David Roach

A retired electrical engineer for Westinghouse Electric, he worked most of his career in Pittsburgh and also worked in the U.S. Navy shipyards during World War II for Westinghouse Electric. A resident of Baton Rouge, and a native of Shawnee, Okla., he died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at 3:30 a.m., at age 91. Visiting at Resthaven Funeral Home on Monday, Oct. 13, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until religious service at 10 a.m. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his two daughters, Barbara Roach Biggs and husband Dale Biggs and Doris Jeanne Roach; son, Ralph Roach and wife Jane Roach; sister, Jeane Roach Hobson; two brothers, Richard Roach and wife Lorraine and Paul Roach; two sisters-in-law, Carol Smith Roach and Betty Roach; three grandchildren, Milan D. Chepko III, Sarah E. Roach and Alan E. Roach; four stepgrandchildren, Charles Biggs, Evelyn Biggs Brown, Bruce Biggs and Thomas Biggs; and in-laws, Echo Waldby, Odell and Frances Waldby, Annice Waldby Flippo and Doris Waldby Andersen. Preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Annette Waldby; parents, Neal and Lena Roach; daughter, Karen Roach Chepko; brothers, Frank Roach, Jerry Roach and Glenn Roach. He loved to travel and to garden. Memorial donations may be made to UMCOR United Methodist Committee on Relief, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 330, New York, NY 10115 or The Nature Conservancy, P.O. Box 4125, Baton Rouge, LA 70821.

Visitation

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Monday, October 13, 2008
58pm 101408 910am

Service

Resthaven Funeral Home
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
10am

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816

Memorial Contributions

UMCOR United Methodist Commitee on Relief
475 Riverside Drive, Room 330
New York, NY  10115

The Nature ConservancyH
P.O. Box 4125
Baton Rouge, LA  70821