Rose Allbaugh, widow of super reporter Dave
Allbaugh of Dayton Daily News fame, passed away in North Carolina at the age of
96.
Rose and Dave’s sons are David B. Allbaugh of
Arlington, Virginia and Mark G Allbaugh of Brevard, North Carolina. They had
two grandchildren, Alex and Lea Rose Allbaugh.
Bill Hershey, a former Columbus and Washington
bureau regular for the BJ, gave me the sad news.
Bill added:
“She had been living in assisted living in North Carolina near
their son Mark and his family for the last five months, Mark told me. Until
then she had been living independently. She was a force of nature, always on
the move.
Mark’s wife Florence posted on Facebook about
Rose, our daughter said.
Mark said they plan to have a gathering on Sept.18
at Dave and Rose’s house in Dayton.
Marcia and I plan to go.
They also have a son David who lives in Washington
D.C. area.”
If you want to send
condolences to Mark his email address is ifg24@att.net
Dave was my most loyal
friend when the Dayton Daily News fired me for union actitivities. Everyone
else hid under their desk to avoid the wrath of union-hating Cox Newspapers,
which owned the DDN.
I didn’t know till I
looked up Dave’s obituary in connection with this article that he was born Roy
David Allbaugh. Fitting. He was King David to me, too.
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