Alma Rohrs (1883-1965)

ROHRS, SILBERSTEIN, EBEL, MEHRENS, JONES

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Date: 6/12/2021 at 21:05:24

Mrs. Alma Rohrs, who was born in Germany in 1883, died Saturday [December 5] at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hans Silberstein, after a long illness. She had been bedfast since August. She was 81 at the time of her death.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 at Zion Lutheran Church with interment in Prairie View Cemetery. The Rev. Paul Sohn was the officiating minister. Pall bearers were Theodore Unrau, Emil Haht, Melvin Tesch, Ernest Puhrmann, Carl Swanson and Herbert Kniese. Arrangements were under the care of Gaudian Funeral Home.

The deceased is survived by six children: Mrs. Hans Silberstein, Granville; Mrs. Reinhard Ebel, Paullina; Harry Rohrs, Granville; Mrs. Carl Mehrens, Gaza; Mrs. Vern Jones, Paullina, and William Rohrs, Jr., Granville.

Paullina (Iowa) Times, 10 Dec 1965, p1