ROSENBERG, Rev. H. F. William 1917-1999

ROSENBERG, OLTMANNS, DEKOSTE, LINDAMAN, POE- BUSCHKAMP, DIRKSEN, BASLER, YOUNG, VERSTEEG

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 5/3/2012 at 20:42:35

Rev. H. F. William Rosenberg was born March 11, 1917 near Oregon, Illinois, the son of Reinder Johnson and Jenny (Oltmanns) Rosenberg. He died Sunday, March 14, 1999 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls at 82 years of age.

He married Greta Grace DeKoster on August 8, 1940 at Hull, Iowa. She preceded him in death on January 27, 1989. William graduated from Oregon High School (Illinois) and Central College in Pella, Iowa in 1939. He was a graduate of Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. William served as minister with the Reformed Church for over 50 years in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Waupun, Wisconsin, Prairie City, Iowa and Everly, Iowa. After retirement he served as minister with St. John’s United Church of Christ in Ackley, Iowa.

He is survived by his two daughters, Joan Lindaman of Humboldt, Iowa and Terry Poe- Buschkamp of Waterloo, Iowa; his son, Jon of Cedar Falls; eleven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; his two brothers, Herman Reinder Rosenberg of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Ronald John Rosenberg of Holland, Michigan; his three sisters, Jane Dirksen of Chana, Illinois, Betty Basler of Oregon, Illinois and Helen Young of Conover, North Carolina and his daughter-in-law, Beverly VerSteeg.

William was preceded in death by his wife and parents; his son, Randal Wayne Rosenberg and his brother, John Daniel Rosenberg.

Funeral services were 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 20, 1999 at Orchard Hill Reformed Church, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery, both in Cedar Falls. A memorial fund has been established.

[Source: Dahl - Van Hove - Schoof Funeral Home]