Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rothgang, Eva Mary (Bierlien) September 29, 1946
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Sentinel-Std. - Monday, Sept. 30, 1946

AGED WOMAN DEAD AFTER A HOME FIRE

Mrs. Mary Rothgang, 81, died Sunday evening at 8:25 in the Ionia County Memorial 
hospital as the result of burns and shock sustained in the burning of her home 
south of the Empire orchards, corner of M-21 shortly before noon Sunday.

Mrs. Rothgang, who had long been an invalid and got about in a wheel chair, was 
found unconscious in the bedroom of the home by her son, Oscar, who returned 
from Palo about 11:30 Sunday to find the kitchen of the home in flames. Mr. 
Rothgang believes that his mother had gone to the kitchen to prepare dinner and 
that trouble with the oil stove started the fire. Mrs. Rothgang had apparently 
made her way from the kitchen to this bedroom where she was overcome by smoke 
and shock.

She was taken from the house by her son and removed to the Ionia County Memorial 
hospital where she died. Oscar Rothgang, who is employed in a Lansing factory, 
received burns about the head.

The home was completely destroyed and was partially insured. The Lyons fire 
department sent its truck to the fire, but the fire had gained such headway that 
nothing was saved.

The home was purchased from Judson Coe in 1914 by Mr. and Mrs. Rothgang. 


Ionia-Std. Sept. 30, 1946

Mrs. Mary Rothgang, 81, who has been an invalid in a wheelchair for several 
years died at the Ionia County Memorial hospital Sunday evening about 8:25 
o'clock of burns and shock she received in a fire at her farm home in Ionia 
township about 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

Mrs. Rothgang was born November 10, 1864, in Langfurt Germany and came to the 
United States when she was 17 years of age with her mother her father dying when 
she was 14. She was married to John Adam Rothgang, march 5, 1886, and lived in 
Midland seven years then moving to Freeland where they lived 16 years and then 
moved to Ionia township. Mr. Rothgang died May 16, 1941.

Surviving are two sons, Oscar of Ionia township and Herbert of Marion, Ohio, and 
a granddaughter of Marion, Ohio.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. from the Stone funeral home 
with interment at Highland Park cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Age: 80
Funeral: Wednesday, 2 October 1946
Highland Park cemetery #11-202


b. 10 November 1865, Langfurt, Germany 

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