Rock Island County IL Archives Obituaries.....Osborn, Sarah A. March 25, 1940
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The Rock Island Argus, Monday, March 25, 1940
Mrs. Sarah A. Osborn

Mrs. Sarah A. Osborn, 84, a resident of Rock Island about forty years, died at 
5:45 o’clock this morning in a local hospital. She had been confined in the 
hospital since May 31, 1931. Her father, the late Gregory Brown, and her late 
husband’s father were among those who founded the village of Osborn, Ill.

Mrs. Osborn, the former Miss Sarah Brown, was born in Osborn, Ill., Jan 29, 
1856, and was reared and educated in that community. She was married to George 
H. Osborn when she was 20 years old. The couple resided about five years in 
Kansas and Missouri and 40 years in Rock Island. Mr. Osborn formerly was 
affiliated with Broadway Presbyterian church.

Surviving are a son, Frederick Osborn of Rock Island; two brothers, Winfield 
Scott Brown of Geneseo and John H. Brown of Moline; two sisters, Miss Nettie 
Brown of Osborn and Tennie in Minneapolis, and two grandchildren. Two sons 
preceded her in death.

The body was taken to the A. J. D. Moeller mortuary.

Funeral services will be at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the residence of 
the son, Frederick, 944 Eighteenth avenue, Rock Island. The Rev. H. F. C. 
Wetzel, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran church, will officiate. Burial will be in 
Barstow cemetery.


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