Rose, Mrs. James E. (Ruth) 1855-1907

ROSE, RAW

Posted By: Plymouth Co. Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/12/2003 at 20:23:07

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, February 22, 1907

Mrs. James E. Rose Was Beloved by a Large Circle of Friends

The funeral service of the late Mrs. James Rose was held on Friday at the
Methodist church in Merrill and were largely attended. Rev. J. Gilbert,
pastor of the church, officiated and preached an eloquent sermon. The
remains were brought to the LeMars cemetery for interment and were followed
to the grave by a large cortège.

The Merrill Record pays a just tribute to the virtues of the deceased who
was well known in Plymouth county. The Record says: Mrs. James E. Rose died
last Monday morning at her home in this city after an illness lasting
scarcely ten days. The community mourns today with her relatives for she was
a noble soul whose charity and good will knew no bound. Her daily life was a
poem and a sermon, never complaining, always cheerful, kind hearted and
sympathetic. Her own burdens and afflictions were always secondary to the
comfort and happiness of those around her. Her visible presence is gone but
the kindly disposition and Christian character will live while memory shall
last and this great world is far better for her having lived in it. Her
Christian principals were no parade before the world by loud and boisterous
words but kind acts and deeds of love that was for her a warm place in the
heart of every one, in the home circle she was the same joyous good natured
Christian woman. Mrs. James Rose, whose maiden name was Ruth Raw, was the
youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Raw, of Shullsburg, Wis. She was
born in Shullsburg, December 1855. In November 1886, she came to Merrill,
Iowa where she has also resided. Thirty-two years ago, the fourteenth of
June, she was married to James E. Rose.

She leaves a husband, three sisters, and three brothers. The sisters are
Mrs. Albert Muxlow, Mrs. Ralph Hodgson and Mrs. Anthony Alderson all
residing near here in LeMars. The three brothers are Frank Raw and James
Raw, of Darlington, Wis., and Thomas Raw, Dominion City, Manitoba. No
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James Rose. However, they were there to
raise and educate John R. Burtos and his sister Mrs. Ali Lasse, who came to
the Rose family at the age of nine and fourteen; also Fred Hodgson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hodgson at the age of three.

In religious life, Mrs. Rose was zealous, efficient worker since she first
joined the Primitive Methodist church at Wardsville, Wis., when she was only
eighteen years of age. Since coming to Merrill, she has labored faithfully
in the Methodist Episcopal church doing valiant service for the Master and
His people.

[Transcriber Note: She died 18 Feb 1907]