Eleventh Generation

13150. Roger W. BUCKNELL Sr.¹⁶⁸⁹ was born about 1904 in Illinois.¹⁶⁸⁹

He appeared in the census on 1 April 1910 in East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois. Age 6, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother Missouri, living with parents. Name on census: Roger W. Bucknell.

He appeared in the census on 1 January 1920 in East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois. Age 16, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother Missouri, living with parents. Name on census: Rodger W. Bucknell.

Roger appeared in the census on 30 April 1930 in Canteen Township, St. Clair, Illinois. Age 26, born Illinois, parents born Illinois. He was a real estate salesman and his household included his wife Irma, 26. Also living with them were his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Marcelus and Irene Bosworth. Name on census: Roger Bucknell.

He died in 1950 at the age of 46.³²⁸⁴

Roger W. BUCKNELL Sr. and Irma B. BOSWORTH were married in 1925 in Illinois.¹⁶⁸⁹

Irma B. BOSWORTH^1689,3284, daughter of Curtis BOSWORTH and Irma Jane , was born on 25 November 1903 in East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois.^{1689,2073,3284}

She died on 27 March 2005 at the age of 101 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa.³²⁸⁴ Her obituary was published on 4 April 2005 in the Post-Dispatch in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri.

Irma B. (Bosworth) Bucknell, retired owner of a real estate and insurance agency in East St. Louis, died March 27, 2005, at a hospital in Mason City, Iowa. She was 101.

A native of East St. Louis, Mrs. Bucknell was born on a farm to Curtis and Irma Jane Bosworth, owners of Bosworth Diary. She graduated from East St. Louis High School in 1922 and attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

While at the university, Mrs. Bucknell met Roger W. Bucknell Sr. of East St. Louis. The couple married in 1925.

In the early 1920s, Mrs. Bucknell's husband and his father co-owned S.K. Bucknell and Son Real Estates and Insurance Co., in East St. Louis. Over the years, the name of the real estate and insurance company changed to Bucknells Inc. With the death of her husband in 1950, she took over ownership and operated the company until it was sold in 1968.

In retirement, Mrs. Bucknell sold Avon products for several years and moved to Mason City in 1994.

Mrs. Bucknell was a longtime member of the First United Presbyterian Church in Belleville, Excelsior Club and the PEO Sisterhood-Chapter EY.

Among survivors are a son, Roger W. Bucknell Jr. of Belleville; a daughter, Nancy Kuehn of Mason City; a brother, Robert W. Bosworth of Lexington, Ky.; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was Saturday at First United Presbyterian Church in Belleville. Her body was donated to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Memorials to PEO Sisterhood Headquarters, 3700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, 50312; or the First United Presbyterian Church, 1303 Royal Heights Road, Belleville, Ill., 62223.

Roger W. BUCKNELL Sr.-61444 and Irma B. BOSWORTH-61447 had the following children: