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

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Obituary of Peter Roux in January 5, 1938 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, 
Barron County, WI)

Peter Roux

 Funeral services for Peter Roux, 68, pioneer resident of Rice Lake, were 
held Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic church at 9:30 a.m. with the Rev. B. 
Niggeman officiating. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery.

 Mr. Roux was found dead in his bed at 10 a.m. Thursday at the home of Mrs. 
Sarah Mireau, where he lived, by his sister, Mrs. Fred Amans. Death was due 
to a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Roux was born Jan. 21, 1869 in Canada, the son 
of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Roux. When he was 15 he came to Rice Lake with his 
parents and they settled on a farm east of here.

 In 1894 he was married to Miss Josephine Beffa in Rice Lake. Mrs. Roux 
passed away in 1900. During his residence here Mr. Roux worked as a lumberjack 
and operated a farm. He had a home on the north side but solid it some time 
ago and rented a room at the Mireau home.

 Mr. Roux is survived by his son, Alfred, of Chippewa Falls; daughter, Mrs. 
Herbert Hayes, Route 4, Rice Lake; two brothers, Joseph of Milwaukee and 
Homer of Canada; and four sisters, Mrs. Belle Amans and Mrs. Josephine Secore, 
both of Rice Lake; Mrs. Leona Turbanhain, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Amanda Dupree, 
New York. A son passed away in infancy. The body lay in state at the Schneider 
Funeral Home prior to the funeral services.


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