Lawrence Ropp^[1]

1900 - 1988  (88 years)

• Name	Lawrence Ropp  [2]
  Birth	18 Aug 1900
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Oct 1988  [3]
  Burial	1 Nov 1988	Gibson City, Ford Co., IL
  	Drummer Twp. Cemetery
  Person ID	I2975	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Serenus Ropp,   b. 1870   d. 1947 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Barbara Goldsmith
  Family ID	F5818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara B. Birky,   b. 23 Mar 1905, Shelby Co., IL d. 23 Mar 1988, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1930	Peoria, Peoria Co., IL
  Children	1. Joanne Ropp
  Family ID	F1323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2011

  
  

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  Marriage - 14 Dec 1930 - Peoria, Peoria Co., IL Burial - 1 Nov 1988 - Gibson City, Ford Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: (http://genealogytrails.com/ill/ford/obits6.html) ROPP, LAWRENCE - Lawrence Ropp, 88 of Gibson City died at 2:40 p.m. yesterday 10-29-1988 at Gibson Community Hospital Annex. His funeral will be Tuesday at Gibson City Bible Church, the Rev. Thomas Condron officiating. Burial will be in Drummer Twp Cemetery, Gibson City. He was born 8-18-1900 in Gibson City, a son of Serenus and Barbara Goldsmith Ropp. He married Clara Birky on 12-14-1930 in Peoria. She died 3-23-1988. Survivors include one daughter, Joanne Henderson, Mackinaw; two sisters, Edna Springer, Chenoa, and Irene Johnson, Benson; three grandchildren. Mr. Ropp lived on a farm west of Gibson City all of his life. He was a member of the Gibson City Bible Church and the Ford County Farm Bureau.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Ruth Berkey Reichly, The Berkey Book, (Arlington, VA). [S504] Gail A. Earles, The Andreas and Elizabeth Eiman Ropp Family in America. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.