Obituary for Catherine Almeda Roat
The Ithaca Journal, Aug 10 1943, P. 3, Col. 1

"Mrs. Catherine Almeda Roat, 84, of 317 W. Seneca St., died at the Gibbs Nursing Home, N. Triphammer Rd., Monday, Aug. 9, 1943.
  She is survived by three step-daughters, Mrs. Lela Allen, Mrs. Clara Bartholf and Miss Leona Roat, all of Ithaca; also one grandson and three granddaughters.
  Funeral services will be held at the Baldwin-Davis Funeral Home, 421 N. Aurora St., at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Joseph N. Stowell, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, will officiate.
  Interment will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
  Mrs. Roat was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church and the Kline Mothers Club."