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ROSSON, W.G. "SHORTY" - Flu - Husband of Vic Wilson - Died Oct 25, 1918 - Age 44 Years ROUANE - See Ruane ROWCROFT, MINNIE - Frozen - (Mrs. Thomas "Professor" Rowcroft) - Died Jan 15, 1888 - Age 35 Years - On a Sunday morning Minnie's body was found at her home on Mineral Street, frozen stiff in death ROWE, FLORENCE A. GIBSON (Mrs. John M. Rowe) Typhoid Fever and Pneumonia - Sister of Mrs. R.M. Maupin - June 25, 1893 Nov 13, 1915 ROY - Shortened from Rodakovitz ROY, THEODORE ROBERT "TEDDY" - Fell from Cliff - Son of Alfonzo Frank "Dutch" and Ann Arietta Roy (Rodakovitz); Brother of Alfonzo Frank, Jr. and Raymond Roy and Grace Ann Roy Lappin - July 2, 1944 - May 6, 1960 - Age 15 Years - Teddy was instantly killed when he fell from a 350 foot cliff in Boulder Creek Canyon, near Silverton ROYBAL, RUBEL - Son of Adolph and Ferminia Jaramillo Roybal - April 29, 1925 - Dec 28, 1927 - Age 2 Years 8 Months ROYBAL, PORFIRIO Flu - Died Oct 24, 1918 - Porfirio died of flu at the Sunnyside Mine RUANE, JAMES J. "JIMMY" - First Flu Death in County - Son of Anthony and Mary Quinn (or Guinn) Ruane; Brother of Annie Ruane Hennigan, John, Mike, Patrick and Tony Ruane - 1884 - Oct 18, 1918 RUDELLAT, INFANT BOY - Son of Peter and Domenica Vota Perino Rudellat - Feb 1900 - Sept 26, 1900 - Age 7 Months - The icy finger of death touched the eyelids of this little boy, and the child slept. RUETHER, HARRY ARCHIE "SLIM" (Also known as Harry Oswald) - Husband of Viola Holmes (later Curtis); Father of Evelyn Ruether; Son of Henry and Ester Kinghorn Ruether - Apr 12, 1906 - Apr 27, 1949 RUSSELL, J.K. - Died Dec 14, 1905 - Age 67 Years - The black robed angel of death hovered over Silverton and left mourning in many homes. Between Saturday noon and Thursday noon ten persons answered the summons to the Great Beyond RUTHERFORD, JULIAN Stillborn - Son of Paul and Julia Lewis Rutherford - Died Mar 24, 1931 RUSSIAN PRINCESS - See Harris, Emma RYAN, ED F. - Snowslide - Died Dec 30, 1881 - Three men, Ed Ryan, Mike Ryan and Richard Atkins were killed in an avalanche at the Paradise Tunnel on Lookout Mountain RYAN, JERRY C. - Father of Claude, Frank, A.D. and D.J. Ryan - Died May 27, 1887 - Age 39 Years - The people of Silverton were greatly surprised to learn that Jerry had died of pneumonia RYAN, JOHN "JACK" - Died Apr 5, 1906 - Age 40 Years - Jack died of pneumonia RYAN, KATE (MRS. JOHN H. RYAN) - Sister of Mrs. John McMillan - Died Jan 2, 1905 - Buried at Red Mountain RYAN, MICHAEL Snowslide - Died Dec 30, 1881 - Michael was killed in an avalanche at the Paradise Tunnel on Lookout Mountain. Killed in the same slide were Ed F. Ryan and Richard Atkins |
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