of this place, and also held membership in the Liberty company, of North York. As a notary public he continually handled work for the North York State bank. Fraternally he was affiliated with Chosen Knights commandary, Knights of Malta, York; the Odd Fellows lodge, Mt. Wolf, and the P. O. S. of A. [Patriotic Order Sons of America], of Manchester. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Lillian [lines in paper are out of order here - see original; I've corrected] Bailey Roland; one son, Carl; one daughter, Miriam, at home; two sisters, Mrs. William Oberdick, York, and Mrs. Alice Zumbrum [sic - Zumbrun], this place, and two brothers, William Roland, of Emigsville, and John R. [sic - A.] Roland, of York. The funeral will be held Tuesday, with service at the house at 2 p. m. Interment will be made in Prospect Hill cemetery. Rev. G. A. Heiss, local United Brethren church minister, and Rev. S. L. Hench, Dallastown Lutheran pastor, will officiate. ******************************************************************************************* From The Gazette, York, PA, 1925: Headline: "Firemen & Lodges Honor C. J. Roland; Organizations Participate In Funeral Of Widely Known Emigsville Resident; Resolutions Are Read" Emigsville, Dec. 8 [Tuesday]. - The funeral of Charles J. Roland, prominent citizen, was held at his home this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The high esteem in which the former justice of the peace was held by the community, was evidenced by the large number of mourners present to hear the services conducted by Rev. G. A. Heiss, of the local United Brethren church and Rev. S. L. Hench, Lutheran pastor from Dallastown, who had married Mr. and Mrs. Roland. Rev. Mr. Heiss chose for his text the second verse of the fourteenth chapter of St. John and spoke of the "Heavenly Mansions". He impressed his listeners and admonished them to apply in their lives the thought contained in Mr. Roland's last words to him, that of "trying to the best of his ability to be right with Almighty God and his fellow men". Rev. Mr. Hench emphasized that "We know the truth of immorality" [sic - probably "immortality" based on the verse quoted] as explained in his text taken from the first verse and fifth chapter of second Corinthians. Both ministers offered prayer. Several appropriate vocal selections were rendered by the Men's quartet of the Otterbein United Brethren church. The Knights of Malta, of which Mr. Roland was a member conducted brief services immediately after the regular services. The casket was surrounded by floral tributes of friends and the various fraternal organizations with which Mr. Roland was affiliated. Resolutions of comfort and respect from Washington camp, No. 42, P. O. S. of A., Liberty Fire comnay [sic - company] of North York and the Alert Fire company No. 1, of Emigsville, were read at the close of the service by Rev. S. L. Hench. Four members of the Knights of Malta were present in uniform as were also four honorary pallbearers from the Liberty Fire company, namely, C. P. Benedict, Harry Fetrow, Albert Sharp and Eli Stare. The other pallbearers were: Roy D. McCleaf and Carl W. Plath, Chosen Knights commandery, knights of Malta; Eli W. Hoff and Jacob F. Buser, Odd Fellows, Mt. Wolf, and W. H. Everhart and S. S. Bear, P. O. S. of A. camp, No. 42. Interment was made in Prospect Hill cemetery. Additional Comments: Newspaper clippings from the "Roland" family file, #3367, at the York Heritage Trust library, York, PA. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 5.9 Kb