Obituary of Alan Roth

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, at First Christian Church in Springfield for Alan O. Roth of Springfield, who died Nov. 2 of age-related causes. He was 89.He was born Feb.12, 1921, in Albany to Daniel and Susanna Oswald Roth. He married Sylvia Troyer on June 14, 1952, in Middlebury, Ind. She later died. He married Mary Ihle on June 28, 1974, in Longview, Wash.He earned a bachelor of science degree from Goshen College and a master’s in education from the University of Michigan.He also studied at the University of Oregon. He worked as a schoolteacher in Indiana, Michigan and Eugene.Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Jill of Coburg; a son, Alan Jeffery of Memphis, Tenn.; and four grandchildren.Arrangements by Lane Memorial Gardens & Fun-eral Home in Eugene. Remembrances to First Christian Church.