OBITUARY: Raymond Duane 'Ray' Rosenberg, Jr., 1954-1997, Mitchell Co., Iowa

[Based on Obituary in Mason City Globe Gazette; October 1, 1997]



                    Raymond 'Ray' Duane Rosenberg Jr.

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA-- Ray Rosenberg, 43, of Americus, Ga., passed away
Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at Phoebe Putney Cancer Center in Albany, Ga.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday at the First Lutheran Church,
St. Ansgar, Iowa, with the Rev. Robert Porisch, officiating. Burial will
be in the First Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Ray was born in Mitchell County, Iowa, on March 20, 1954, baptized and
confirmed at Immanual Lutheran Church in the Lutheran faith. Ray graduated
from St. Ansgar High School in 1972. He moved around the United States
living in Colorado, Minnesota, Waterloo, Iowa and settling in Savannah,
Georgia in 1990 where he established his own business. He moved to Americus,
Georgia in 1996.

Ray enjoyed spending time with his family, especially at his grandparents,
where his grandfather, Archie introduced him to fishing, hunting, and
trapping, which were his favorite hobbies until his illness. Ray belonged
to a hunting lodge in Georgia and spent vacations in Quebec with his mother,
his son, Ray III; his wife, Celine and her family.

Ray is survived by his wife, Celine Dallaire of Americus, Ga.; three sons,
Raymond Rosenberg III, of Americus, Ga.; Brian K. Rosenberg, Minneapolis,
Minn.; and Matthew K. Rosenberg, of Waterloo; one daughter, Heidi Harms,
of Merrillville, Ind.; one granddaughter, Hannah Harms, Merrillville, Ind.;
a son-in-law, Mark Harms, of Merrillville, Ind.; mother, Barbara Rosenberg,
St. Ansgar; two brothers, Randy, of Heidelberg, Germany, and Rick of
Los Angeles, Calif.; five sisters, Terri Johnson, Elmore, Minn., Karen
Kittleson, St. Ansgar, Sharon Krebsbach, Cold Springs, Minn.; Rebecca
Streit, Monticello, Iowa; and Debra White, Mason City, Iowa; maternal
grandmother, Gwendolyn Pike, St. Ansgar, and paternal grandmother, Anna
Rosenberg, St. Ansgar.

Ray was preceded in death by his father, Raymond Duane Rosenberg Sr., and
both grandfathers, Archie Pike and George Rosenberg.

The Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, is in charge of arrangements.




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