1913 – 2003

AUGUSTA – Conrad S. Rohs, 90, a resident of Main Street, Monmouth, died Sunday, Sept. 21, at Maine General Hospital where he had been a patient for one day.

He was born in Naugatuck, Conn., on April 16, 1913, the son of J. Victor and Regina (Johnson) Rohs. He was a graduate of Naugatuck High School. He married Doris Munroe on June 23, 1934 in Naugatuck, Conn. She passed away on June 9, 1990.

He was employed by Uniroyal Footwear for 38 years, retiring in September of 1975 as a Development Pattern Maker of the Product Design and Control Department. He was active in the Salem Lutheran Church of Naugatuck most of his life and retained membership.

He was a Sunday School Teacher and followed his father and brother as Sunday School Superintendent. He was a member of the Board of Deacons and was also secretary of the board for many years. His primary activity was in the Music Dept. of the church. He sang his first solo at the Sunday School Christmas Festival in December of 1918.

He belonged to the various choirs of Salem as baritone soloist and directed the Children’s Choir and the Salem Choir for several years in the 1940’s and 1950’s. He studied voice with Mary Duncan Wieman of Newtown, Conn., who was a pupil of Frank LaForge of New York. He was a baritone soloist at the Bunker Hill Congregational Church of Waterbury, Conn., under the direction of Unico Barone for a few years.

He was also very active in the Naugatuck Community Band as trumpet and baritone horn soloist. He was a charter member of the Naugatuck Mens Chorus under the direction of Jesse Davis. He was active in Lutheran Brotherhood, a men’s club of the Lutheran Church.

He served as secretary, vice-president and president of the Naugatuck group and then became vice-president and president of the State of Connecticut organizations. While vice-president he directed the male chorus of the Hartford district.

After retirement, he and Mrs. Rohs moved to Garden Grove, Calif. He sang in the choir of the Hour of Power, a part of the Robert Schuller television ministry where he and his wife were active volunteers in the Hour of Power ministries.

They moved to Winthrop, in April of 1980 and made their home with Mrs. Rohs’ niece Patricia Hart. In September of 1987 they moved to Monmouth.

He is survived by a brother, Eldon V. Rohs of Old Greenwich, Conn.; along with numerous grandnieces and grandnephews.