Edith May Baker Stroup

1886 - 1910  (23 years)

• Name	Edith May Baker Stroup
  Born	17 Apr 1886	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 Jan 1910	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I12550	Rossville
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2020

  
  

  Family	Scott Hamilton (Doc) Stroup,   b. 4 Feb 1858, Indiana ,   d. 24 Dec 1934, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 76 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1905
  Children	+ 1. Otis Fuller Stroup,   b. 27 Jan 1908, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 11 Feb 1940, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 32 years)   2. Nathan Stroup
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2017 10:50:04
  Family ID	F2732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Stroup, Edith 1 Mrs. S.H. Stroup Dead. A shock comes to every vicinity when it is announced from house to house that one of its members has passed into the great beyond. And so it was in the community of Rossville last Sunday, January 2nd, when word was passed around that Mrs. "Doc" Stroup was dead. It was generally known that Mrs. Stroup was very ill - but it was understood that she was improving and would get well. But during one of those stormy spells she took a severe cold which gave her a back-set from which she never recovered. Mrs. Stroup, nee Edith Baker, was well known in and about Rossville, because most of her short life of a little more than twenty-three years had been lived here. She was born at St. Marys, April 17, 1886. At the age of eleven she united with the Methodist Church and seven years later while she was at Miami, Indian Territory, she became a member of the Christian Church and continued to be a member of that Church until her death. On September 20th, 1905 she was married to Mr. Scott Hamilton Stroup. On Sunday, January 2nd 1910, the grim reaper claimed here, taking away from... [continued in next clipping] [From The Rossville Reporter, January 7, 1910]
  		Obituary- Stroup, Edith 2 [continued from clipping 1] the home, a faithful and loyal wife and a loving and tender mother from the community, one for whom everyone has a good word. She leaves her mother, her husband, two little sons and a large circle of friends to mourn her loss. The funeral services were held in Presbyterian Church at Rossville on Monday, January 3rd, and conducted by the Rev. John H. Lamb of that Church. Although it was a raw cold day the church was crowded full of friends who had come to pay their last respects to the departed. Beautiful floral tributes covered the casket showing with what esteem she was held in the community. She was buried in the Rossville cemetery. [From The Rossville Reporter, January 7, 1910]