Bessie Ball Rosburg, 1894-1974

ROSBURG BALL

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 9/28/2010 at 17:41:52

Area Native Dies; Rites Saturday

CAMBRIDGE, Minn.—Mrs. Herman (Bessie Ball) Rosburg, 80, of Braham, Minn., died at Cambridge on July 16. She had been a long-time resident of the Huntington-Ceylon area.

Funeral services will e at 2 p.m. Saturday in Reese-Henry Chapel, Estherville. Interment will be in Harvego Cemetery, near Huntington.

She was born June 25, 1894 in Kossuth County, Iowa, and lived in the Huntington area and Ceylon, Minn., before she and her husband moved to Braham. She was a member of Methodist Church, Huntington.

Survivors include her husband, Herman; one son, Robert Rosburg; and one daughter, Mrs. Harold (Elsie) Koehler, Ceylon. Her parents and sisters preceded her in death.

The body will lie in state at Reese-Henry Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa; July 18, 1974.