NICHOLAS "NICK" ROON, JR. OBITUARY
Nicholas
"Nick" Roon, Jr., 89, of Pittsboro, NC, died on February 16th, 2023 at home with his family. Born in Patterson, NJ in 1933, Nick was the son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Walton) Roon Taylor. He served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict and was a member of the Navy Ceremonial Guard in Washington DC. Shortly after his discharge Nick entered the NJ State Police Academy. He served for 25 years as a State Trooper, retiring as a Lieutenant in 1981. Nick is survived by his wife of 50 years, Susan (Kerr) Roon, His two sons: Richard and Robert Roon, two daughters Laurie Ruane and Melissa Miller. 12 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Nick and his wife Susan moved to Pittsboro in 2006. During his retirement there he enjoyed frequent workouts with friends at the gym, working in his yard and volunteering in a local garden for CORA. Among his other endeavors, Nick worked as realtor and as a tree grower on his NJ Christmas tree farm. He especially enjoyed summers at the Jersey shore with family and friends and crabbing with his children. The family will be having a Celebration of Life at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to CORA Food Pantry at www.corafoodpantry.org or to Heifer International. Memorial tributes can be left at www.Donaldsonfunerals.com
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The home places of early Siler City residents, like those of the residents of Pittsboro, resembled, on a reduced scale, the family farms from which most had recently migrated. On the premises, a horse, cow, pigs and chickens might be kept--necessitating a barn, hog-pen and chicken house. Many homesteads had a vegetable garden and a few had a smokehouse. All had a privy.
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In 1914 a town ordinance required that excrement be removed from all privies and pigpens at least once a month. The man who carried out this job used a one-horse wagon with a wooden box with hinged cover in the wagon bed. A bucket and shovel were used to move the material from the privy or pigpen to the wagon. He was said to always be smoking a pipe with strong tobacco.
Information from Wade Hadley's The Town of Siler City: 1887 - 1987. Photo is the John Siler, or Siler-Matthews house from The Architectural Heritage of Chatham County, North Carolina. Both books are available in CCHA's online store chathamhistory.org/Shop
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