Dr. Katherine Shriver Roebuck
 

Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 20 January 1903, page 4

In the wee small hours of Sunday morning, the strange noise came from the cellar of Davis millinery store on York Street in Newport Ky. Dr. Kate Roebuck and Mrs. Davis agreed burglars are in the pots and pans in the pantry.

Mrs. Roebuck rushed from the house and called the police. It was the house cat cold and had been clattering among the pipes and hot air ducts of the furnance trying to find the warmest spot.

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Kentucky Post, Monday, 27 Jan 1930, page 1

DR. ROEBUCK DEATH


Dr. Katherine Shriver Roebuck, 68, of 223 E Fifth st. Newport, died late Sunday at her home following an illness of three months. She was widely known in Newport, where she had been a practicing physician 35 years. She was a graduate of Laura Memorial College, Cincinnati. She was born in Canada, but had been a resident of Newport 60 years.

Dr. Roebuck was a member of the Men's and Women's Medical Association; Golden Rod Rebekah Lodge No 32, IOOF and the Maccabees. She is survived by one brother, John S Roebuck, Newport attorney; a sister, Mrs. O L Mulot, Brooklyn NY, and a niece Miss Zipporah L Roebuck.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 am at the home, with Rev Frank Cooley, pastor of the St Paul Episcopal Church, Newport, officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Members of the Golden Rod Rebekah Lodge will meet Monday at 7:30 pm at the home of Mrs. Hattie Weaver, 412York st. Newport, to arrange services for Dr. Roebuck. Their services are to be held Tuesday at 7:30 pm at Dr. Roebuck's home. All Rebekah lodges have been invited. John J Radel Co Newport undertakers are in charge of the funeral.

 

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