Truman C. Roe Obituary (1936 - 2010)

PONTIAC -- Truman C. Roe, 73, Pontiac, died at 10:25 a.m. Monday (May 10, 2010) at Good Samaritan Home, Pontiac. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Duffy Funeral Home, Pontiac, with the Rev. Brian Bill officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Southside Cemetery, Pontiac, with full military rites. Memorials may be made to the Pontiac Library. He was born Dec. 16, 1936, in Pontiac, son of Everett and Nola Fox Roe. He married Ethel Christine Gist on Dec. 12, 1967, in Pontiac. She survives in Pontiac. Also surviving are sons, Robert L. Roe and Thomas (Linda) Roe, both of Pontiac; Frank (Connie) Summers, Chenoa; Danny (Kim) Summers, San Diego; and Randy Summers, Pontiac; daughters, Trudy Ann (David) Wolf, Pontiac; Judy (John) Worth, Lincoln; Charlotte Drent, Pontiac; and Jeanette Pflager, Bella Vista, Ark.; brothers, Russell Roe, Pontiac; Danny Roe, Florida; Everett (Marcia) Roe Jr., Pontiac; and William (Margaret) Roe, Mansfield; sister, Roxanne Roe, Pontiac; three grandchildren; and many stepgrandchildren, stepgreat-grandchildren and stepgreat-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Sheila Blankenbeckler. Truman had retired from Interlake Steel in Pontiac. He was a Pontiac Township High School graduate. He had been a captain with the National Guard from 1954 until 1966.