OBITUARIES:  Jeffery ROUX, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI

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Obituary of Jeffery Roux in Wed, April 22, 1936 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron County, WI)

Jeffery Roux
 Jeffery Roux, who resided on his farm 4 miles east of Rice Lake, on Route 1, for the past 52 years, died at his home last April 15 after an illness of a year at the age of 74.
 Mr. Roux was active in the lumbering industry for several years after his arrival in Rice Lake. He invested in several of the early manufacturing enterprises of the city and hauled quarry rock for many Rice Lake buildings.
 Born in St. Pierre les Becquets, Canada, in 1861, Mr. Roux grew to manhood and was married there to Melanie Roux, who died in 1903. They had nine children, seven of whom survive. In 1904 he married Celestine Derousseau, who survives him. For several years Mr. Roux was a member of the town board of the town of Rice Lake.
 Children by his first wife who survive are Mrs. Ed Derousseau (Anestina), Mrs. John Burke (Rosilda), and Fred Roux, all of Rice Lake; William Roux of Minneapolis; Mrs. Chas. Popple (Annie) of Cornell, Wis.; Mrs. Alex Forrest (Nellie) of Hibbing, Minn.; Mrs. Geo. Forest (Laura) of Cloquet, Minn. By his second wife he leaves four children, Louie J., Emil L., Leslie J. and Rita Roux, all of Rice Lake. Funeral services were held Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes church, Dobie, conducted by the Rev. Fr. M.A. Schanz, and burial took place at Dobie.