Daughter of Mathais (Matthew) Wallerich and Barbara (Babette) Will. Both parents of German birth whose families emigrated to America.
Wife to Frederick B Ropkey, son of Herman Fred Ropkey and Mary A McConnell. They married May 29, 1900 in Polk County, Iowa.
Edah's death certificate gives her occupation as a writer, her business industry noted as "author" and indeed she was a published author. Her novel, Across the Threshold is a work of historical fiction based on her own life. It was published in 1964 when Edah would have been around 90 years of age. Other published works of Edah's are the books titled Shifting Sands (published in 1966) and The Last Farthing: The Story of the Founding of Jerusalem (published in 1967).
Wife to Frederick B Ropkey, son of Herman Fred Ropkey and Mary A McConnell. They married May 29, 1900 in Polk County, Iowa.
Edah's death certificate gives her occupation as a writer, her business industry noted as "author" and indeed she was a published author. Her novel, Across the Threshold is a work of historical fiction based on her own life. It was published in 1964 when Edah would have been around 90 years of age. Other published works of Edah's are the books titled Shifting Sands (published in 1966) and The Last Farthing: The Story of the Founding of Jerusalem (published in 1967).
Daughter of Mathais (Matthew) Wallerich and Barbara (Babette) Will. Both parents of German birth whose families emigrated to America.
Wife to Frederick B Ropkey, son of Herman Fred Ropkey and Mary A McConnell. They married May 29, 1900 in Polk County, Iowa.
Edah's death certificate gives her occupation as a writer, her business industry noted as "author" and indeed she was a published author. Her novel, Across the Threshold is a work of historical fiction based on her own life. It was published in 1964 when Edah would have been around 90 years of age. Other published works of Edah's are the books titled Shifting Sands (published in 1966) and The Last Farthing: The Story of the Founding of Jerusalem (published in 1967).
Wife to Frederick B Ropkey, son of Herman Fred Ropkey and Mary A McConnell. They married May 29, 1900 in Polk County, Iowa.
Edah's death certificate gives her occupation as a writer, her business industry noted as "author" and indeed she was a published author. Her novel, Across the Threshold is a work of historical fiction based on her own life. It was published in 1964 when Edah would have been around 90 years of age. Other published works of Edah's are the books titled Shifting Sands (published in 1966) and The Last Farthing: The Story of the Founding of Jerusalem (published in 1967).
Inscription
This grave marker says Edah was born in 1875
according to her death certificate she was born in 1874
Indiana Cert 69-026646
Gravesite Details
burial: JUL 5,1969
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