James Rooker
James Rooker
James R. Rooker, 70, of Hillsboro died Oct. 30, 2003, at Hillsboro Community Medical Center.
Born Oct. 25, 1933, at Chillicothe, Ohio, he was the son of Robert Franklin and Martha Elizabeth (Hatcher) Rooker.
On June 22, 1956, in Cambridge, Ohio, he married Becky Milligan. She survives. He was retired from A.M.P.I. as supervisor of the ice cream department.
Survivors include his wife of the home; sons, Steve Rooker of Hillsboro and Mark Rooker of rural Hillsboro; daughters, Cheryl Ratzlaff of rural Hillsboro and Christine Rooker of McPherson; brothers, Thomas Hatcher, Glenn Hatcher, and John Hatcher, all of New Concord, Ohio; sister, Sandra Kalman of New Concord, Ohio; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services were held Monday at Hillsboro Memorial Chapel with Pastor Gaylord Goertzen officiating. Burial was at Haven of Rest Cemetery, rural Hillsboro.