Grace Adele Bicher ^{1 8 9 10 11 12 13}

   FamilySearch ID: GSPK-YB8.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Middletown, Butler, OH. ¹⁵ The 1920 census recorded renting at 415 Third Street: Earl Bicker [sic, as indexed], private police, 32, living with wife Alma King Bicher, 28; and Grace, 8. Everyone and their parents were born in Ohio except Alma's father in Virginia.

2. Newspaper: Dayton Daily News: Grace Bicher Birthday, 30 Aug 1925, Dayton, Montgomery, OH. ¹⁶ Fourteen gueses were present at the Bicher home on Central av. Wednesday evening when Miss Grace Bicher entertained in honor of her 14th birthday. Games of all kinds were played, dancing was enjoyed and later in the evening refreshments were served to the following guests: Misses Ethel Lawrence, Dennis McClain, Martha Woverton, Dorothy Weber, Juanity Shelander, Dorothy Taylor and the hostess. Messrs. Robert Davidson, Robert Kemple, Jack Round, Jimmy Bray, Glen Offenhauer, Donald Alexander and Albert Saunders.

3. Newspaper: Dayton Daily News: Middletown: In celebration of the Halloween season, the Misses Martha Wolverton, Grace Bicher, Dorothy Weber and Elizabeth Shane entertained a number of friends at a masked dancing party Monday evening at the Shrine club on Fleming rd., 4 Nov 1928, Dayton, Montgomery, OH.

4. Census in 1930 in Middletown, Butler, OH. ¹⁷ The 1930 census recorded living at Middletown Hospital Grace Bicher, student nurse, 18, single. She and her parents were born in Ohio.

5. Newspaper: Dayton Daily News: Shower for Grace Bicher, 22 Apr 1934, Dayton, Montgomery, OH. ¹⁸ BRIDGE PARTY AND SHOWER FOR HAMILTON GIRL
Miss Grace Bicher Honored by Miss Dorothy Weber of Middletown.
MIDDLETOWN, April 21. An interesting social event of Wednesday evening was the personal shower and bridge party given by Miss Dorothy Weber at her home on Yankee rd. in compliment to Miss Grace Bicher, whose marriage to David Reece of Hamilton will be an event of May. With the awarding of prizes in bridge to Miss Elizabeth Shane, Mrs. James Lawrence and Miss Alice Reece of Hamilton, the honored guest was presented with a number of attractve gifts. On Monday evening of the coming week Mrs. James Lawrence and Miss Ida Louise Peters will combine hospitality for a miscellaneous shower honoring Miss Bicher.

6. Newspaper: Journal News: Early Summer Bride (photo of Grace Bicher) Miss Grace Bicher, charming daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Earl Bicher, is the lovely fiancee of David Reece, of Hamilton. She is being much feted since the announcement of her engagement., 18 May 1934, Hamilton, Butler, OH. ¹

7. Newspaper: Marriage Licenses: Emerson P. Roesch, 28, 451 Ludlow Avenue, salesman, and Grace A. Bicker, 28, 3433 Clifton Avenue, nurse., 3 Jul 1940, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ¹⁹

8. Newspaper: Cincinnati Enquirer: Photo of Grace Adele Bicher wife of Emerson Post Roesch, 14 Jul 1940, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ¹¹ MRS. EMERSON POST KOESCH. (photo)
The marriage of Miss Grace Adele Bicher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Bicher of Middletown, Ohio, to Mr. Emerson Post Roesch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold Roesch of Gates Mills, Ohio, was solemnized at 4:30 o'clock yesterday at the Hyde Park Community Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. Carroll Lewis of Middletown officiating. Miss Ruth Spillman of Troy, Ohio, and Mr. Taul Byron Roesch, brother of the groom, were the only attendants. Out-of-town guests included friends and relatives from Middletown and Cleveland, Ohio.

9. Residence: 565 Terrace Avenue, Cincinnati, OH on 8 Nov 1940 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ¹³

10. Census in 1950 in Wyoming, Hamilton, OH. ²⁰ The 1950 census recorded living at 225 Elm Avenue: Emerson P. Roesch, raw hide sales, 38, living with wife Grace A., 38. They were born in Ohio.

11. Newspaper: Cincinnati Post: Mrs. Emerson P. Roesch and her young son Kenneth are established in their own home in Del Ray for the winter months. Mr. Roesch plans to join his family later., 26 Jan 1956, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ²¹

12. Residence: on 26 Jan 1956 in Delray Beach, Palm Beach, FL. ²¹

13. Newspaper: Fort Lauderdale News: Grace Roesch reported to police that the Enytask Employment Office was ransacked, a file cabinet and cash box broken open and $6 in petty cash taken., 4 Jun 1957, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL. ²²

14. Newspaper: Cincinnati Enquirer: Divorce Suit: A165062 Emerson P. Roesch vs. Grace A. Roesch for divorce and custody of child., 28 Jan 1958, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ²³

15. Newspaper: Cincinnati Enquirer: Common Pleas Court: A165362 Grace B. Roesch vs. Emerson P. Roesch. For $2750 damages., 18 Jul 1958, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. ²⁴

16. Newspaper: Palm Beach Post: Bill of Complaint for Divorce, 23 Jul 1958, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL. ²⁵ In the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for Palm Beach County.
NOTICE TO APPEAR
Grace B. Roesch, Plaintiff
vs.
Emerson P. Roesch, Defendant
TO: Emerson P. Roesch, 265 Elm Ave., Cincinnati, OH
You are hereby notified that the Bill of Complaint for Divorce and Amendment to Bill of Complaint have been filed against you in which plaintiff seeks to have your interest in the real property described as follows awarded to her in lieu of partial alimony, attorney's fees and Court costs, which property is located in Palm Beach County, Florida, to wit:
East half of block 3, Priest's Addition to ATLANTIC PARK GARDENS, Delray Beach, according to the plat thereof on file in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court ina nd for Palm Beach County, Florida, recorded in Plat Book 23, page 70.
You are hereby ordered and required to answer or otherwise plead herein, and file a copy of said answer or other pleadings with the attorneys whose names appear below and the original answer or pleading in the office of the Clerk of the above Court, on or before the 7th day of August, 1958; otherwise a decree pro confesso will be entered against you.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Cour this 9th day of July, 1958.
J Alex Arnette, Clerk
WARWICK, PAUL & WARWICK
703 Citizens Building
West Palm Beach, Florida
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.

17. She was divorced in Sep 1958 in , Palm Beach, FL.

18. Newspaper: Palm Beach Post: Society Column: That Grace Roesch..., 6 May 1959, Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL. ²⁶ That Grace Roesch gal hobnobs only with notables! Gad about Grace, who owns the Enytask employment agencies around the county, recently met up with Ernest Hemingway, Noel Coward, Alec Guiness and Maureen O'Hara, at Havana. Again holidaying In Cuba, this past week end, Gracie met Errol Flynn who she reports, is plot-shopping for a new film about Castro, indubiatably.

19. She traveled on 31 May 1959 in Nassau, , New Providence, BHS. ²⁷

20. Newspaper: Palm Beach Post: Kenny Roesch age 12, 25 Aug 1959, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL. ²⁸ Grace Roesch. owner of the Enytask Agencies in the Palm Beaches, arrived home yesterday, after treating her son Kenneth to a birthday celebration weekend at Nassau. Kenny's buddy Dickie Battin, son of Mrs. Wm. Battin of Delray, also went along (both lads are 12).

21. Grace Roesch, 325 NE 7th Ave., Delray Beach, FL on 3 Oct 1959 in London, , Greater London, ENG. ²⁹

22. Newspaper: Fort Lauderdale News: Wedding bells rang Wednesday for Grace Roesch and Bill Gearhart who were married at the First Presbyterian Church., 6 Dec 1959, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL. ⁷

23. Newspaper: Palm Beach Post: Gold Coasting: New nickname for the former Grace Roesch "Gigi" (Grace Gearhart). Newlyweds Grace and Bill have returned home from their Jamaican honeymoon., 15 Dec 1959, Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL. ³

24. Newspaper: Fort Lauderdale News: Grace and Bill Gearhart are hosting a dinner party on Dec. 29 At home. Grace's son, Kenny Roesch, arrives from school in Cincinnati, O. Wednesday., 18 Dec 1960, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL. ³⁰

25. Newspaper: Fort Lauderdale News, 24 Jul 1961, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL. ³¹ Agency Expands Job Facilities
Grace Gearhart, president of Erytask Services & Employment Agency has opened another employment agency in Freeport, Grand Bahamas, Len Marvin, manager of Pompano Beach office announced. Other offices are in Delray and West Palm Beach.

26. Newspaper: Fort Lauderdale News, 26 Sep 1961, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, FL. ³² Grace Gearhart, president of Delray Beach Club, has arranged for her group to sponsor a radio program in conjunction with BPW's national theme daily at 9:40 a.m. Oct. 2-6 over WDBF introducting women's club presidents. They wilkl telll of the outstanding members of their groups. Speakers will be Mrs. Gearhart, Oct. 2; Mrs. Lloyd Benson, Woman's Club, Oct. 3; Mrs. George Barry, Zonta, Oct. 4; Mrs. Frank Carey, League of Women Voters, Oct. 5; and Mrs. J. Willard Pipes, Bethesda Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Oct. 6.

27. Newspaper: Miami Herald: Grace Gearhart Employment Agenct, 25 Jan 1963, Miami, Miami-Dade, FL. ³³ PERSONALLY SPEAKING
She Keeps Posted On Best Chances For Job Seekers
DELRAY BEACH \emdash A shortage of shorthand artists exists. There are girls who can type, file and take dictation via machine but girls who can make ith the pothooks are sadly lacking. That's what Grace Gearhart says. Miss Gearhart operates employment agencies in Delray Beach, West Palm Beach and Pompano.
"I beg the girls to go to night school if necessary and learn shorthand" she said. ''You'd be amazed at the employers who need secretaries who can use shorthand. "A good legal secretary can always find a job. "Favored age group for secretaries is from 30 to 45 years old. "But the greatest present need in the employment line just now is for white chambermaids and waitresses both in homes and hotels. "Need for butlers has diminished almost to the vanishing point. Many who were formerly served in style and state can now be found in cafeteria lines.
AND RE OTHER NEEDS
"There's always a demand for skilled technical craftsmen \emdash both men and women. "And there are too many retired admirals and generals around who'd like to get back to work. They are perfectly willing to start out at $10,000 a year because you know they can do 'anything'. But if they really want to work they'll take what's available \emdash jobs as window washers, night switchboard operators at hotels and such. "One 19-year-old boy wanted us to find him a job as companion to an elderly woman. We had no such openings but understand he found work. "Many men and women in Palm Beach who find it difficult to keep up with the Joneses slip down to this area to earn a few shekels in private."

28. Residence: on 21 Nov 1969 in Delray Beach, Palm Beach, FL. ⁹

29. Newspaper: Miami Herald: Grace Bicher Hunt Admits to Forging, 28 Feb 1984, Miami, Miami-Dade, FL. ³⁴ Affidavit: 2 admit to forging
Dead woman's checks cashed
A 72-year-old West Palm Beach woman and her 62-year-old husband have admitted they forged and cashed "numerous" Social Security checks issued to the wife's dead mother according to federal court records. Grace Adelle Hunt and her husband Frederick Atwood Hunt were arrested Feb. 8 on charges of forging one of those checks. An affidavit filed in support of the charge notes that checks totalling almost $23,000 have been cashed since the mother died in 1971. "I don't want to say anything until I get a lawyer," Hunt said Monday. He and his wife were released on their own recognizance after their arrest and did not have to go to jail. Hunt said The Hunts, who live at 134 Seville Rd., are scheduled to be formally charged this morning by a U.S. magistrate in federal court in West Palm Beach. According to the complaint, the couple cashed a $279 check made out to Alma Bicher at a Delray Beach branch of Barnett Bank on Aug. 8, 1979.
Dead 12 years
Bicher who once lived on NE Eighth Avenue in Delray Beach died on Aug 31, 1971, the records show. Hunt "said he and his wife forged and negotiated numerous US Treasury checks" issued to Bicher since she died. US Secret Service Special Agent Robert G. Melchiorre wrote in the arrest affidavit "Mr Hunt stated that he would take the checks to various banks in Palm Beach County and negotiate said checks." Melchiorre stated Hunt signed a sworn statement admitting to his involvement. Melchiorre wrote in the affidavit "Mrs. Hunt said she was the one to sign the checks. Her husband would cash them," the affidavit states. The local office of the Social Security Administration calculated on Jan. 20 that checks totalling $22,799.40 have been cashed since Bicher's death according to the affidavit.

30. Newspaper: Miami Herald, 29 Feb 1984, Miami, Miami-Dade, FL. ³⁵ U.S. magistrate Patricia Jean Kyle set a personal surety bond of $5,000 for Grace and Frederick Hunt, the elderly West Palm Beach couple arrested for forging a $279 Social Security check issued to Grace Hunt's dead mother. An affidavit filed to support the arrest of the couple alleged that nearly $23,000 in benefits had been paid since the mother died in 1971. The judge assigned a federal public defender to the couple after they testified they are indigent.

Grace married Robert David Reece on 6 Jun 1934 in Hamilton, Butler, OH.¹ (Robert David Reece was born on 16 Feb 1909 in Hamilton, Butler, OH and died on 21 May 1986 in Hamilton, Butler, OH.)

Grace next married Emerson Post Roesch, son of Reinhold Roesch and Lola May Post, on 13 Jul 1940 in Middletown, Butler, OH.² The marriage ended in divorce in Sep 1958. (Emerson Post Roesch was born on 2 Apr 1912 in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga, OH ¹³ and died on 18 Oct 2008 in Tequesta, Palm Beach, FL.)

Grace next married John William Gearhart on 2 Dec 1959 in Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach, FL.^{3 4 5 6 7} The marriage ended in divorce in Apr 1965. (John William Gearhart was born on 14 Oct 1908 in Clearfield, Clearfield, PA ³⁶ and died on 13 Jul 1996 in Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL ^{36 37}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. They were divorced in Apr 1965 in Broward, Florida. ³⁸

Grace next married Frederick Atwood Hunt Jr. in Mar 1968. (Frederick Atwood Hunt Jr. was born on 16 Jul 1921 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT ^{39 40} and died on 18 Oct 1985 in Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL ^{39 41}.)