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Amount Estimated Exceeding $10,000
Mrs. Marie Edna Rorick, 2263 Collingwood Blvd., left her estate in equal shares to her three children, Ceilan H. and Marvin H. Rorick, bankers, and Mrs. Alice R. Prudden, Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Rorick’s will, filed yesterday in Probate Court, named her two sons and the Spitzer Rorick Trust & Savings Bank as executors. The estate was estimated “in excess of $10,000” Mrs. Rorick died Jan. 13.
Source: Toledo Blade, January 17, 1950.
Mother Of Toledo Banking Officials
Mrs. Marie Packard Rorick, 81, mother of two Toledo banking officials, died yesterday at home, 2263 Collingwood Blvd., after an illness of several weeks.
Born in Lenawee County, Mich., Mrs. Rorick had lived in Toledo 58 years. She attended Adrian College and was the widow of Horton C. Rorick, former chairman of the board and president of the Spitzer-Rorick Trust and Savings Bank, who died in 1946.
Surviving are sons, Marvin H. Rorick, president of the bank; Ceilan H. Rorick, vice president; daughter, Mrs. Alice R. Prudden, Palm Beach, Fla., 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Continue reading “Marie Rorick”Wife And Children Are Named In Will
A total of $264,012 in state and federal taxes will be paid by heirs to the estate of Horton C. Rorick, former chairman of the board of directors of the Spitzer-Rorick Bank, papers filed in Probate Court today showed.
Biggest portion of the sum, $249,184, will go for federal estate tax, which is included in the $294,322 listed as costs of administration of the estate.
Individual inheritance taxes amounting to $14,828 will be paid Mr. Rorick’s wife, Marie; daughter, Mrs. Alice R. Prudden, Palm Beach, Fla., and sons, Marvin, Perrysburg, Spitzer-Rorick president, and Ceilan, Ottawa Hills, vice president, secretary and trust officer.
A tax of $1,072 on a legacy of $68,614 will be paid by Mrs. Rorick, while $4,586 each will be paid on bequests of $195,726 left to the children.
Mr. Rorick died Aug. 18, 1946.
Source: Toledo Blade, July 17, 1947.
Banker Active in Civic Life for Half Century
Horton Clifford Rorick, chairman of the board of the Spitzer-Rorick Trust & Savings Bank, died yesterday in his home, 2263 Collingwood Blvd., after a brief illness. He would have been 80 next Dec. 16.
In a little more than half a century, during which he was active in the business, civic and social life of Toledo, Mr. Rorick saw Toledo grow from a city of 100,000 persons to trip that size. He was born on a farm near Morenci, Mich.
Continue reading “H.C. Rorick”Miss Mary Grace Davis and Paul Peter Prudden, Jr., whose marriage on Sept. 16 will be preceded by many dinner parties, will be honored next Tuesday night at a dinner party at which three couples will be hosts. They are Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Baither, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Foster and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Foster, cousins of Mr. Prudden.
The dinner will be at the Commodore Perry Hotel and will be preceded by a cocktail party in the Baither home in Talmadge Road.
Source: Toledo Blade, September 4, 1941.
Funeral services were held in Toledo, Monday, January 16, for Mrs. Marie Packard Rorick.
Mrs. Rorick, 81, was born in this vicinity, but has lived in Toledo for 58 years.
She attended Adrian College and was the widow of Horton C. Rorick, former chairman of the board and president of the Spitzer-Rorick Trust and Savings Bank. Mr. Rorick died in 1946.
Survivors are two sons, Marvin H. Rorick, president of the bank, Ceilan H. Rorick, vice-president, one daughter, Mrs. Alice R. Prudden, Palm Beach, Florida, and 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Private burial was made in Woodlawn cemetery, Toledo.
Source: Morenci Observer, January 19, 1950.
MORENCI, Aug. 18—The funeral of Mrs. Amie Spaulding Rorick was held in the Rorick home on East Main Street Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. S.N. Oliver of Muskegon, a former pastor of the Congregational church in Morenci, officiated. The bearers were C.H. Rorick, C.K. Rorick of Morenci, Marvin Rorick, Ceilan Rorick, George Crane and Charles Baither of Toledo, all grandsons of the deceased. The burial was made in Oak Grove cemetery.
Relatives and friends from a distance who attended the service were Mr. and Mrs. A.V. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Horton Rorick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baither, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pruden [sic] of Toledo, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Foster and daughter Violet of Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Crane of Fayette, Mrs. William Armstrong of Sharon, Pa., Mrs. Charles Wade, Mrs. George Harding and Mr. and Mrs. Williamson of Jonesville and John Beatty of Norwalk, Connecticut.
Source: Adrian Daily Telegram, August 18, 1931.
Announcement is made today of the engagement of Shirley Knox Davidson, daughter of Mrs. James Edward Davidson, of Bay City, and the late Mr. Davidson.
Her fiance is Horton Rorick Prudden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paul Prudden, of Palm Beach, Fla. The Pruddens are former residents of Toledo, O.
The bride-to-be was graduated from Kingwood School, Cranbrook, in Bloomfield Hills. She is also a graduate of Sarah Lawrence. Bronxville, N.Y.
Miss Molly Ann Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Kelly of Rossford, Ohio, and George Herbert Rorick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Rorick of Seneca, were married at 4:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Rossford Methodist church. The service was read before an improvised altar of roses, delphinium, June lilies and baby-breath. The Rev. C.H. Hutchinson read the single room service. Miss Eunice McDonald cousin of the bride sang “Because” and “I Love You” accompanied by Mrs. Louis Schroeder who played Mendelssohn’s wedding march. Continue reading “Rorick-Kelly”
The reunion of the Rorick family was held Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Rorick in Morenci. These gatherings have now been held annually for about forty-three years. One hundred and three relatives and friends enjoyed the visiting gand [sic] dinner incident to this event. At a short business meeting, Dr. E.H. Rorick was elected president for the coming year. Mrs. Amelia Rorick, who has served as secretary for the past 15 years, declined re-election and Mrs. G.H. Crane was chosen as her successor. Mrs. G.H. Rorick was appointed chairman of the committee on arrangements. Continue reading “Rorick”
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