George Rosenboom
Claimed by Death;
Funeral Wednesday

  George Rosenboom, 74, of Crescent City, died Sunday at 8:30 p.m. at
Iroquois Hospital in Watseka where he had been a patient since March 6.
He had been ill for five weeks.
  Born January 1, 1887 at Schirum, Germany, he was a son of Lubbe and
Alma Post Rosenboom, and was married December 11 1912 at Charlotte,
Ill., to Trientje Theesfeld.
  Surviving are his wife; three sons, John and Louis of Clifton and
Elmer of Crescent City; two daughters, Mrs. Frd G. (Edna) Arnold of
Elliott and Mrs. Delmar  (Mary) Carter of Watseka; 12 grandchildren; a
brother, Louis of Watseka, and a widowed sister, Mrs. Angeline Theesfeld
of Watseka.
  He was preceded in death by two infant sons and a daughter, Mrs.
Victor (Aline) Schuette, who died in June of 1953.
  Mr. Rosenboom spent his childhood in Germany and came from his native
country to Charlotte, Ill., in 1906. He lived for a short time at
Roberts and farmed in the Crescent City community since 1927 untl his
retirement in 1944 to Crescent City.
  He was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran Church of Crescent City and
was for eight years a member of the Crescent City School Board.
  Friends may call at his late residence in Crescent City fro Tuesday
evening and until time for the rites. Funeral services will be conducted
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Crescent City church, with the pastor, the
Rev. Robert Spenn, officiating. Interment will be in the church
cemetery. The Segur Funeral Home of Watseka is in charge of
arrangements.



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