Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-06 | Page 2 | George Roper Dies; Body is Found by Roommate

I I GEORGE ROPER Dl DIES S BODY IS FOUND BY ROOMMATE I I George D. D Roper I 4 i I IV V S Sait ait r t S S End Comes Quietly After IlI Illness That Seem Seemed d Unimportant Unimportant Un Un- important Active in Politics J l George D. D Roper 45 proprietor etor of bf the tile Zang bar and ca cafe was' was found dead in bed at th the tiie Lenox hotel by hi his roommate Joseph Green at 6 20 oclo o'clock l this morning Death was due to natu natural al causes r Mr l Roper had felt felt ill m yes yesterday e day S morning but had felt feIt better lat later r In Inthe Inthe the day He was downtown I late downtown late t last night and was seized again suddenly Not desiring to alarm his family he decided to spend the night downtown and Mr Green went hI kim him f fo to toKe Ke Keep p him company For the past twenty years Mr 1 Roper had been prominent in business and political circles of Salt Lake H He was one of the strenuous workers for Mayor W W. Mont Ferry during the thelast last campaign He lIe was past president of or the Royal Arcanum a member of the Eagles and of the Elks Mr Roper was a native of ot Salt Lake He was born on what was known for years as the old Rop Roper r farm tarm situated at Tenth South and State streets His parents Charles H Hand and Agnes Roper were members of ot the handcart brigade of pioneers that tramped across the prairies in the early days He lived at East Third South street His widow three daughters Agnes Florence and Ruth and a son George D D. Jr survive Funeral arrangements arrangements ar ar- are pending