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Emeline Dice was born about 1846 in Pennsylvania.¹

Elizabeth Smith was born on 24 February 1850 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 She and John Dice were married on 9 October 1869 in New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.^3,2 She died on 21 October 1928, at age 78.²

Mary A. Smith was born about 1852 in Pennsylvania.¹ She died in 1897.² She was buried in Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.²

Ida Rebecca Dice was born on 21 January 1875 in New Hanover Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She died on 23 March 1958, at age 83, in Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania.² She was buried on 27 March 1958 in Fairview Cemetery (Lot 3832, Section C3 North), Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania.²

Ida R. Romig, 84, of 396 Walnut Street, widow of William F. Romig, died Sunday morning in Coatesville hospital.

She had been in apparent good healt until Thursday when she was suddenly stricken ill at her home and taken in the West End fire company ambulance to the hospital. Mrs. Romig was born and reared in New Hanover, Montgomery county, a daughter of the late James F. and Mary Smith Dice. She married and moved to Stowe, Pa., where she lived for 11 years. Mrs. Romig then moved to Coatesville, where she made her home for the past 52 years. She was a member of the Olivet Methodist Church for many years.

Surviving her are these children: Carrie M., wife of Charles H. Shickley, Coatesville; Paul S. Romig, Coatesville; Harvey W. Romig, Honey Brook; Pearl M., wife of John T. Gay, Sr., Ercildoun; and Norma C., wife of Dowlin Root, Gap RD 1.

Also 21 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and these brothers and sisters: Jacob Dice, Reading; Samuel Dice, Millersville, Pa., William Dice, Pottstown RD 3; Mrs. Ella Withrow, Birdsboro, and Mrs. Tille Simon, Philadelphia. And several nieces and nephews.

The funeral, conducted by John S. Gavegan, successor to the Ford funeral home, Sixth avenue and Lincoln highway, will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. Internment will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends have been invited to call at the funeral home Wednesday morning.

Frank Smith Dice was born on 9 April 1877 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 He and Anna (Annie) Marie Gentzlinger were married about 1898.² He died on 14 March 1933, at age 55, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.³ He was buried in Saint John UCC Cemetery, Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.^4,3

Frank Smith Dice was an Automobile Accident.³ CAR WRECKED IN EFFORT TO MISS VICTIM
FRANK DICE, 58, IS RUN DOWN ON WAY TO SPRING OF WATER
COMPANION STANDS STILL AND ESCAPES
Another victim today is added to the long list of casualties on the Pottstown-Reading "speedway." Frank Dice, 58, of 501 Vine Street, Stowe, was killed instantly last night at 6:15 o'clock when run down near the Berks county line by an automobile driven by Chester Bechtel, of Reading, traveling passenger agent of The Reading Lines, and until several months ago was a resident of Pottstown.
The unemployed laborer was returning home with Pasquelle Jacetti, a neighbor, after spending the afternoon digging dandelion near Douglassville. According to Pasquelle, Dice and he were walking toward Stowe on the North side of the highway when Dice decided to cross the road and get a drink at a spring near the county line. Dice cut diagonally across the road and Bechtel, who was en route to Reading, swerved to the left and then when he realized he could not drive in front of the man turned back to the right and hit Dice with the left side of his machine.
After hitting Dice, Bechtel ran into the bank on the right side of the road and upset. Neither he nor his wife were hurt.
DIES INSTANTLY - Dice was thrown a distance of almost 40 feet and received a fractured skull, compound fractures of both legs, a fracture of the left arm, a fractured chest and bruises about his entire body.
Howard K. DeWees, of Phoenixville, passed the scene of the accident and took Dice to the Homeopathic hospital where attendants said he had died instantly.
Bechtel's report to the local police varied with that told by Pasquelle when the passenger agent said the two men were walking toward Douglassville and not toward Stowe as Pasquelle explained to Patrolman Paul Gumpert.
The death car driver said the men were either walking toward Douglassville or had their backs turned against traffic when Dice darted across the road. Bechtel told police he drove to the left so as to avoid hitting Pasquelle. He said he was going about 35 to 40 miles an hour at the time of the crash. (POTTSTOWN MERCURY, Wednesday, March 15, 1933.)

Sarah Dice was born about 1878 in Pennsylvania.¹

Amy A. Snyder was born about 1853 in Pennsylvania.¹

Salome L. Snyder was born on 22 February 1858 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 She and Stokes H. Fox were married on 24 May 1879.^1,3 She died on 4 July 1926, at age 68.⁴ She was buried in Red Hill Saint Lukes UCC Cemetery, Ottsville, Bucks, Pennsylvania.⁴

1900 Pennsylvania Census shows Stokes and Salome Snyder Fox ahd 2 children, 1 living.

Stokes H. Fox was born on 29 March 1857 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He and Salome L. Snyder were married on 24 May 1879.^1,3 He died on 10 February 1908, at age 50.^1,4 He was buried in Red Hill Saint Lukes UCC Cemetery, Ottsville, Bucks, Pennsylvania.⁴

Stokes H. Fox was a Farmer.³

Anna Mary Rorer was born about 1869 in Pennsylvania.¹ She died after 8 June 1880.¹

Araminda Rorer was born about 1875 in Pennsylvania.¹

William Erwin Rorer was born on 13 February 1877 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He died on 31 May 1966, at age 89, in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^4,3 He was buried in Mechanicsville Cemetery, Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania.⁵

Never Married.

May Belle (Mable) Rorer was born in May 1880 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 She and Samuel Ervin Updegrove were married on 2 April 1898.² She died on 18 September 1961, at age 81, in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^4,3 She was buried in Mechanicsville Cemetery, Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania.³

Samuel Ervin Updegrove was born on 1 October 1875 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 He and May Belle (Mable) Rorer were married on 2 April 1898.¹ He died on 26 March 1961, at age 85.³ He was buried in Mechanicsville Cemetery, Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania.³

Samuel Ervin Updegrove was a General Laborer- William A. Tinsman Lumber Yard.⁴

Edith May Updegrove was born on 29 January 1898 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 She and Frank Gottfried Feiler, Sr., were married about 1920.³ She died in March 1985, at age 87, in Lumberville, Bucks, Pennsylvania.²

Sadie Updegrove was born on 4 March 1904 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 She died on 21 April 1993, at age 89, in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.²

Bertha Fox was born on 1 February 1884 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 She and Henry A. Solliday were married about 1903.³ She died on 29 January 1975, at age 90, in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^2,4 She was buried in Quakertown Union Cemetery, Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.⁴

1910 Pennsylvania Census shows Henry and Bertha Fox Solliday had 3 children, 2 living.

Henry A. Solliday was born on 31 August 1879 in Bedminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3,4 He and Bertha Fox were married about 1903.¹ He died in February 1965, at age 85.⁴ He was buried in Kellers Church Union Cemetery, Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.⁵

Henry A. Solliday was a Poultry Farmer.³

Lester Solliday was born on 15 September 1907 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He and Julianne (Jule) Gombert were married on 29 May 1938 in East Rockhill, Bucks, Pennsylvania.⁴ He died on 12 March 1978, at age 70, in Sellersville, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^2,3 He was buried in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery (Section D-2), Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.³

Lester Solliday was an Owner/Operator Walnut Glen Nursery, East Rockhill Township, Pennsylvania.^3,5