The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-11-07
Death of Mrs. Flora May Samson
rr...' Roe

Roe.
The following account of the
death of Mrs. F. A. Roe, is taken
from the Burlington Hawk-Eye. Mrs.
Roe will be remembered by many OF
the Leon people, being the daugh-
ter of Mr. William j. Samson, who
years ago taught in the Normal In
stitute in this city for several years,
and his daughter, then small child,
visited in this city with him:
The funeral of Mrs Flora May
Samson Roe, the beloved wife of
DR.. F. A. Roe, will be held from
the family home, No. 1853 South Gen.
trail avenue at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon, with interment in Aspen
Grove. Dr., Eugene Allen of the
First Methodist church here, and
the Rev. Elias Handy of Atlantic,
Iowa, will ofticiate. Many friends
will pay the last honor to this good
woman, whose death leaves void
that will not soon be filled. While
Mrs Roe has not been in the best
OF health for some time. few of her
friends realized that her condition
was serious and the news of her
death came as a severe shock to the
large number of good people in
Burlington who had come to know
and admire this excellent woman.
Flora May Samson was born in
KirkwoOd, Ill.,, December 16, 1872,
and came here with her parents at
a tender age. She graduated in the
course of time from the South Hill
school, where her father has been
principal for many years, and then
from the Iowa Wesleyan college at
Mt. Pleasant, winning true friends
and the golden opinion of her
teachers everywhere. On Septem-
Der II, 1895, she became the wife
OF DR.. F. A: Roe, and the union
proved very happy one, being
blessed with three children. Mrs.
Roe had been a sufferer from asth-
ma for some time, and she had been
spending several months on a farm
north of the city in the hope of re-
gaining health and strength when
the final summons came.
Mrs. Roe had been member of
the First M. E. church from child
hood and had always taken a promi-
:nent place among the untiring work
ers in and for that organization.
She will be missed in the Kings
Daughters and the P. E. 0. society
and in the church and among her
neighbors, in short wherever she
was known, there will be genuine
regret that one SO young should be
called hence Mrs. Roe is mourned
by her husband and three children,
Ethel May, Marion Eta and Doro-
thy Ruth, and her parents, Profess
sor and Mrs. VIM, J. Samson. While
she has gone to her reward, she
win continue to live in the memory
OF all who knew her
One who knew her intimately re-
calls that Mrs Roe was baptized by
Rev. A. Fisher Of Kirkwood on
March 20. 1874; united with the
First NJ. E. church in Burlington,
the first Sabbath of Rev. F. H.
Beck's pastOrate on her eleventh
birthday, December 16. 1889.
She loved the church and its SER
vices, and from the age of three up
to the past year she has been
pupil or teacher in the Sunday
school. She did her work as a
teacher with such untiring fidelity
that she was greatly beloved. She
was among the first to suggest the
organization Of 4 Kings Daughters
society in this city. This resulted
many years ago in the formation of
the Utile Ten by a number Of younG
girls.
She was graduated from the South
Hill school, the Burlington High
school and the Iowa Wesleyan uni
versity Of Mt Pleasant, receiving
the bachelor Of ats decree in 1ah3.
All her school life was character
lied by the most painstaking care
in the performance of all her school
duties for which she was often
very highly commended. For two
years, following her graduation
from Wesleyan, she was an instruc-
tor in Greek. chemistry and mathe-
matics in the Burlington Institute
college.
!. September II, 1895, she was
Enited in marriage to Dr. F. A. Roe,
a prominent dentist of our city, who
was at that time returning for his
senior professional year at the State
University of Iowa. Here the honey
moon was spent Mrs. Roe taking
postgraduate work in English to
secure her masters degree, which
degree was conferred by her alma
mater in 1906.
She was prominent in the p. e. O.
of this city, becoming a member
while in college. Her interest in
music and literary work afforded
Der and her family much pleasure.
4 AZ a devoted wife and a true mother
in all things she will be greatly
missed from her home. To the end
her thoughts were for others.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam j.. Samson, mourn with deep
sorrow the loss of their only child,
but do cherish the memory Of a
loving, obedient, Christian daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Roe was not only scholar
but whole souled Christian woman