Cecelia Poland

b. 12 September 1911, d. 23 July 2000
  • Cecelia Poland was born on 12 September 1911 in New Jersey.
  • She married George P. Rolff, son of George Detler Rolff and Eva Dexheimer, circa 1931.
  • George P. Rolff and Cecelia Poland appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in North Bergen Township, Hudson County, New Jersey, at 897 Broadway. Other members of the household included Jacqueline Phyllis Rolff and Judith Marie Rolff.
  • George P. and Cecelia Rolff, his sisters Eva and Helen, his uncle Richard L. (& Bertha) and their sons Lawrence R., Richard H. (& Amelia), and William J. (& Evelyn) Rolff, all were listed in the 1946 Rutherford NJ city directory.
  • Cecelia Poland became a widow at the circa 1962 death of her husband George P. Rolff.
  • The SSDI lists Exmore, Northampton County, Virginia, as the last residence of record of Cecelia Poland.
  • Cecelia Poland died on 23 July 2000 at age 88.
  • The following appeared on 24 July 2000 in The Virginian-Pilot: Cecelia Poland Copeland, 88, died July 23, 2000. A Mass of the Resurrection will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Charles Catholic Church. Doughty Funeral Home, Exmore, is in charge.
  • The following appeared in a local newspaper: Judith Marie "Judy" Raby, 74, wife of Albert Raby and a resident of Exmore, VA, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, VA. A native of New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late George Rolff and the late Ceceila Poland Rolff. She was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church.
         Mrs. Raby is survived by three sons, Tom Raby and his wife Lisa of Henryville, PA, James Raby of East Stroudsburg, PA, and George Raby of New Windsor, NY; two sisters, Joan Reid and her husband George of Dallas, TX, Jackie Phillips and her husband Eugene of Georgia; a brother, George Rolff of California; eight grandchildren, Jessica, Tabatha, Kyrstie, Shawnn, James, Jr, Kennie, Keefe, and Reid; a great-great grandson, Tom Tom. She was predeceased by a daughter, Cheryl Ann Raby.
         A Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at 11:00 AM at St. Charles Catholic Church with Father J. Michael Breslin officiating. Interment will follow in the St. Charles Catholic Church Columbarium. A Christian Wake service will be held at the church Monday at 7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to St. Charles Catholic Church, 545 Randolph Ave, Cape Charles, VA 23310.
         Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com Arrangements made by Doughty Funeral Home, Exmore.
  • Last Edited: 16 May 2016

Family: George P. Rolff b. August 1909, d. circa 1962