Elmer Roseland |
| Posted 2007-01-02 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Winterset Madisonian Winterset, Iowa February 1966 Long-Time Resident of This Community Died There on Feb. 13. Funeral services for Elmer Roseland, a well-known resident of this community most of his life, were held last Wednesday from the Hampton Funeral home in Prescott, Ariz. The Rev. A. Gerald Whittier, minister of the First Christian church of Prescott, officiated the services. Burial was made at Mountain View cemetery in Prescott. Mr. Roseland was 75 years of age at his death on Feb. 13. He had moved to Arizona from Winterset last October. He was a native of Eagle Grove, Iowa, where he was born Jan. 6, 1891, a son of John and Melinda Olson Roseland. Both of his parents were natives of Norway. He lived at Afton and Adel before coming to the Winterset community, where he spent most of his life engaged in farming. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Green-Rogers post of the American Legiion at Winterset. He was married Feb. 22, 1928, to Lucy Morrison, who survives him. Born a Lutheran, he became a member of the Christian church at Rising Sun, following his marriage. For many years he was active in the First Christian church at Winterset and had trasferred to that denomination's church at Prescott after moving there. He is survived, in addition to his wife, by a son, Kenneth Roseland of Prescott; two brothers, Burt Roseland of Omaha and Julius Roseland of Eagle Grove; three sisters, Mable Roseland of Minneapolis, Mrs. Christine Larson of Eagle Grove and Mrs. Floyd Pohlman of Eagle Grove; and seven grandchildren. |
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