Joseph Edwin Rohrer |
| Posted 2019-09-19 by Pat R |
| The Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Friday, April 19, 1945, p. 7 Funeral Service For Joseph Edwin Rohrer In Williams Thursday Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, April 12, from the Masonic Temple in Williams, for Joseph Edwin Rohrer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rohrer of Wickenburg, and a former resident here, who died the preceding Monday evening of injuries received in a railroad accident near Flagstaff. The following account of the accident is taken from the Williams News of last week: "The residents of Williams were stunned Tuesday evening by word of the death in the Flagstaff hospital of Joseph Edwin Rohrer, Santa Fe conductor, who was injured in a train accident near that city some eight or nine hours earlier. The trainman left his Williams home early Monday morning and was substituting a chain for a broken drawbar to couple two freight cars when the accident occurred. He was rushed to the hospital, where an examination disclosed pelvis and internal injuries. Mrs. Rohrer went up immediately and remained at his bedside. His condition was regarded as encouraging early Monday evening and friends who had accompanied Mrs. Rohrer up returned home only to receive word within an hour that death had claimed the young railroader. "Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, with the Rev. Mr. Larsen, pastor of the Winslow Baptist church, of which the deceased was a member, delivering the sermon. As a prelude to the service, Mrs. W. C. Rittenhouse played Schumann's 'Traumerei,' and 'But the Lord Is Mindful of His Own,' by Mendelssohn. During the service a quartet of Eastern Star members, Mary Stevenson, Effie Wyche, Lucille Smith and Lora Mae Perkins sang 'Ivory Palaces' and 'God Understands.' Miss Fern Rigg played the piano accompaniment. For the postlude Mrs. Rittenhouse played 'Largo' from Handel. "The scores of beautiful floral pieces in evidence were tokens of the high esteem in which Mr. Rohrer was held by countless friends in northern Arizona. Williams lodge, No. 38, F. & A. M., took charge of the body for the burial ritual. "Joseph Edwin Rohrer was born February 16, 1908, at Needles, Calif. He resided for many years in Winslow, where on April 25, 1935, he was united in marriage to Miss Cosma Milam. He moved to Williams during the summer of 1943 and during that brief two-year period made many warm friends and established for himself and family a place of admiration and respect. "Surviving are his widow, Cosma Rohrer, a daughter, Jo Dean Rohrer of Williams; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rohrer of Wickenburg, all of whom were here for the funeral. "Mrs. Rohrer's mother, Mrs. Florence Milam, and a sister , Mary Elizabeth Milam of Oakland, Calif., were also here for the funeral." See Also: Find A Grave |
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