Person:Arthur Rockwood (2)

Watchers
Arthur Clark ROCKWOOD
m. 26 Jul 1909
  1. Vera M. ROCKWOOD1910 - 1997
  2. Lyle C. ROCKWOOD1915 - 1990
Facts and Events
Name Arthur Clark ROCKWOOD
Gender Male
Birth? 17 Jul 1886 Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin
Marriage 26 Jul 1909 Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsinto Grace J. CLARK
Divorce Y
from Grace J. CLARK
Death? 30 Jan 1955 Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin
Burial? 1 Feb 1955 Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin

Database: 1930 United States Federal Census

Name Family Members Home in 1930 (City,County,State) Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relation

Arthur C Rockwood Grace J Rockwood Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI abt 1887 Wisconsin Head Grace J Rockwood Arthur C Rockwood Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI abt 1889 Wife Vera M Rockwood Arthur C Rockwood, Grace J Rockwood Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI abt 1911 Daughter Hazel N Rockwood Arthur C Rockwood Grace J Rockwood Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI abt 1914 Daughter Lyle C Rockwood Arthur C Rockwood, Grace J Rockwood Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI abt 1915 Son Marjorie F Rockwood Arthur C Rockwood, Grace J Rockwood Wisconsin Rapids, Wood, WI abt 1928 Daughter

Wood County WI Deaths, Volume 38 Page 259Arthur C. RockwoodWhite male, married, mail carrier, age 68, not a veteranPlace of Death: Riverview Hospital, Wisc. RapidsUsual Residence: 651 3rd Ave North, Wisconsin RapidsDate of Death: 26 March 1953Date and Place of Birth: 6 Sept 1883 in WIParents of Deceased: Edward Rockwood and Estelle SmithInformant: Mrs. Ethel RockwoodCause of Death: chronic myocardial degeneration, 2 years, generalized arteriosclerosis, 4 yearsPhysician: John Schaller, MD, Wisconsin Rapids, att. dec'd 3 January - 30 January 1955Burial at Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisc. Rapids, 01 February 1955Undertakers: George Baker, Wisconsin RapidsCertificate Date: 03 February 1955Filing Date: 08 February 1955

Obituary, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Monday, 31 January 1955, page 1

Arthur Rockwood Rites on Tuesday

Arthur C. Rockwood, 68, 651 3rd Ave. N., a retired rural mail carrier, died at 6:22 Sunday morning at Riverview Hospital, where he had been admitted Saturday evening. He had been in failing health for several years.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment is to take place in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Rockwood was born in Stevens Point on June 17, 1886, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rockwood, and had been a resident of the area all his life. He served as a rural mail carrier out of the Wisconsin Rapids post-office over 32 years, retiring in 1946. He was married to Ethel Spear on Oct. 23, 1938, at Plainfield.

Survivors include his wife; one son, Lyle; three daughters, Mrs. Russell Johnson, Mrs. Herbert Niemann and Mrs. Elmer Simolke, all of Wisconsin Rapids; one brother, Fred Dixon, Ill., and seven grandchildren.