Mrs. Rosa Ann Geist. Funeral services wil be held in Brookville Tuesday for Mrs. Rosa Ann Geist, of Brookville R. D. 3, who died in her home Saturday at the age of 78. Born August 20, 1890, in Coolspring, she was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Funk Reitz. She was married to Benjamin Brosius in 1910. He died in 1946 and in 1958 she married Wallace Geist.
Surviving are her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Levi Park, of Corsica; Mrs. Albert Burkette, of Summerville; Mrs. Burton Knolph (sic: Nolph), of Brookville, R. D. 1; and Wayne, of Knoxdale, and two step-sons, Larry Geist, of Brookville; and Gerald Geist, of Reynoldsville.
Surviving also are a brother, Alfred Reitz, of Anita, and 25 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o`clock Tuesday afternoon in the Work Funeral Home in Brookville. The Rev. Arthur J. Shick will officiate and burial will be in the Coolspring Cemetery.
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Note: She is buried under the name Rosa Brosius, with her first husband.
Thank you, Jerry Rowan, for taking and providing the headstone photo.
Mrs. Rosa Ann Geist. Funeral services wil be held in Brookville Tuesday for Mrs. Rosa Ann Geist, of Brookville R. D. 3, who died in her home Saturday at the age of 78. Born August 20, 1890, in Coolspring, she was the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Funk Reitz. She was married to Benjamin Brosius in 1910. He died in 1946 and in 1958 she married Wallace Geist.
Surviving are her husband, four daughters, Mrs. Levi Park, of Corsica; Mrs. Albert Burkette, of Summerville; Mrs. Burton Knolph (sic: Nolph), of Brookville, R. D. 1; and Wayne, of Knoxdale, and two step-sons, Larry Geist, of Brookville; and Gerald Geist, of Reynoldsville.
Surviving also are a brother, Alfred Reitz, of Anita, and 25 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o`clock Tuesday afternoon in the Work Funeral Home in Brookville. The Rev. Arthur J. Shick will officiate and burial will be in the Coolspring Cemetery.
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Note: She is buried under the name Rosa Brosius, with her first husband.
Thank you, Jerry Rowan, for taking and providing the headstone photo.
Family Members
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Alberta Mina Brosius Park
1910–1988
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Pauline E. Brosius Burkett
1912–2000
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Dorothy May Brosius
1913–1914
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Elva Nettie "Elvie" Brosius Nolph
1916–2010
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Francis A. Brosius
1918–1976
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Leroy Reitz Brosius
1919–1998
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Lester Olen Brosius
1921–2009
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Althea C. Brosius Leech
1924–2009
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Everett Eugene Brosius
1925–1960
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Wayne Junior Brosius
1928–1990
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Leona June Brosius
1930–1931
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