ROSENBERG, Anna M. (nee White) 1908-2003

ROSENBERG, WHITE, RASMUSSEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/13/2009 at 13:00:06

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Anna M. Rosenberg, 95, of St. Ansgar, died Wednesday (Oct. 15, 2003) at the Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar with the Rev. Byron Northwick officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Rest Cemetery, Northwood, Iowa. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, 207 S. School St. in St. Ansgar.

Anna M. Rosenberg was born March 25, 1908, to John P. and Sina (Rasmussen) White. She was baptized and confirmed on April 13, 1924, at Immanuel Lutheran Church by the Rev. C. Landdeck. She attended country school west of Grafton. She graduated from high school in Grafton, Iowa, on May 20, 1926.

She married George Rosenberg on May 1, 1927. Two sons were born to this union, Raymond and Russell. They farmed for many years on the Rosenberg home farm southwest of St. Ansgar. After retiring from farming in 1955, they purchased a home in St. Ansgar. Anna then went to work at the Good Samaritan Center. Among many other duties, she operated Anna’s Cafe. She owned rug looms and wove many, many rugs for family and friends. She did volunteer work at many churches and also the Good Samaritan Center. Anna had six sisters and brothers.

Anna was preceded in death by husband, George; son, Raymond Sr.; and one grandson, Raymond Jr.; brothers, Vern, Art, and John Jr.; and three sisters: Mabel Paulsen, Nora Bruesewitz, and Clara Kuehn.

She is survived by one son, Russell G. Sr. of St. Ansgar; 11 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; 25 great-great-grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home in St. Ansgar, (641) 713-4920.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Oct. 17, 2003]

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