[begin quote Brainerd Dispatch February 10, 1975]

    Mrs. DeRocher
    Dies At Hospital
    Mrs. Florence C. DeRocher, 94, of 612 Kingwood, died this morning at St. Joseph's Hospital.
    She was born in Long Prairie Sept. 18, 1880, and had resided in Brainerd for 55 years. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church.
    Mrs. DeRocher is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clare VanEssen and Miss Edith DeRocher, both of Brainerd; five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Webster of Los Angeles, Calif.
    She was preceded in death by two sons.
    Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Church. The Rev. Dennis McEntry will officiate with interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
    Friends may call at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home beginning Tuesday noon. A parish rosary will be held at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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Surprise, Surprise! Baptismal record from the Catholic Church in Long Prairie shows 1878 as the birth and baptismal year, not 1880.

• Married: in (not married)

1. Clara Gertrude "Clare" DeRocher b: 08 Sep 1897 in Long Prairie, Minnesota

• Married: 09 Oct 1902 in Long Prairie, Minnesota
• Note: Witness: Lizzie Weishalla (22-year-old cousin - daughter of uncle Thomas)
• Divorced: 27 Nov 1935

1. Edith Valeria DeRocher b: 21 Jun 1903 in Brainerd, Minnesota
2. David Mose DeRocher b: 21 Jun 1903 in Brainerd, Minnesota
3. Earl John DeRocher b: 05 Apr 1906 in Brainerd, Minnesota