Rozella Geiger (1915-1946)

GEIGER, SCHUMANN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 1/29/2010 at 22:02:10

Jackson Sentinel, April 5, 1946

Rozella E. Geiger, Former Maquoketa Resident, Is Dead.

Mrs. Rozella Evelyn Geiger, 31, former Maquoketa resident, died Saturday at her home in Davenport. She had been in ill health for the last four years.

Rozella Schumann, daughter of Alvina Schumann and the late Carl Schumann, was born Jan. 1, 1915, in Maquoketa. She received her education in the Maquoketa and Davenport schools and was married to Oscar Geiger, May 16, 1943, in Davenport. She was a member of the Newcomb Memorial Presbyterian church. Her father died April 3, 1944.

Survivors include her husband, her mother, of Davenport; four brothers, Laurence Schumann, Seguin, Texas; Raymond, Brookville, Ohio; and Arnold and LaVerne Schumann, both of Davenport; and three sisters. Mrs. Bernice Jansen, Elwood; Mrs. Inez Davison, Maquoketa; and Mrs. Dorothy Kingsbury, Davenport.

Funeral service was held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Davenport chapel, with burial there.

Relatives from a distance attending the service included Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schumann and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Geiger and son of Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schumann, of Ohio.