Obituary of Isaac Sloan (Ike) Rochelle -- 1961

Transcribed by Sloan Mason





These obituaries that have been passed down in my family--they are 
newspaper clippings from Kinston, Lenoir Co.

Feb. 23, 1961
Ike ROCHELLE Dies at 88, Funeral Set for SaturdayIsaac Sloan (Ike) 
ROCHELLE, 88, died in Forest Hill Nursing Homee in Goldsboro at 9:45 
p.m. Thursday after a period of declining health. He was a retired 
building contractor and farmer. Mr. ROCHELLE was the son of the late 
Benjamin and Indiana Sloan ROCHELLE of Magnolia. He was a charter member 
of the Kinston Universalist Church, having moved here as a young man. 
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday from the 
Univerasalist Church with Rev. Kenneth MARSHALL, his pastor, 
officiating. Burial will follow in Maplewood Cemetery. The body will be 
moved to the church from Garner's Funeral Home one hour prior to the 
funeral Saturday. Surviving are four sons, J.Marvin ROCHELLE and Hanson 
ROCHELLE, both of Kinston, Ike ROCHELLE of Roanoke Rapids and Zee 
ROCHELLE of Elizabeth City; two daughters, Mrs L.M NASH and Mrs. Earl 
PRESSLY of Kinston; two neices which he reared. Mrs. George CROOM of 
Kinston; and Mrs. Ralph DANIELS of Watertown, N.Y.; 12 grandchildren, 12 
great grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Walter F. BUTLER of Asheville, N.C.  
Pallbearers will be Jimmy ROCHELLE, Marvin SPENCE, Joe PRESSLY, B.R. 
(Doc) ROUSE, O.E. KENECUTT, and Joe LAMB.Memorial contributions may be 
made to the Kinston Universalist Church.



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