Martin F. Rosbeck, 81, of 313 Third Ave., West Bend, a retired farmer, died Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital, West Bend. He was born Jan. 16, 1892, at St. Kilian, a son of George and Margaret Thelen Rosbeck. He married Theresa Kiefer at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Theresa, on May 8, 1923.
After the marriage they lived in Milwaukee for 15 years, then moved to St. Kilian where they farmed for 22 years and finally moved to West Bend in 1961. Mr. Rosbeck was a member of World War I Barracks 2617.
Surviving are his widow; four children, Mrs. William Brill of Menomonee Falls, Robert of Theresa and Ralph and Norbert both of West Bend; 26 grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Mr. Rosbeck was preceded in death by two sons, Greg, in infancy and Raymond John, who died in the Korean Conflict.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Miller's Funeral Home, Kewaskum and at 10:30a.m. at St. Kilian Church at St. Kilian. The Rev. Elroy Pesch, OSF, will officiate and burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Family and friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Newspaper clippings were passed on to me by my mother-in-law, Dolores Cayemberg nee Kuehl. They were collected by her mother, Leona Kuehl nee Boegel. Unknown which Wisconsin paper they were clipped, but most likely from the Brown and/or Fond du Lac county areas.
To Do List: Request military records for Martin. Have a ton of these obits that I've only recently scanned and haven't thoroughly read, so I discovered Martin was a WWI vet when transcribing this. So cool.