Seaman Second Class Roger Stewart

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Friday, September 29, 1944
Page 1

County Sailor Loses Life in Eastern Storm

Roger Stewart, of Crothersville, Is Buried at Sea, Widow Informed

Seaman Second Class Roger Stewart, of Crothersville, was killed when a ship on which he was serving, the Warrington, was sunk in the hurricane which lashed the Atlantic coast September 14, taking a toll of at least thirty-nine lives and causing damage estimated at between $30,000,000 and $53,000,000 in the northestern coastal states, according to word received from the War Department by his wife, in Crothersville, recently.

Seaman Stewart was buried at sea, the message, which followed an earlier notification that he was lost in the storm, stated.

The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stewart, Seaman Stewart was born at the family home about two and one-half miles northeast of Crothersville, about twenty-four years ago. The mother died eighteen years ago and the father died three years after the mother's death, leaving a family of small children who were cared for by friends.

Seaman Stewart, a life-long resident of this county, attended Crothersville grad schools, and was graduated from high school there. He and Mrs. Stewart, the former Miss Dorla Patrick, daughter of the late Edward Patrick and Mrs. Patrick, of Crothersville, were extremely active in the Baptist Church in Crothersville, and were highly respected in the community. He leaves a host of friends who join with the relatives in mourning his death.

In Navy a Year.

Prior to entering the Navy about a year ago, Seaman Stewart was employed by the C.J. Briner grocery store, in Crothersville. After completing "boot" training he spent a leave with his family during the summer.

Survivors, in addition to the widow, include two small sons, Eddie and Wayne; three sisters, Mrs. Clarice Owens, Mrs. Mary Alice Zars and Miss Emogene Stewart, all of Scottsburg; and three brothers, Maurice Stewart of Iowa, Forrest Stewart, who is serving with the armed forces in Oran, and Carl Stewart, with the armed forces somewhere in the United States. Two aunts adn two uncles, out-of-state residents, also survive.