Mrs. Edith Roggenkamp

ROGGENKAMP, THOMAS

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 8/31/2014 at 11:24:59

YOUNG MATRON PASSES AWAY AT HOME NEAR CITY
Mrs. Edith Roggenkamp Is Survived by Two Weeks Old Babe.

Mrs. Edith Roggenkamp, well known young matron of the community, died at her home, six miles northwest of Davenport, Thursday afternoon, after an illness extending over the past two weeks. She leaves an infant daughter, two weeks old.

Miss Edith Thomas was born in Scott county, Oct. 26, 1901, and was united in marriage to Louis Rogenkamp, July 26, 1922. The couple settled on a farm north of the city and have resided there since their marriage. Mrs. Roggenkamp was well known among the young people of the community in which she lived and had a host of friends who will mourn her untimely death. She is survived by her husband, Louis Roggenkamp; her infant daughter, Ruth Edith; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas of Scott county; three sisters, the Misses Anna, Ima and Verna Thomas; two brothers, Harry and Wilbur Thomas and her grandmother, Mrs. Katherine Sieh.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home with interment in Rose Hill cemetery, Buffalo, Ia.

Source: Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia. , 04 May 1923.