Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-11
FUNERAL Of
CLARA ROSEN
is HELD TODAY
HUNDREDS OF soRRoWING
FRIENDS MlNGLE TEARS AT
GRAVE WITH THOSE OF THE
GRIEF STRICKEN FAMILY.

From Tuesdays Daily.
With tear dimmed eyes and sadden-
ed hearts numerous friends. neighbors
and acquaintances of Miss Clara Rosen
Joined with the bereaved family in
paying their last earthly tribute this
afternoon at three services. Huge
banks of beautiful flowers, elo-
quent expressions of the high esteem
this girl, whose cruelty disfgured body,
lay in the beautiful half couch casket,
filled the east room Of the Rosen
home, 1011 Locust street, where legion
Eof friends viewed the remains, and
berg, the pastor of the Swedish Luth-
eran church, read a short passage
from the Bible and pronounced a short
prayer. While the choir of the church,
Sang "Safe in the Arms of Jesus the
bearers of the casket, all members Of
Miss Rosen's confirmation class, SLOW
|ly proceeded from the house to the
awaiting hearse.
The Services at the Church.
AT 2:30 o'clock began the service
In the Swedish Lutheran church Rev.
j. Haefner, pastor of the German
lutheran church, opened the service
with reading the 143rd psalm and fol
lowed with short prayer. Rev Haef-
ner conducted with few brief ce-
marks, in which he referred to death
and subsequent resurrection. The pas
tor followed with an eloquent eulogy
of the beautiful life of his former par
lshioner. He told of her association
with the church, of her loveable dis
position and above all emphasized her
faithfulness to her family and church.
He referred to her work in the choir,
with which she was connected for the
past fifteen years, and told of the beau
tiful life she lead. Rev. o. A. Elm
quist of Charlton and DR.. F. F. Stoltz
of this city followed with brief yet
sincere remarks. The former took his
text from Isaiah, 1--WE shall all wither
like a leaf"
DR.. Stoltz spoke of the uncertainty
of death, but pictured the glory Of the
hereafter which good lives of this
earth must merit. The choir rendered
THE Vacant Chair" and Miss Artelia
Lavine of Galesburg rendered Face to
Face"
The church decorations bespoke the
loss Of one of its best workers. most
ardent supporters, and life whose
every breath was that of goodness In
the choir was decorated in crepe a
vacant chair, emblematic of the one
who had gone beyond the pale of this
earth.
At the Grave. o
At the grave side in the Ottumwa
cemetery, the last benediction was
pronounced with much emotion by the
pastor, and as the cold clods descend
ed over the casket of the dutiful
daughter, loving sister and faithful
friends, the bereaved family knelt and
with words to their Saviour asked His
happy reception of this sacrifice of the
lust of heinous murderer.
In the funeral party were the par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rosen, Sr,
the brothers and sisters, Fred, Jr., and
Oscar, Mrs. g. o. Nelson,a Mrs. e.
v. Larson, G. O. Nelson and G..
v. Larson and the following relatives:
Philip and Richard Larson, Mrs. Al
fred Brown, Louis Brown, Misses Ar
telia, Selma and Dora Lavine of Gales
burg, ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs Charles john
son, George Sandberg and Charles Ing
manson of Swedesburg, John Lunberg
of Monmouth, H.. Andrew Berquist
and Mrs. John Backman of Des Moines,
Miss Freda Swenson of Lincoln and
Sanford Carlson of bennington. Wyo.
The pail bearers We're: William
Hurd, Adolph Pearson, Victor Pohl-
son, Harry Llndell, Enoch Johnson
and Oscar Nelson, all members of the
confirmation class Of 1894, of which
Miss Rosen was member,