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Elizabeth Frances (Smith) Rolls

1868 – 21 August 1942

Died 21 August 1942 near Lone Jack — "Aunt Lida," wife of Wm. Rolls, obituary from the Pleasant Hill Times

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Obituary

Date of death

21 August 1942

Date of birth

1868

Place of death

residing near Lone Jack

Inscription transcription

"Aunt Lida" Rolls

Mrs. Wm Rolls, residing near Lone Jack, familiarly known in the neighborhood as "Aunt Lida" died unexpectedly last Friday morning (Aug. 21, 1942) while busy with her housework.

Services were conduted by the pastor, the Rev. Roy Johnson at the Baptist Church, 2:30pm Sunday and burial was in the Lone Jack Cem.

Mrs. Rolls was a member of a family (that of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Smith) which settled in the Lone Jack area more than 100 yars ago. She and Mr Rolls were married at Lone Jack Mar. 25, 1889 and they celebrated their golden wedding in 1939.

In addition to Mr. Rolls, Mrs. Rolls is survived by seven of her eight children, Guy Rolls, Elmer and Clarence Rolls, Mrs. Vivian Tapscott, Mrs. Mark Shores & Mrs. David Hayes.

Pleasant Hill Times

Aug. 21, 1942

(1868-1942, nee Elizabeth Frances Smith. Spelling as appeared in newspaper.)

"conduted" and "yars" are as printed in the original — the transcriber's own note says "Spelling as appeared in newspaper." The obituary says she died "last Friday morning (Aug. 21, 1942)" in a paper dated Aug. 21, 1942 — the parenthetical date appears to be a transcriber insertion and 21 August 1942 was itself a Friday, so the death date is taken as stated but the "last Friday" phrasing is slightly ambiguous. Her state is not stated in the text (Lone Jack; Pleasant Hill Times). The obituary names only six of the "seven of her eight children" said to survive her.

People named in this record

  • Elizabeth Frances (Smith) RollsSubject
  • Mr. Wm RollsSpouse
  • Rev. Roy JohnsonOfficiant
  • Mr. Thos. SmithParent
  • Guy RollsChild
  • Elmer RollsChild
  • Clarence RollsChild
  • Mrs. Vivian TapscottChild
  • Mrs. Mark ShoresChild
  • Mrs. David HayesChild

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Source & citation

Source type
Transcription only
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-07-06
Permalink
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Image vs transcription
Transcription only — no photograph of the clipping in this record

Citation: Obituary of Elizabeth Frances (Smith) Rolls, "Aunt Lida," wife of Wm. Rolls (1868–1942) of Lone Jack, published in the Pleasant Hill Times, 21 August 1942. Preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive. (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/obituaries/rolls-elizabeth-1942/ : accessed [your access date]).

The transcriber's closing note identifies her as "1868-1942, nee Elizabeth Frances Smith. Spelling as appeared in newspaper."

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