Individual Details

1930 Census. 19th Ward, Chicago City, Cook, IL, Hh 154
8946 Parnell Ave
Earl B. Roark, 36, married at age 26, b. AR, Proprietor, Thermostat Factory
Minnie, wife, 47, married at 37, b. IL
Edward A., son, age 8, b. IL

1940 Census. 19th Ward, Chicago, Cook, IL, Hh 260
8946 Parnell - lived in same house in 1935
Earl Roark, 46, b. AR, Engineer, Publishing factory
Minnie, wife, 57, b. IL
Edward, son, 18, b. IL, Machinist, Manufact. comp.

1950 Census. Chicago, Cook, IL, Hh 207
8946 Parnell
Earl B. Roark, 56, b. AR, Stationary Engineer, Newspaper
Minnie, wife, 67, b. IL
Edward, son, 29, b. IL, Machinist, Steel

Alton Evening Telegraph, Alton, IL, 5 Sep 1691, Tuesday, p. 13
Mrs. M. Roark
CARROLLTON - Mrs. Minnie Allen Roark, widow of Earl B. Roark, died this morning in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A native of Carrollton, she was born March 8, 1883, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Allen.
Mrs. Roark is survived by a niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hubbard, who will be here for the funeral. Mr. Roark, a former employee of the Chicago Tribune, died in 1956 and the Roarks only son, Edward, died in Feb 1955.
The body will be brought to the Simpson Funeral Home, here, where friends my call after 8 pm Wednesday.
Funeral rites will be conducted at 10 am Thursday in the funeral home by the Rev. Charles Fradenburgh, pastor of the Carrollton Methodist Church. Burial will be in Carrollton City Cemetery.

Birth	8 Mar 1883	Illinois
Marriage	18 Sep 1920	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois - Earl Beauregard Roark
Death	5 Sep 1961	Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Burial		Carrollton City Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois

Spouse	Earl Beauregard Roark (1894 - 1956)
Child	Edward Allen Roark (1921 - 1955)

Father	Charles Edward Francis Allen (1850 - 1905)
Mother	Caroline Josephine "Lena" Vandersand (1861 - 1924)