Person ID: I5857879238
Romine Ward Sisson
22 May 1913 – 22 Mar 1962
Male
Events
- Born
- 22 May 1913 — Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States
- Died
- 22 Mar 1962 — Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherWilliam Artemus Ward Beecher Stowe Sisson18 Jan 1882 – 9 Mar 1950
- MotherMabel Louise Dahl20 MAR 1885 – 7 SEP 1954
- ChildKeith Ordway Sisson10 Jun 1911 – 16 Jan 1969
- ChildRomine Ward Sisson22 May 1913 – 22 Mar 1962
Notes
- !NOTES: Published the Cottonwood Current, a country newspaper in conjunction with his father, mother and brother, Keith. He was known as Ward Sisson. Like his brother Keith, he suffered from multiple dystrophy and during his last years at home was confined to a wheelchair. His last year and a half was spent a Granite Falls at a nursing home, where he was a great favorite and his weekly column in the Granite Falls Tribune, describing life in the "manor", was eagerly awaited by the residents. He never married. (ORWOLL DOC 'A') BURIAL: City Cemetery. !PROBLEM: D-001 shows d.d. 3-27-1962. NOTE: From Amy Van Hyning: Romine Ward Sisson b 1913-05-22, Cottonwood, Lyon Co, MN, occupation Newspaper publisher, d. 1962-03-27, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine Co, MN, buried: City Cemetery, Cottonwood, Lyon Co, MN. Suffered from muscular dystrophy, which he inherited from his father. With his brother Keith, published Cottonwood Current newspaper. Estate probated in Lyon Co, MN, on 1969-12-26.