HORNBAKER, Rosa

HORNBAKER, FRENCH, SHANNAN, MADDEN

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 1/12/2019 at 18:54:40

MRS. JACK HORNBAKER

Mrs. Rosa Hornbaker, 94, Keosauqua, died at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, August 8, at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center, where she had lived in recent months.

She was born January 30, 1880, near Farmington, the daughter of John and Mary C. French. She married John R. Hormbaker February 2, 1898. She lived on farms in Bonaparte and Mt. Sterling areas and for a number of years ran a hotel and restaurant in Mt. Sterling. She was a member of Keosauqua United Methodist church.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Gladys Shannan, El Paso, Tex.; a sister, Mrs. Hazel Madden, Mt. Sterling; two grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Sunday at 1:30 p.m., at the Pedrick Funeral Home at Douds. The Rev. Harold Schnedler officiated. Burial was in Thompson cemetery near Bonaparte.

Source: "Slutts Book", Pg. 140, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA