If the obit gives the date of death as (for example) Thursday, Oct 20,
you can use a perpetual calendar to determine the year.  Or if the
newspaper it was published in was published weekly, you can determine the
date published with a perpetual calendar.

Do you know what state she died in?  If she lived in a small town, you
might be able to check with all the funeral homes, and/or all the
cemeteries.

There might be some information in Roy's military files.  There should be
a death certificate.

Sue

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 14:29:08 EDT [log in to unmask] writes:
> Roy's Mother died in 1919 or 1920. We have her obituary, but no
> family names
> were given. Roy sold newspapers on the corner as a child. He joined
> the Navy
> as young as possible, and advanced to Lieutenant. He retired after 30
> years.

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