Augusta W. Roese 1849-1929

ROESE, HARTFIEL, JEGLUM, ELLEFSON

Posted By: Ann Krumme (email)
Date: 3/13/2012 at 16:34:52

Death of Mrs. W. A. Roese.
Mrs. Augusta Wilhelmena Roese, widow, widow of Edward Roese died at her residence at Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday evening, April 4, following a lingering illness caused by a fall Feb. 17, 1929. Augusta Wilhelmena Hartfiel was born June 21, 1849. Her childhood was spent in the vicinity of Viroqua, Wis. Previous to her marriage she conducted a dressmaking shop in Lansing, Iowa.

In July 1873, she was united in marriage to Edward Roese, proprietor of a store at Elon, Iowa, where they resided until 1912. They then moved to Fortuna, N. D., where they also conducted a store. In 1915 they decided to retire from active business and moved to Sioux City.

Mrs. Roese is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Louis Jeglum of Fortuna, N. D., and two sons, Bernard of Waterville, Iowa, and Waldemar of Sioux City; also by one brother, Herman Hartfiel of Minneapolis, Minn., eight grandchildren and two great-grand children. Her husband and two daughters, Virginia and Mrs. Ellef Ellefson, preceded her in death. Funeral services took place on April 6th, conducted by Rev. Rosenwald, and she was tenderly laid to rest beside her husband in Oak Hill Cemetery, Sioux City.

~Allamakee Journal and Lansing Mirror, Wednesday, April 17, 1929