If we can find no year of death for a person, we have to assume he/she died the year his/her last work was published. Mr. Roese seems to have been active in the 1930's and 1940's, and although there are some later works listed in
http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?87477, they seem to be reprints. I would guess his last published work dates from around 1943, and therefore I would allow books with his illustrations to be posted in the library, until I see further evidence.