Krambeer, Rosena (Eggert) 1893-1972

SCHROEDER, EGGERT, KRAMBEER, HANGARTNER, LEAS

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 1/19/2008 at 19:54:06

Rosena Krambeer

Services were being conducted today (Wednesday), August 16, from St. John Lutheran Church, Luana, for Mrs. Rosena Krambeer, who died Sunday, August 13, at Postville Community Hospital. She had been hospitalized since July 26. The Rev. John Mohr officiated.

Rosena Eggert Krambeer was born October 17, 1893, in Grand Meadow Township near Postville, the daughter of Henry Eggert and Elizabeth Schroeder. She was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, by the Rev. Boeckelman, December 20, 1893, and confirmed at the same church on March 24, 1907, by the Rev. Puhl.

She attended the Postville community schools, graduating with the class of 1911. December 9, 1915, she was united in marriage to Ben Krambeer at St. Paul Lutheran Church. The couple lived on a number of farms near and around Luana until 1945 when they moved into the town of Luana. In 1945 she became a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Luana, and a member of the American Lutheran Church Women.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1954, her parents and an infant sister Nora. Surviving are two daughters, Margaret, Mrs. Lynn Hangartner; Donna Mae, Mrs. Loren Leas, and a son Robert. There are also seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and a sister Florence in Arizona.

Interment was in the Lutheran Cemetery, Luana.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping, hand dated 1972, from my mother's obituary collection.