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Dora Ethel Curtis


				Chauncey A. Curtis
				birt: 29 Nov 1784 plac: Wallingford Twp.,New Haven County,CT. deat: 20 Apr 1841 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio marr: 29 Jul 1805
			Chauncey Adams Curtis
			birt: 11 Nov 1810 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 2 May 1882 plac: Jackson,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: 5 May 1831 plac: Farmington,Trumball Co.,Ohio
				Elizabeth Hart Adams
				birt: 24 Jan 1791 plac: Bristol,Hartford Co.,Conn. deat: 15 Mar 1835 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio marr: 29 Jul 1805
		Julius S. Curtis
		birt: 21 Dec 1846 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 13 Aug 1924 plac: Cloverdale,Perry Twp.,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: marr: marr: 9 Aug 1893
			Anna Curtiss
			birt: deat: marr: 5 May 1831 plac: Farmington,Trumball Co.,Ohio
	Oscar Francis Curtis
	birt: 2 Jun 1872 plac: Ottoville,Putnam Co.,OH deat: 20 Dec 1956 plac: Ypsilanti,Washtenaw Co. MI marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
			Mr. (1st-mar.) Martin
			birt: deat: marr:
		Louisa Martin
		birt: 1851 deat: 1924 marr: 9 Aug 1893 marr:
			Nancy J. Unknown Martin
			birt: deat: marr: marr:
Dora Ethel Curtis
birt: 26 May 1899 plac: Greensburg Twp.,Putnam Co.,OH. deat: 26 Jun 1991 plac: Wayne Nutrsing Home,Wayne Co.,MI William F. Hayball marr: 26 May 1919 birt: 24 Aug 1898 plac: Detriot,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 1979 Robert (m 2nd) Lowe marr: birt: deat: Arthur (m 3rd) Curry marr: birt: deat: Jay Paul (m 4th) Tompkins marr: birt: 1900 deat: 1981
		Joshua Baldwin
		birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH
	Rebecca Jane Baldwin
	birt: 11 Jul 1876 plac: Fayette Co.,OH deat: 12 Dec 1930 marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
		Sarah Elizabeth Davis
		birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH

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Birth: Twin to Flora Elizabeth Curtis, (Volume 3, page 46) birth record index. BIOGRAPHY: Dora Ethel Curtis born 26 May 1899, twin, Greensburg Township, Putnam County. Ohio, (Volume 3,. page 46). Married 26 May 1919, to Williim F. Hayball. (1898-1979) . He was listed as an engineer from 191B to 1922, and operated a service station at 3901 Warren selling gasoline and repairing automobiles, 1922 to 1931.They divorced. Married 2nd, 1933, to Robert Lowe. In 1934, Robert was listed as a mechanical automotive electric service-man, and: in 1936, was listed as automobile mechanic. They divorced. Married 3rd, to Arthur Curry, They divorced. Married 4th, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, 16 March 1946, by Emery E. Stults, Justice of the Peace, to Jay Paul Tompkins (1900-1981), son of Louis Tompkins. Jay was employed at Ford Motor Company, Highland Park, Michigan , his hobbies included caning chairs and his farm in Big Bay, Michigan. Between 1932 to 1941, planted big spruce trees, in 1941, several white birch, and in, 1959, planted 60 small spruce trees on his farm. In 1972, she would be described as five foot two inches tall. 140 pounds, brown hair and eyes. Dora was accomplished artist, enjoyed playing music and needlework. A beautician by trade and managed her own beauty shop from 1931 through 1964. She and Jay like to travel, She was a member of the Eastern Star. Dora was admitted to Mount Carmel Hospital, 27 June 1982, for a cataract operation. She entered a nursing home in 1982, due to falling health and memory. In 1984 and again. In 1985. she was in Garden City Hospital, after being hurt at the nursing home. In January of 1991, Dora fell, requiring stitches to the head. She died 26 June 1991, Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan, at the Wayne Nursing Home. Services were held at Schrader Funeral Home, the Reverent Frederick C. Vosburg, residing. Burial took placs 29 June 1991, at Riverside cemetery, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, nent to her husband, Jay.

William F. Hayball


					Abel Hayball
					birt: 19 Feb 1868 plac: Chard,Somerset,England deat:
			William F. Hayball
			birt: 24 Aug 1898 plac: Detriot,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 1979 Dora Ethel Curtis marr: 26 May 1919 birt: 26 May 1899 plac: Greensburg Twp.,Putnam Co.,OH. deat: 26 Jun 1991 plac: Wayne Nutrsing Home,Wayne Co.,MI Cecille Mae (2nd m.) Sollars marr: birt: deat:
					Annabelle Theide
					birt: deat:

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Source: Email, From: mrh652 To: hoytjohn319 Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:58 AM Subject: I found your profile on Ancestry - requesting more information Hello, I am writing in regard to William F. Hayball, you show in you family treeon Ancestry.com. Acc ording to the listing William married Dora Curtis. Ialso have a William F(rederick) Hayball , born 24 Aug 1898, in Detroit,Michigan USA, who married Dora Ethel Curtis May 26, 1919. William was the son of Abel Hayball (born 19 Feb 1868, Chard, Somerset) and Annabelle Theide . He married Dora Ethel Curtis and Cecille Mae Sollars. Are we talking about the same William F. Hayball? If so will you contactme? Thanks, Michael Hayball Detroit, MI. USA

Robert (m 2nd) Lowe


			Robert (m 2nd) Lowe
			birt: deat: Dora Ethel Curtis marr: birt: 26 May 1899 plac: Greensburg Twp.,Putnam Co.,OH. deat: 26 Jun 1991 plac: Wayne Nutrsing Home,Wayne Co.,MI

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Arthur (m 3rd) Curry


			Arthur (m 3rd) Curry
			birt: deat: Dora Ethel Curtis marr: birt: 26 May 1899 plac: Greensburg Twp.,Putnam Co.,OH. deat: 26 Jun 1991 plac: Wayne Nutrsing Home,Wayne Co.,MI

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Jay Paul (m 4th) Tompkins


					Mr. Tompkins
					birt: deat:
			Jay Paul (m 4th) Tompkins
			birt: 1900 deat: 1981 Dora Ethel Curtis marr: birt: 26 May 1899 plac: Greensburg Twp.,Putnam Co.,OH. deat: 26 Jun 1991 plac: Wayne Nutrsing Home,Wayne Co.,MI
					Louise
					birt: deat:

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Louise

< Jay Paul (m 4th) Tompkins birt: 1900 deat: 1981 marr:
			Louise
			birt: deat: Mr. Tompkins marr: birt: deat:

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Mr. Tompkins

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			Mr. Tompkins
			birt: deat: Louise marr: birt: deat:

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Flora Elizabeth Curtis

< Vernon Francis Rorabacher birt: deat: < Patricia Joyce Rorabacher birt: deat: < Eugene Oscar Rorabacher birt: deat: Kenneth Darwin Rorabacher birt: 3 Mar 1922 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 15 Mar 1923 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI Marjorie Leon Rorabacher birt: 27 Apr 1923 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 30 May 1929 plac: Ann Arbor,Washtenaw Co.,MI < Wanda Colleen Rorabacher birt: 15 Jun 1926 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 21 Jul 1982 plac: Adrian,Lenawee Co.,MI marr: 14 Jun 1947 plac: Washtenaw Co.,MI < Carl Frederick (Fritz) Rorabacher birt: 29 May 1928 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 4 Nov 2006 plac: Home In Saline,Washtenaw Co.,MI marr: 5 Aug 1950 plac: St. Johns Lutheran Church,Wayne,Wayne Co.,MI Harold Bernard Rorabacher birt: 3 Oct 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 26 Mar 1931 plac: University Hospital,Ann Arbor,Washtenaw Co.,MI
					Chauncey A. Curtis
					birt: 29 Nov 1784 plac: Wallingford Twp.,New Haven County,CT. deat: 20 Apr 1841 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio marr: 29 Jul 1805
				Chauncey Adams Curtis
				birt: 11 Nov 1810 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 2 May 1882 plac: Jackson,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: 5 May 1831 plac: Farmington,Trumball Co.,Ohio
					Elizabeth Hart Adams
					birt: 24 Jan 1791 plac: Bristol,Hartford Co.,Conn. deat: 15 Mar 1835 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio marr: 29 Jul 1805
			Julius S. Curtis
			birt: 21 Dec 1846 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 13 Aug 1924 plac: Cloverdale,Perry Twp.,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: marr: marr: 9 Aug 1893
				Anna Curtiss
				birt: deat: marr: 5 May 1831 plac: Farmington,Trumball Co.,Ohio
		Oscar Francis Curtis
		birt: 2 Jun 1872 plac: Ottoville,Putnam Co.,OH deat: 20 Dec 1956 plac: Ypsilanti,Washtenaw Co. MI marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
				Mr. (1st-mar.) Martin
				birt: deat: marr:
			Louisa Martin
			birt: 1851 deat: 1924 marr: 9 Aug 1893 marr:
				Nancy J. Unknown Martin
				birt: deat: marr: marr:
	Flora Elizabeth Curtis
	birt: 26 May 1899 plac: Greensburg Twp.,Putnam Co.,OH. deat: 19 Dec 1990 plac: Garden City,Wayne Co.,MI Carl Albert Rorabacher marr: 26 May 1899 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI birt: 1898 deat: 1979
			Joshua Baldwin
			birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH
		Rebecca Jane Baldwin
		birt: 11 Jul 1876 plac: Fayette Co.,OH deat: 12 Dec 1930 marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
			Sarah Elizabeth Davis
			birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH

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Birth: Twin to Dora Ethel Curtis, (Volume 3, page 46), birth record index. BIOGRAPHY: Flora Elizabeth Curtis was born 26 May 1898, Greensburg Township, Putnam County, Ohio, the daughter of Oscar Francis and Rebecca Jane (Baldwin) Curtis, and twin to Dora Ethel Curtis. (Volume 3, page 46). All towns in Greensburg Township have disappeared. Avis, Croswell and Darlington were all stations on the Findlay - Port Wayne Rail Road. There were settlements at each station but all vestiges of buildings at those locations have long since disappeared. Flora described herself as a chubby child with long flowing brown hair. She was a witness at a trail, which she often spoke of. She also worked on the farm and milked cows. She was educated in rural schools in Ohio and Michigan through grade eight. A souvenir booklet of 1911, tells of her attending the Barne's Public School, Sub-District No. 3, Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio. Her teacher was Edith A. Green. Her fellow classmates were Clytice, Rodney, and Aryl Aldred. Vernice, Lyie, and Beryl Barnes, Dora, Minnie Curtis, Minnie and Joy Dennis, Reed, Howard, Harl and Carl Essex, cousins Nellie and Leona Foley, Virgil Hudson, Lenna, Zeila, Leo and Owen Jeffrey, Nieta and Meva Johnson, Flossie, Alice, Russel and Lester Kanipe, Lena Kwascigroh, Vina Newman, Clarence Wooton, and Francis Zinser. Her report card in 1912- 13, placed her a 85 and 10/11% in her sixth grade class. In 1920 she lived with her parents on Ann Arbor road, and worked at factory as a polisher of cornets. She married Thursday evening, the 26th of May 1921, to Carl Albert Rorabacher, son of Frederick J. and Sarah (Moyer) Rorabacher. (#211959) The ceremony took place as the home of her parents and Reverent Prank M. Fields of the Methodist Episcopal Church performed the ceremony in the presence of the relatives of the contrasting parties. Dora and William Hayball attended as Best Man and Matron of Honor. American Beauty roses were carried by the bride and the bridesmaid. Roses and sweet peas were used to decorate the dining room where a beautiful wedding supper was served to the guests. They received congratulations and gifts from many friends. Those present at her wedding, the bride and groom"s parents, best man and maid of honor, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rorabacher, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Rodman, Minnie, Leonard, William and Bernard Curtis, Ester Baldwin, Frances Rorabacher, Margaret Baldwin, Dorothea Spellman, Thurman and Cycil Rodman, Albert C. Groth, Jesse Dawell, Fred J. Jordon and Berneta Funk. They resided with the Curtis's for a short time. At the time of her marriage she was five foot one and one half inches tall, and weight one hundred and thirty-five pounds, with dark brown hair and eyes, complexion clear and of medium color. She and Dora resembled, but definitely not look-a-likes. Their personalities were complete opposites. Carl used his severance check from service to buy Flora, a dining table, buffet and six chairs, at a cost of $187.00. The china cabinet was a gift from her mother. Her married life is well documented in the history of her husband in Volume #4, titled Rorabacher. She served as a 4-H leader. Den Mother in the Boy Scouts of America. She loved to sew, made blankets, mattresses and pillows. In 1936, at the Wayne County Fair, she took 1st place ribbons for hot cross buns, bread, raisin pie, and macaroon cookies. 2nd place ribbons for sponge cake, oatmeal cookies, ginger cookies and needlework. In June of 1940, Flora, Carl, Arthur and Sarah Helmer, were involved in a car accident on their way to Ann Arbor, on Washtenaw Road, opposite the Superior Dairy. A car, driven by Donald Briggs, 44, of Ypsilanti, crossed the medium and struck them head-on. The Helmer car was overturned in a ditch by the impact. Flora was badly bruised over most of her body, while Carl, age 41, received fractures of both jaws, nose and cheeks, along with severe laceration about his mouth and lips. Arthur Helmer, age 60, was unconscious and in a very critical condition from shock, crushing chest injuries and a fractured pelvis. Sarah Helmer, age 62, mother of Carl, suffered fractured right leg and right arm and thumb, along with severe laceration about the face. They were, all taken to St. Joseph's Mercy hospital, Carl and his mother, Sarah Helmer, were later transferred to Eloise hospital. Recovery was long and painful. On this very same day, Carl Frederick, "Fritz", was hospitalized with acute appendicitis. Flora was a strong, hard working lady, faithful and loving wife and mother. In 1941, she worked the 3rd shift, 4:40 P.M. to 2:20 A.M., at the Bomber Plant during World War II, badge #3365, as a assembler and riveter (Social Security #374-22-1963). She planted and care for a vegetable garden, strawberry and blackberry patches, and canned food, while her husband worked the Hix farm at 3357 John Hix Road, Wayne, Michigan, She did her washing with a wringer type washer all her adult life. She purchased a new one on 12 June 1972 for $207.95. In Spring of 1948, Flora and her sister, Dora, became trained and certified in the art of electroplating by Warner Electric Company, Chicago, Illinois. She was qualified in the artistic preservation of non-metallic articles, and sold gold and silver plated objects, such as baby shoes, mittens, and other articles, and mounted them on ash trays and books ends. In August 1954, she traveled through Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Washington District of Columbia and on to New York to see the statue of Liberty, Zoo, and the Gary Moore Show and the Dave Garaway shows. In Washington District of Columbia she saw the 83rd Congress and Senate in sessions. In 1954 the Wayne County tax was $86.91 and in 1955, the Nankin Township tax was $101.82 and the City of Wayne tax was $77.01. In 1955, they had the front awning installed over two windows and the porch cost $200.85. (To compare inflation, the 1989 County Tax was $697.28, and the City of Wayne tax was $555.72). On the 28th of November 1956, she flew to Florida, and returned with her father in a coma, with a nurse, on the 11 December 1956, via Eastern Air Lines. Oscar died shortly thereafter. In June of 1958, she received $1,650.00 from her Father's estate. Flora baby-set in her fifties - plus years with over a hundred different families. In 1957, she returned to visit Florida, with Jay and Dora Thompkins, and son Eugene. In September of 1959, they had their old coal furnace taken out and a new natural gas furnace installed. In 1959, Carl and Flora, made, painted and sold, wooden toys, doll crib and bed, and mattresses and pillows, Christians Santa's, and more. Carl and Flora like to take short trips, but on 9th of November of 1968, they packed up their Falcon Ford and drove to Florida, they arrived back home on the 16 December 1968. They went with Patty, May of 1973. north to Big Bay, Michigan, and then on the Houghton, to pick: up Dirk Johnston, to stay a week at Jay Tompkin's farm. They saw a wall painting Dirk drew for the Ice Festival, he took first place in the competition. In April of 1971, Flora and Carl was honored at a "50th" Anniversary party, given by their children- three hundred plus guests attended from all over Michigan, Ohio, and Florida. They received greetings from President Richard Nixon, Michigan Governor William G. Miliiken, State Senator William Faust, Congressman William D. Ford, and Reverent Doctor Frank M. Field, the pastor who married them in 1921. A buffet was served to all at the American Legion Hall, Wayne, Michigan. Flora had eye surgery on the 30 of January 1973, to correct a detached retina. She was hospitalized at Harper Hospital in Detroit, her doctors were Floyd S. Tukel, M. D. and Richard G. Butler. In May of 1974. Carl was hospitalized, after a fall that broke his pelvis bone. After the death of her husband on 16 June 1979 (#350-0003394), Flora joined AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), and the Wayne Recreation Senior Citizens. She attended the later every Thursday, had lunch and play "Uno" card game. Her 1979 Identification described her as 140 pounds, 5 foot tall, brown hair and eyes. Her, Social Security check was $178.40 per months and her Veteran check was $45.08, this was her total income at that time. On July 10, 1990, there was a severe wind and thunder storm, taking the Edison Electricity out for six days. She used her many farm skills and did not lose any of her meat or food. She cooked outdoors on an old wood stove and kept her freezer cold by getting ice from her son, Eugene. She loved to fish, but did not swim. In 1981, age 82, she went Co-Ho fishing with her son Vern, and brothers Bud and Bill. She prepared food and used a freezer in this time of her life and only canned juices and made jellies. She planted a vegetable garden yearly, her son Vern rota-tilled it every year for her. In September of 1981, she took her first of many trips with the Wayne Seniors, to Vermont, visiting many sites. In 1982, she purchased a three wheeled bicycle, and rode it all over. It was hard trying to keep up with her. She had arthritis in her legs and feet, often in her upper arms and shoulders. But she kept on working her yard and garden and keeping her self busy. April of 1982, trip to Elora and London, Ontario, Canada, also in 1982, she went camping with grand daughter. Sherry Service and her family, and they visited the Worlds fair, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and in August to Ohio with Patty and Julie Johnston and Minnie Hill. On her return, traveled with the Senior Citizens to Quaker Square, in Akron, Ohio, then to Chatham, Ontario, Canada. In 1983, traveled to Canada and took the 30,000 island cruise, then to the Arkansas to see Ozark Mountains and other sites along the way, Mackinaw Island, again, and visited the Ford's mansion in Dearborn, Michigan, she also visited Frankenmuth, Michigan, and took a 8 days vacation with her daughter, Patty and husband, Willis, and Wiilis' step mother, to see the tulip festival, in Holland, Michigan. On her returned she had a cancerous lump removed from her breast, she refused radiation or chemotherapy treatments. She also traveled to Florida for the funeral of her sister in law, Jiromie Curtis, in July. On her returned vacationed at Port Huron and Sarnia, Canada. In November of 1984, she flew to Hawaii and took a cruise around the Islands. In the falls of 1985 through 1988 she traveled to Mackinaw Island. In May of 1985, she visited Washington, DC, in July, she sailed to Put-on-Bay, in Cleveland, Ohio, after getting the outside of her house painted. Her brother, Leonard Curtis, nephew Francis Curtis and his family came and visited for a week in July. In September she took a winter fest trip to Niagara Falls, New York. 1986 was busy year, she joined a birthday club, where they all went out for lunch and celebrated that months birthdays, we started celebrating her May birthday every year at the lake. The first year we had 53 of her descendants, brothers and sisters. In February, She went to a dinner theater in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and saw Bob Hope, in September, took vacation called "The Best of the West", traveling trough Missouri, Oklahoma, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa. In October of 1986, visited the Westgate Dinner Theater and viewed the Sound of Music. In 1987 she traveled to Grand Ledge, saw the Festival of Lights at Niagara Falls and saw Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor in Geritol Follies, then took a River Boat Cruise on the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. In September of 1988, she took the Agawa Canyon snow train, to view the color changes in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Her trips with the "Wayne Seniors" were many, visited a lot places in Michigan, that has not been mentioned. In February of 1989, she was diagnosed as having cancer in both lungs and liver. She would not consent to chemotherapy. In fact she would not even acknowledge that she had it. Her blood pressure at this. time was 138/70, considered excellent. In April of 1989, Flora boarded cruise ship "Holiday", with granddaughter Sherry Service, to see Ochoa Rios, Georgetown, Grand Camen, Couzomel, Playa del Corneo, and Mexico. In December of 1989, while at a Christmas gathering at Sherry Service home, she kicked a antigue pail and cut her foot severely, requiring 24 stitches at Herrick Memorial Health Care Center, Tecumseh, Michigan, and three months of healing, cleaning and changing dressing daily, by her son Eugene. Flora's family gave her a large 90th birthday party. About 200 guests arrived from all over Michigan, Arkansas, Ohio, and Florida. Her Michigan Identification card listed her as 4 foot eleven inches, one hundred and twenty eight pounds, wore glasses, eyes and Hair brown. Her sister Minnie gave her a card that had data on it regarding her birthday and the year she was born. Some of the facts were: President William McKinley rode in the Stanley Steam Automobile, Circus parades featured brightly colored carved wagons, elephants, camels, lions and calliopes. Fur appeared on women's fashions, and men wore high choker necklines. Chris Rutt introduced Aunt Jemima pancake mix, 1st self-rising flour. Tunes of the times were Heart of My Heart, Hello

My Baby, Always, She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, and My Wild Irish Rose. She shares her birthday with singer-actor Al Jolson in 1886, John Wayne, actor in 1907, Peggy Lee, singer in 1920, and James Arenas, actor in 1923. Famous facts were the aspirin was discovered, Coca-Cola first bottled, and also. Carnation milk, "milk from contented cows". In 1899, a three bedroom home sold for $2,150.00, average income was $426.00, eggs were .21 cents a dozen, bread was .05 cents a pound loaf, and milk was .27 cents a gallon. In September of 1990, she was fitted for an hearing aid, but she would not wear it. Flora's only income, came from small Veteran's benefit [$51.00] (VA 926946A), Social Security [$309.00] and Supplement Security Income [$76.20] benefits, it totaled $436.20 per month. She managed her funds well, always paid her bills and house taxes on time, and had enough left for groceries and her senior citizen travels. She resided at 4049 Niagara Street, Lot 547, Avondale Subdivision #2, (T2S-R9E L58 P26WCR), Wayne County, Michigan. (Michigan Identification Card #R-612- 255-396-9) Flora spent her last Thanksgiving with her daughter, Patty and family, at their cottage on Pleasant Lake. On the 6th of December 1990, she was rushed to Annapolis Hospital with congestive heart failure- She was taken home to Patty's, on the 12th, on the 13th, she began hallucination, and on the 14th taken to Garden City Osteopathic Hospital- The hallucinations passed, and she was improving, but pneumonia set in and she died on the 19 December 1990, Garden City, Wayne County, Michigan, after a brave fight against lung cancer, at the age of 91 years, 6 months, and 23 days. (DX LF 669, No. 0160592) Services were held from Uht Funeral Home, in Westland, Michigan, with Reverent David Owen of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial took place, next to her husband, at Riverside cemetery, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan.. (Lot #223, Block I). On 16th of May, 1991, the Golden Hour Club dedicated a flowering apple tree in Flora's name. Minnie Hill, Bud and Doris Curtis, Julie and Patricia Johnston was present for the service. BIOGRAPHY: References ; Plymouth Mail (Obituaries, Flora's children) Wayne Eagle (50th Anniversary, Obituaries) Wayne Senior citizen Record Papers Tax Records Birth Certificates Marriage Records Death Certificates Cemetery Records Personal Contact Social Security Death Records. Riverside Cemetery Records, Plymouth, Michigan. Birth Announcements.

Carl Albert Rorabacher

< Vernon Francis Rorabacher birt: deat: < Patricia Joyce Rorabacher birt: deat: < Eugene Oscar Rorabacher birt: deat: Kenneth Darwin Rorabacher birt: 3 Mar 1922 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 15 Mar 1923 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI Marjorie Leon Rorabacher birt: 27 Apr 1923 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 30 May 1929 plac: Ann Arbor,Washtenaw Co.,MI < Wanda Colleen Rorabacher birt: 15 Jun 1926 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 21 Jul 1982 plac: Adrian,Lenawee Co.,MI marr: 14 Jun 1947 plac: Washtenaw Co.,MI < Carl Frederick (Fritz) Rorabacher birt: 29 May 1928 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 4 Nov 2006 plac: Home In Saline,Washtenaw Co.,MI marr: 5 Aug 1950 plac: St. Johns Lutheran Church,Wayne,Wayne Co.,MI Harold Bernard Rorabacher birt: 3 Oct 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI deat: 26 Mar 1931 plac: University Hospital,Ann Arbor,Washtenaw Co.,MI
		Frederick J. Rorabacher
		birt: deat: ABT 1910 marr: 13 Jan 1891 plac: Salem,Washtenaw MI
	Carl Albert Rorabacher
	birt: 1898 deat: 1979 Flora Elizabeth Curtis marr: 26 May 1899 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI birt: 26 May 1899 plac: Greensburg Twp.,Putnam Co.,OH. deat: 19 Dec 1990 plac: Garden City,Wayne Co.,MI
			Frank Moyer
			birt: deat:
		Sarah LuVene Moyer
		birt: deat: AFT 1948 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI,USA marr: 13 Jan 1891 plac: Salem,Washtenaw MI marr:
			Fianna Bartholomew
			birt: deat:

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Frederick J. Rorabacher

< Carl Albert Rorabacher birt: 1898 deat: 1979 marr: 26 May 1899 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI
			Frederick J. Rorabacher
			birt: deat: ABT 1910 Sarah LuVene Moyer marr: 13 Jan 1891 plac: Salem,Washtenaw MI birt: deat: AFT 1948 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI,USA

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Sarah LuVene Moyer

< Carl Albert Rorabacher birt: 1898 deat: 1979 marr: 26 May 1899 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI
		Frank Moyer
		birt: deat:
	Sarah LuVene Moyer
	birt: deat: AFT 1948 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI,USA Frederick J. Rorabacher marr: 13 Jan 1891 plac: Salem,Washtenaw MI birt: deat: ABT 1910 Albert Helmer marr: birt: deat:
		Fianna Bartholomew
		birt: deat:

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Minnie Jane Curtis

< Carolyn Brenodene Hill birt: deat:
					Chauncey A. Curtis
					birt: 29 Nov 1784 plac: Wallingford Twp.,New Haven County,CT. deat: 20 Apr 1841 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio marr: 29 Jul 1805
				Chauncey Adams Curtis
				birt: 11 Nov 1810 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 2 May 1882 plac: Jackson,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: 5 May 1831 plac: Farmington,Trumball Co.,Ohio
					Elizabeth Hart Adams
					birt: 24 Jan 1791 plac: Bristol,Hartford Co.,Conn. deat: 15 Mar 1835 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio marr: 29 Jul 1805
			Julius S. Curtis
			birt: 21 Dec 1846 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 13 Aug 1924 plac: Cloverdale,Perry Twp.,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: marr: marr: 9 Aug 1893
				Anna Curtiss
				birt: deat: marr: 5 May 1831 plac: Farmington,Trumball Co.,Ohio
		Oscar Francis Curtis
		birt: 2 Jun 1872 plac: Ottoville,Putnam Co.,OH deat: 20 Dec 1956 plac: Ypsilanti,Washtenaw Co. MI marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
				Mr. (1st-mar.) Martin
				birt: deat: marr:
			Louisa Martin
			birt: 1851 deat: 1924 marr: 9 Aug 1893 marr:
				Nancy J. Unknown Martin
				birt: deat: marr: marr:
	Minnie Jane Curtis
	birt: 23 May 1902 plac: Latty Twp.,Paulding Co.,OH deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: St. Joseph Hospital,Wayne Co.,MI Wilbur Albert Hill marr: 9 Dec 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI birt: 1899 deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: Squaw Lake,Linden,MI
			Joshua Baldwin
			birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH
		Rebecca Jane Baldwin
		birt: 11 Jul 1876 plac: Fayette Co.,OH deat: 12 Dec 1930 marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
			Sarah Elizabeth Davis
			birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH

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Birth: (Volume 4, page 38), birth record index. BIOGRAPHY: Minnie Jane Curtia born 23 May 1902. Latty Township, Paulding County, Ohio. {Volume 4, page 38). She was a very small baby, har head small enough to fit inside a teacup, and to keep her warm, her mother laid her on the door ot the warming oven. She graduated from Plymouth High School in 1922 and had one year or college. Minnie was employed as a bookkeeper in her younger years She then worked at a factory in Wayne, Michigan, Minnie married 9 December 1929, at the home of her parents, in Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, to Wilbur Albert Hill (1899- 1976), son of Henry and Elizabeth (Coopar) Hill. Wilbur graduated from Plymouth High School and his 1919, his High School year book named him most bashful and stated "Wilbur usual seen in a hurry, talking four-song, I love the ladiea, his knowledge-college professor, 10 years hence?" Minnie was in the 9th grade at the time. In 1920, Wilbur's family resided on Sutton Road, Plymouth Township, Wayne County, Michigan. His father was a father born in Ohio. His mother was born in England. Wilbur attended Coin Electrical College (about 1927) in Chicago, Illinois, with Leonard Curtis. He worked most of his life with heavy manufacturing machines, but his real love was being a "gentleman" farmer on the 10-1/2 acres just outside Plymouth on Ann Arbor road. On this land, he planted two of every common fruit tree and berry bush, plus growing numerous types of vegetables. If the harvest was too large for the family to gather, he shared it with friends and relatives. Although they were buying a home at 356 Sunset, Plymouth, they lived for a short time in an apartment right after their marriage. Minnie was helping care for her mother, who had tuberculosis, father, and three younger brothers, while working full time. When she realized it was too much for her to keep up the apartment, they moved in with her parents. They remained there until after har fathers death, in 1956. Minnie was a member of the Methodist Church for over fifty years, she taught Sunday school, was a member of the Epwerth League, the Women's Society of Christian Service, and the Child Study club, and participated in various other church activities. Craft's, tatting and crocheting were part of Minnie's early activities. She won many blue ribbons at the county fair for her handy work and baking. She once won a ribbon for the largest loaf of bread, that she baked in a round dish pan. Minnie was creative and could find unique uses for the many items she saved. She called herself "the original re-cycle". In 1962, she created a free standing Christmas tree, seven feet tall, four feet in diameter and twelve and a half feet around/,of circles cut from old Christmas cards. Each circle was backed with aluminum foil, folded over a triangle shape and stapled together. The tree rotated on its stand under the glow of three multi-colored flood lights. She also made a tree of the same material to hand on the wall. and variety of other items, such as serving bowls, candle holders and party favors. She continued to recycler by crocheting vegetable, fruit and bread wrappers into plastic ruga. She collected Elephants with turned-up trunks for good luck. Music was another of Minnie's interest. She took piano lessons as a child, on a quarter sawed oak piano her mother bought with money she saved from selling butter and eggs. (The piano was said to have been made by a blind man.) Her daughter took and taught piano lessons on that same piano many years later. In 1946, Wilbur built a cottage on Portage Lake, near Pinckney, Michigan. His brothers-in-laws, Bill and Bud Curtis, who were carpenters helped him put up the frame. Wilbur and Minnie finished the rest while camping out in a tent behind the cottage. Many family reunions was held as the lake. While in her sixties, Minnie answered an ad for an office position. When offered the job, she refused it as she just wanted to see if she could still get an office job after being away from it for so many years. Minnie and Milbur enjoyed traveling, having been all over the fifty states, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada. She joined sister. Flora Rorabacher, and nieces Patty and Julie Johnston, on many fimily history searching trips through Ohio, to help create this history. Minnie and Wilbur were planning a trip to British Columbia. Canada, at the time of Wiibur's death. After several heart attacks. Wilbur passed away on 21 March 1976. while driving from his daughter's home on Squaw Lake, near Linden, Michigan, Minnie, a passenger in the car, was not hurt. Services were held, at Schrader Funeral Home and burial took place at Riverside Cemetery. In 1967, Minnie, had surgery to remove a pre-cancerous polyp. This resulted in her having a colostomy, because she alao had ulcerative colitis and the colon could not be reconnected immediately. The next year another polyp was removed and she was hospitalized with a blood clot in her thigh. In June of 1991, she had a bout ot colitis which could not be controlled. That July she fell in her home on Sunset, because the steroid medication ahe was taking to help control the colitis, had affected her muscle and made her so weak, she could not get up. Minnie lived with her daughter until she was admitted to St. Joseph Hospital, Washtenaw County, Michigan, with an infection between her skin and the muscle of her abdomen. Surgery was performed in an attempt to control the infection but Minnie died immediately after the operation on 10 October 1991, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, at the age of 89 years, 7 months and 13 days. The cause of death was listed as cardiovascular collapse due to overwhelming sepsis due to ulcerative colitis. (DX-LF2250 - 0599486). The funeral service was held at Schcader Funeral Home, with Sanford Burr, a long time family friend, officiating. Burial took place 13 October 1991, at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, nextt to her husband, Wilbur. dild-- . BURIAL: Services were heldat Schrader Funeral Home, with Sanford Burr,Officiating. Buried next to her husband, Wilbur.

Wilbur Albert Hill

< Carolyn Brenodene Hill birt: deat:
		Henry Hill
		birt: deat:
	Wilbur Albert Hill
	birt: 1899 deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: Squaw Lake,Linden,MI Minnie Jane Curtis marr: 9 Dec 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI birt: 23 May 1902 plac: Latty Twp.,Paulding Co.,OH deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: St. Joseph Hospital,Wayne Co.,MI
		Elizabeth Cooper
		birt: deat:

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Henry Hill

< Wilbur Albert Hill birt: 1899 deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: Squaw Lake,Linden,MI marr: 9 Dec 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI
			Henry Hill
			birt: deat: Elizabeth Cooper marr: birt: deat:

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Elizabeth Cooper

< Wilbur Albert Hill birt: 1899 deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: Squaw Lake,Linden,MI marr: 9 Dec 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI
			Elizabeth Cooper
			birt: deat: Henry Hill marr: birt: deat:

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Carolyn Brenodene Hill

Cynthia Ann Stafford birt: deat: Gregory Scott Stafford birt: deat:
			Henry Hill
			birt: deat: marr:
		Wilbur Albert Hill
		birt: 1899 deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: Squaw Lake,Linden,MI marr: 9 Dec 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI
			Elizabeth Cooper
			birt: deat: marr:
	Carolyn Brenodene Hill
	birt: deat: Robert William Stafford marr: birt: 1929 deat: 22 Jun 2005
					Chauncey Adams Curtis
					birt: 11 Nov 1810 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 2 May 1882 plac: Jackson,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: 5 May 1831 plac: Farmington,Trumball Co.,Ohio
				Julius S. Curtis
				birt: 21 Dec 1846 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 13 Aug 1924 plac: Cloverdale,Perry Twp.,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: marr: marr: 9 Aug 1893
					Anna Curtiss
					birt: deat: marr: 5 May 1831 plac: Farmington,Trumball Co.,Ohio
			Oscar Francis Curtis
			birt: 2 Jun 1872 plac: Ottoville,Putnam Co.,OH deat: 20 Dec 1956 plac: Ypsilanti,Washtenaw Co. MI marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
					Mr. (1st-mar.) Martin
					birt: deat: marr:
				Louisa Martin
				birt: 1851 deat: 1924 marr: 9 Aug 1893 marr:
					Nancy J. Unknown Martin
					birt: deat: marr: marr:
		Minnie Jane Curtis
		birt: 23 May 1902 plac: Latty Twp.,Paulding Co.,OH deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: St. Joseph Hospital,Wayne Co.,MI marr: 9 Dec 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI
				Joshua Baldwin
				birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH
			Rebecca Jane Baldwin
			birt: 11 Jul 1876 plac: Fayette Co.,OH deat: 12 Dec 1930 marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
				Sarah Elizabeth Davis
				birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH

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Robert William Stafford

Cynthia Ann Stafford birt: deat: Gregory Scott Stafford birt: deat:
		Norman Stafford
		birt: deat:
	Robert William Stafford
	birt: 1929 deat: 22 Jun 2005 Carolyn Brenodene Hill marr: birt: deat:
		Effie
		birt: 1909 deat: 1929

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Norman Stafford

< Robert William Stafford birt: 1929 deat: 22 Jun 2005 marr:
			Norman Stafford
			birt: deat: Effie marr: birt: 1909 deat: 1929

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Effie

< Robert William Stafford birt: 1929 deat: 22 Jun 2005 marr:
			Effie
			birt: 1909 deat: 1929 Norman Stafford marr: birt: deat:

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Cynthia Ann Stafford


		Norman Stafford
		birt: deat: marr:
	Robert William Stafford
	birt: 1929 deat: 22 Jun 2005 marr:
		Effie
		birt: 1909 deat: 1929 marr:
Cynthia Ann Stafford
birt: deat:
			Henry Hill
			birt: deat: marr:
		Wilbur Albert Hill
		birt: 1899 deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: Squaw Lake,Linden,MI marr: 9 Dec 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI
			Elizabeth Cooper
			birt: deat: marr:
	Carolyn Brenodene Hill
	birt: deat: marr:
				Julius S. Curtis
				birt: 21 Dec 1846 plac: Bath Twp.,Allen Co.,Ohio deat: 13 Aug 1924 plac: Cloverdale,Perry Twp.,Putnam Co.,Ohio marr: marr: marr: 9 Aug 1893
			Oscar Francis Curtis
			birt: 2 Jun 1872 plac: Ottoville,Putnam Co.,OH deat: 20 Dec 1956 plac: Ypsilanti,Washtenaw Co. MI marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
				Louisa Martin
				birt: 1851 deat: 1924 marr: 9 Aug 1893 marr:
		Minnie Jane Curtis
		birt: 23 May 1902 plac: Latty Twp.,Paulding Co.,OH deat: 21 Mar 1976 plac: St. Joseph Hospital,Wayne Co.,MI marr: 9 Dec 1929 plac: Plymouth,Wayne Co.,MI
				Joshua Baldwin
				birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH
			Rebecca Jane Baldwin
			birt: 11 Jul 1876 plac: Fayette Co.,OH deat: 12 Dec 1930 marr: 14 Apr 1894 plac: Ottawa,Putnam Co.,OH
				Sarah Elizabeth Davis
				birt: deat: marr: 17 Nov 1870 plac: Fayette Co.,OH

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