Louisa Wilhelmina Brookhiser Rogers

BROOKHISER, HARTMAN

Posted By: Richard Harrison (email)
Date: 9/17/2012 at 19:12:05

MRS. ROGERS IS DEAD
Young Women Passed Away At Early Age of Twenty-Six Years. Ill Only Short Time

Mrs. Louisa Wilhelmina Rogers, wife of Harry Rogers, passed away August 26, at home of her husband's parents, fourteen miles south of Burlington in Green Bay Bottoms, at the age of twenty-six years and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Brookhiser.

She spent almost all of her life near this city and made many friends and acquaintances who join her relatives in morning her departure. On account of her fine disposition and numerous good characteristics she was liked by all who knew her.

She married two years ago to Harry Rogers, removing then to Green Bay Bottoms, south of Burlington. At the time of her death Mrs. Rogers had not been seriously ill for a long time and to the vast majority of her friends it was unexpected.

Besides her husband the following relatives survive: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brookhiser, her parents, four sister and two brother. These are Mrs. Fred Hartman, of Burlington, Miss Mathilda Brookhiser of Burlington, Miss Ester and Florence at home, Frank and William Brookhiser, both of Burlington.

Funeral Services were held at 1 p.m. today at the Rodgers home in Green Bay Bottoms, and at 3 p.m. at the home of Mr. Wm. Brookhiser on the Madison Road south of town. Interment will be made in Krekel Cemetery. Rev. Karl Schelb, pastor of St. Luces Church will officiate.

Burlington Hawkeye Gazette, Tuesday; 28 Aug 1917; page 10, Burlington Des Moines County, Iowa; on Microfilm at the Burlington Public Library, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa USA.