June 11, 1998

OPAL ROTH

Roth, 83, died Sunday, June 7, 1998, at the Lutheran Home. She was born June 27, 1914, at Grassy, daughter of DeWitt T. and Hattie Mae Newell Sample. She and Raymond T. Roth were married July 19, 1940, at Jackson. Roth was owner and operator of the Flower Garden Florist in Illmo from 1963 to 1977. She continued to be active in floral work and craft fairs throughout Southeast Missouri until 1993...

Funeral for Opal Pauline Roth of Cape Girardeau was held Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. David V. Dissen officiated, with burial in Memorial Park.

Roth, 83, died Sunday, June 7, 1998, at the Lutheran Home.

She was born June 27, 1914, at Grassy, daughter of DeWitt T. and Hattie Mae Newell Sample. She and Raymond T. Roth were married July 19, 1940, at Jackson.

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Roth was owner and operator of the Flower Garden Florist in Illmo from 1963 to 1977. She continued to be active in floral work and craft fairs throughout Southeast Missouri until 1993.

She attended schools in Grassy, Lutesville and Cape Girardeau. She was of the Lutheran faith.

Survivors include her husband; a son, Dr. Steven Frederick Roth of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Peggy Brooks of Scott City, Linda Harmon of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; two brothers, Gerald Sample of McClure, Ill., Jack Sample of Dittmer; a sister, Fern Vickery Kyle of Niceville, Fla; and three grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sisters.

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