West Virginia Pioneers
Opal Edith Staats
1911 - 1952 (41 years)-
Name Opal Edith Staats Born 16 Feb 1911 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA 
[1] Gender Female Died 10 Sep 1952 [2] Notes
Death Record
Name: Opal Edith/Roseberry
Sex: Female
Death Date: 10 Sep 1952
Death Place: Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia
Age at Death: 41y
Birth Place: Ripley, WV
Marital Status: M
Mother: Ollie/Litton
Father: Otha C./Staats
Informant: WS Roseberry
Roseberry Service held at Creston
Funeral Services for Opal Edith Roseberry 41, of Ripley were held from the Creston church on Friday afternoon and burial was in the church cemetery. The Reverend Armar Sayre officiated at the service which was arranged by the Vail undertakers.
Mrs. Roseberry died of a heart condition on Wednesday.
She was born Feb 15, 1911, a daughter of Otha C and Ollie Litton Staats. She had been a member of the Methodist church for 20 years.
On July 26, 1840 she married William S. Roseberry , who with the following survive, a son Clair at home, a daughter, Edith Ann at home; a sister, Opal Litton of Charleston, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otha Staats of Ripley.
A obit posted on ancestry copied December 28, 2012.
Person ID I49871 WVPioneers Last Modified 28 Dec 2012
Father Otho Clair Staats, b. 28 Dec 1885, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 23 May 1959, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 73 years) Mother Ollie Esther Litton, b. Sep 1884, West Virginia, USA , d. 7 Sep 1967, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 82 years) Married 19 May 1909 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [1] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 5/19/1909
Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
Otha Staats, 23, Jackson, Jackson
Olie Esther Litton, 24, Jackson, Jackson
Informant - BP Litton
1910 Washington, Jackson, WV
Staats, Otha C 34 m1- 0y WV WV WV
Ollie E 25 m1- 0y 0-0 child WV WV WV
1920 Washington, Jackson, WV all born WV WV WV
Staats, Otha C 34
Ollie 35
Opal da 8
Odal da 6
1930 Charleston, Kanawha, WV all born WV WV WV
Staats, Otha C 44 md age 23
Ollie E 45 md age 23
Opal E da 19
Odal V da 16
1940 Ripley, Jackson, WV
all born WV 1935: lived in same, Jackson, WV
Staats, Otha C 54
Ollie E 55
Opal da 29
Parsons Cemetery, Gay, WV
Staats, Otha C. 1885 - 1959
Staats, Ollie E. 1884 – 1967
Family ID F25404 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William Stanley Roseberry, b. 9 Feb 1909, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 25 Jan 1979, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 69 years) Married 17 Jul 1940 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [1] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 7/17/1940 at Ripley
Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
William S Roseberry, 30, 2/9/1909, Cottageville, Ripley, HL & Dora Roseberry
Opal Staats, 29, 2/16/1911, Jackson co, Ripley, Wm & Margaret Staats
Children 1. William Clair Roseberry 2. Edith Ann Roseberry, b. 26 Jul 1943, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 14 Apr 2004, Leonardtown, Maryland (Age 60 years)3. Janice Roe Roseberry, b. 5 Nov 1951, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA , d. 5 Nov 1951, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA (Age 0 years)Family ID F13862 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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