Mrs. Mary Rosenburg Dies at Wayne City

WAYNE CITY, Ill., Jan. 29 --
Mary Ellen Rosenburg died at her home here Monday evening at six o'clock. She had been suffering from high blood pressure for the past year, and ten days ago contracted pneumonia, which was the cause of death.

Mrs. Rosenburg was 66 years and 24 days of age. She had been a resident of Wayne county all her life, having been forn near Middleton.

She had lived in Wayne City for the past ten or twelve years. Her husband, Geo. W. Rosenburg, to whom she was married in 1882, preceded her in death in 1909.

"Aunt" Ella, as she was known to her many friends, was a highly respected citizen. She was a devout Christian and a faiathful church worker to the end.

Funeral services will be held in Wayne City at the Baptist church at 12:30 o'clock Wednesday, Jan. 30, following which burial will take place in Salem graveyard.

One son and three daughters survive. The son is Roy R. Rosenburg of Wayne City. The daughters are: Mrs. Neil Yates of Belle Rive; Mrs. Ola Carneal of Winamac, Ind., and Grace Rosenburg of Chicago. There are three grandchildren.

She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Ida Homan of Wayne City and four brothers; Jack Davis and James Davis of Wayne City, B. Davis of Bluford and Charles Davis of Mendota, Wis.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register-News
Special to Register-News
Date: January 29, 1929
Transcribed and submitted by: Sandy (Whalen) Bauer
Relationship: Sister of my maternal great grandfather, Davd B. Davis.

They are children of Squire Davis (1831-1908) and Martha Jane Flint (1841-1905). Squire donated part of the land for the Salem (Mateer-Davis) cemetery, south of Keenes, in Four Mile Twp, Wayne County, IL.

Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947

Name Mary Ellen Rosenburg [Mary Ellen Davis]
Birth Date 4 Jan 1863
Birth Place Wayne City, Ill
Death Date 28 Jan 1929
Death Place Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois
Burial Date 30 Jan 1929
Burial Place Fourmile Twp., Wayne, Ill.
Cemetery Name Salem
Death Age 66
Occupation Housewife
Race White
Marital Status W
Gender Female
Father Name Davis
Mother Name Flint
Mother Birth Place Ill.
Spouse Name Geo. W. Rosenburg
FHL Film Number 1642978