Mrs. Mary Rose or Marie Mitchell La Roque

  General Notes:

Info according to obituary. Raised Fred Mitchell because mother died young. SHe also adopted Ted Mitchell.

Funeral Rites are held for Mary La Roque
Funeral Services for Mary Rose LaRoque, 89, were held Monday morning at 9 am from the Immaculate Conception church wiht Rev. Patrick O'Reilly officiating with interment in the Mitchell cemetery, Wolf Point. Rosary was read from the Clayton Memorial chapel Sunday afternoon at 4:30.

Mrs. LaRoque died Friday, Nov 1 at the Wolf Point Rest Home. She was born in Minot on December 31, 1867 to David and Isabell Mitchell. Mrs. LaRoque was a native of the Wolf Point and Poplar communities and lived her entire life in this area. She was united in marriage to David LaRoque on July 22, 1905 at Williston. Her husband preceded her in death in 1948. Survivors include one daughter Mrs. Marie Erickson, Miles City, and one son, Theodore Mitchell, Poplar, and numerous nieces and nephews.

In a 1910 census Dan Mitchell Jr was shown as the adopted son of Mary LaRoque.

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Excerpt from Treasured Years Roosevelt Co

Mr. David LaRoque and Mary Mitchell, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mitchell, were married and began their ranching operations on their land lying about six miles east of the city of Wolf Point, Montana. They started out with a cow and two calves. As the opportunity came, they purchased a cow or a calf. At one time Mrs. LaRoque traded a beaver shawl for a two year old heifer.
At the time the United States government issued cattle to the Indians, Mr. and Mrs. LaRoque received nine head. They continued raising cattle, only selling one or two a year until their herd built up and they were able to ship a carload each fall. The LaRoque's also raised horses. The United States government sent stallions to the Fort Peck Reservation. Mr. LaRoque bred his mares to these stallions, thus raising the quality of his herd. In about the year 1905 LaRoque purchased two high grade Clydesdale mares, again he improved his herd of horses. The LaRoque brand is NS. He always put up plenty of hay to carry his stock through the winter and in the spring have them in good condition.

Mary married David LaRoque on 22 Jul 1905 in Williston. (David LaRoque was born Feruary 23, 1876 in Minot, Ward, North Dakota and died on 28 Dec 1949 in Montana.)

Mary next married Living