----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection

MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 8/ /1950

MRS. WILLIAM ROSSOW

Greenwood Funeral services for Mrs. William Rossow, 69, Route 1, Greenwood, Clark County, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Trinity Lutheran Church. She died at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, 1950 following a lingering illness. Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery, the Rev. Walter Schedler officiating. Friends may pay their respects at the Stabnow Funeral Home beginning Tuesday.

Mrs. Rossow, nee Anna Ehlert, was born Sept. 7, 1880 in Germany. She came to this country with her parents while young, and settled in Loyal. She received her education there and was married there June 7, 1899, to William Rossow.

Since their marriage the couple had made their home on a farm in the Town of Warner. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last year.

Surviving are her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Olaf (Elsie) Ystad, route 1, Greenwood three brothers, Frank Ehlert, Wild Rose Otto, Marshfield and Albert, Abbotsford and a sister, Mrs. Emma Komis, Marshfield, also survive.

A brother and sister preceded her in death.