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Name: CHARLES R RODERICK
Death Date: MAY/4/1912 Interment Date: MAY/6/1912 Birth Date: July/4/1860
Age at Death: 51y10m Cause of Death: ACUTE NEPHRITIS FOLLOWING ACUTE PTOMAINE POISONING
Location at Death:  SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
Physical Location at Death: HOME 1601 ANGELIQUE
Sex: M Nativity: AMERICAN Ethnicity: WHITE
Occupation:POLICE CAPTAIN
Military Branch: Military Rank: War Service:
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Child of: James M. Roderick & Mary J. Roberts
Spouse of: Mamie Widaman
Mother of:
Father of: Doris Roderick, Sylvia Roderick, Charles Roderick Jr., James Roderick
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Brief Biography: Charles R. Roderick was born July 4, 1860 in Henry County, Iowa. When he was 19 years old he came to St. Joseph, MO to work on the Kansas City branch of the Burlington being a brakeman. He was made a fireman and then promoted to engineer. During the engineer's strike in 1888 he went out with the rest of the men and was appointed a patrolman on the police force. He served as a patrolman until June 1, 1909 when he became sergeant. Three months later he was made captain to succeed William P. Gibson. He married his wife Miss Mamie Widaman April 8, 1886. She died August 14, 1888 in St. Joseph, MO. He married Miss Minnie Colvelle May 10, 1905. He became ill in November from eating oysters and had ptomaine poisoning. It got progressively worse until it became acute neprhitis. He is survived by his wife Mamie and five children, his mother, two sisters and a brother.
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Tombstone Material: N/A Tombstone Shape: N/A Tombstone Condition: N/A
Vault Type: Burial Number: 7088  
Mausoleum: N Ashes:  
Other Relatives in Plot: infant Roderick died 1911, infant Roderick died 1918, and wife Mamie Roderick.
Lot Owner: CRODERICK
Lot Location: S1/2 1
Block Location: 22
Section/Range Location: A
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Funeral Home: Heaton- BeGole Undertaking
Funeral Home City/State: Saint Joseph, Missouri
Cost of Interment: $6.00 Date Paid: 07/30/12
 
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Charles R. Roderick
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Obituary part one
Courtesy Of:St. Joseph Gazette May 5, 1912

Obituary part two
Courtesy Of:St. Joseph Gazette, May 5, 1912
 

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