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ISMrs. Henry Ro^e Dies Yesterday Evening it tfte mtm-m seany Ninety rears did.After suffering vfor over • a year wi tfa ailments brou^^t on. by extreme old age, Mr£ ; Henry Rogge,1' mother of jniids Rogge, 'a former blacksmith of bis cityj died at tbe cbuafey/ poor farm yesterday' evening at 4:80 o’clock. The aged r woman had been confined to her bed for over a year but only in the last three weeks did her illness beaome. serioris. .Sir s. Btgge was eighty-nine years bid on April ,24fch and the last twenty years of her life she spent in this- city and county where she was well known aihong. the/ Germans. Her long life was a remarkable one and she was an exceedingly intelligent old lady, having been given the beat education-r-in Germany that her time could afford. When a girl she attended the best schools in her native country and be* came the possessor of unusual culture and intelligence. Until the last years of her life she was an inveterate reader of the best German literature.Mrs. Rogge, whose maiden name was Friedefika Knop, was born in Germany April 24th, 1618, She was married at an early age to a Mr. Mefs and from, this uniori were born two children, August, who lives in one of the western states, and Frank, who lives in Germany. The deceased was later married to Henry Rogge, and while the family was preparing to come - to this country about twenty years ago, he suddenly died, Mrs! Roegefcheh came to America. with her son, Julius, a well known blacksmith of this city, and soon after arriving hei’e they came to Atlantic, where theV have resided continuously ever since,The bereaved family is composed of three sons and one brother. The sons are Julius ’ of this city, August Mefa, who resides in the west, and Frank Mefs of Germany, and the brother is Theodore Knpp of Griswold.The funeral, services will be conducted at 2 o’clock tomorrow at the German Evangelical church, , of whichfr.ViA /Iwon a. infimhni* tivr
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Atlantic Daily Democrat
Atlantic, Iowa, US
Thu, May 23, 1907
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