Phoeba A. Wilka and Roy William Bailey

ROY WILLIAM BAILEY, son of MARIA L. LONG and WILLIAM W. BAILEY, was born September 22, 1884 in Egan, Moody, South Dakota,⁷²⁶⁷ and died December 9, 1940 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Union Cemetery, Flandreau, Moody, South Dakota.^{456, 7267}

He married PHOEBA A. WILKA on March 6, 1907.⁷²⁶⁷ She was born April 9, 1885 in Lyon County, Iowa,⁸¹³⁵ and died May 24, 1960 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.⁸¹³⁵ She is buried in Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.^{8135, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Roy W. Bailey)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Roy W. Bailey)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Roy W. Bailey)

Children of PHOEBA A. WILKA and ROY WILLIAM BAILEY:

1. EVELYN GENEVIEVE BAILEY, b. June 12, 1908, Moody County, South Dakota;⁸¹³⁷ m. CONRAD ANDERSON on September 1, 1943 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota⁷³³⁸; d. August 27, 1976, Brandon, Minnehaha, South Dakota.⁸¹³⁷
2. IDA MAE BAILEY, b. August 10, 1910, Moody County, South Dakota;⁶⁹⁷⁹ m. GRANT B. CARTER on September 15, 1930 in Blue Earth, Mankato, Minnesota⁷²⁷¹; d. August 25, 1983, Victory Memorial Hospital, Stanley, Wisconsin.⁸¹³⁸

Personal Information

• Phoeba A. Wilka was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota. ⁸¹³⁵

Work History

Clubs and Associations

Obituaries

Daily Argus-Leader, December 10, 1940⁷²⁶⁷

ROY W. BAILEY IS VICTIM OF MONOXIDE GAS

Drug Firm Credit Manager Found Dead in Garage at Home

A coroner's report today gave carbon monoxide gas as the accidental cause of the death Monday of Roy William Bailey, credit manager of the Brown Drug company. Mr. Bailey was found dead in the garage at the rear of his home, 700 South First ave., by his wife at 5:55 p. m. Monday.

The body was found on the floor between the rear of the car and the garage doors. A tire pump was hooked up to the left rear tire which was flat, an indication that he was pumping up the tire when he was stricken.

The ignition was turned on but the motor was cold and was not running, according to Police Detective Norman Larson. This at first tended to disprove the carbon monoxide theory, but a later blood test proved that gas had caused the death.

The report further showed that Mr. Bailey died sometime between 4:30 and 5 p. m. Larson said Mrs. Bailey returned from a trip downtown at 5 p. m. and after she noticed the door leading from the house to the garage was open and the car in the garage, she investigated.

When she discovered the body, she notified Lieut. Joe Wilcox at police headquarters.

Services will be held at 12:30 p. m. Thursday at the Graf funeral home and at 2:30 p. m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian church at Flandreau. Rev. Clarence W. Adams will officiate at both times. Interment will be made at Flandreau.

Mr. Bailey came to Sioux Falls in 1927. He had been credit manager of the Brown Drug company for the past seven years. He was a member of the Elks club here and played in the municipal band.

Previous to coming here he had operated a garage at Flandreau from 1913 to 1927. He was a past master of Blue lodge No. 11 of the Masonic order there. He was Moody county treasurer for four years.

Mr. Bailey was born September 22, 1884, at Egan. He attended school and made his home there until 1913, doing general farming before moving to Flandreau.

He was married to Phoeba Wilka, March 6, 1907.

Surviving are the widow; two daughters, Mrs. Grant Carter and Evelyn Bailey, and two grandchildren, all of Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, May 25, 1960⁸¹³⁵

Phoeba A. Arnold 75, Dies in S.F.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday for Mrs. Phoeba A. Arnold, 75, of 211 E. 15th St., who died Tuesday at a local nursing home.

Phoeba A. Wilka was born in Lyon County, Iowa, on April 9, 1885. She attended school in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and moved to Dell Rapids. She moved to Sioux Falls in 1928.

She was married to Roy W. Bailey in Egan, S.D., on March 6, 1906. Mr. Bailey died in 1940.

She was married to Chriss Arnold in Luverne, Minn., on Oct. 19, 1948.

Mrs. Arnold was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

The widower; two daughters, Mrs. Ida May Carter, Sioux Falls, and Mrs. Conrad Anderson, Brandon; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Rude Wenk, Madison, and Mrs. May Laughlin, Lead, S.D., and a brother, Zona Wilka, Sioux Falls are survivors.

The Rev. C. W. Adams will officiate at the funeral at Benz Memorial Chapel at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be in Hills of Rest Memorial Park.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 9, 19007270	Egan, Moody, South Dakota	Maria L. Long William W. Bailey Emery A. Bailey Roy William Bailey
January 12, 19207269	Flandreau, Moody, South Dakota	Roy William Bailey Phoeba A. Wilka Evelyn Genevieve Bailey Ida Mae Bailey Emery A. Bailey
April 7, 19306971	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota	Roy William Bailey Phoeba A. Wilka Evelyn Genevieve Bailey Ida Mae Bailey
April 17, 19406974	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota	Roy William Bailey Phoeba A. Wilka Evelyn Genevieve Bailey