ROACH, Bronson - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Wallace, Ind -- Bronson R. Roach, 90 of Wallace, retired building contractor, died at 4:30 a.m. today (Oct 11, 1975) at Culver Hospital, Crawfordsville. He was born March 22, 1885, in Jackson Township, Fountain County, the son of George and Edna Myers Roach. On April 9, 1911, he married Pearl Brown, who survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Gene) Moffett of Veedersburg Rt 2; two grandchildren and three great grandchidlren. Mr. Roach had been a contractor all of his life, starting in that business when he was 16. He built many of the business places and homes in Crawfordsville and surrounding areas. He also remodeled several Indiana State Park inns. He graduated from Wallace High in 1903. He was a member of the Wallace Masonic Lodge for more than 50 years and was a founder of the Wallace Low 12 Club. He belonged to the Phanuel Lutheran Church near Wallace. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Woodrow Funeral Home in Kingman. Burial will be at Phanuel Lutheran Cemetery. A Masonic service will be held at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Monday. Friends may call from 2-4 and 7-9 Monday at hte funeral home.   --kbz