February 28, 2003
  The ADVOCATE
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 7, No. 18
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
  Page 3, Column 1:
  
  "Agnes M. Rossman
  1904-2003
  Funeral Mass for Agnes M. Rossman, 98, Richmond, KS, were Thursday, February 27,
  2003, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Therese Catholic Church, Richmond, with Father Emil
  Agostino officiating.  Interment was in St. Boniface Cemetery, Scipio, KS.  Mrs.
  Rossman died Sunday, February 23, at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa, KS.
  Agnes M. Rossman was born September 29, 1904, at Scipio, KS, the daughter of William
  and Lena (Lickteig) Wolken.  She was a lifetime resident of Anderson and Franklin
  Counties.  Agnes was a member of St. Therese Catholic Church, Altar Society, and the
  Pitch Club, all of Richmond.
  Agnes and Fred Rossman were married November 10, 1925.  He preceded her in death
  on February 10, 1927.  Agnes and John Rossman were married November 9, 1927, at
  Scipio, KS.  He preceded her in death on February 21, 1973.
  Mrs. Rossman was preceded in death by her husbands, Fred Rossman and John Rossman;
  an infant daughter, Irene Rossman, on February 10, 1927; one grandchild; one great-
  grandchild; four brothers and three sisters.
  Agnes is survived by her sons, Jim Rossman and his wife, Betty, Albert, KS, Virgil
  Rossman and his wife, Pat, Richmond, Arthur Rossman and his wife, Phyllis, Richmond,
  Don Rossman and his wife, Jeanie, Pomona, KS, Earl Dean Rossman, Richmond, and
  Robert Rossman and his wife, Vyonne, Princeton, KS; her daughters, Maretta Mulerin
  and her husband, Roger, Fenton, MI, Erma Brown and her husband, Dan, Gardner, KS,
  and Dorothy Shields and her husband, Robert, Princeton, KS; her brother-in-law, Ralph
  Mersman, Scipio, KS; her sister, Bertilla Bicklemeyer, Eudora, KS; twenty-three
  grandchildren, thirty-nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
  Rosary was said on Wednesday, February 26, at 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home, after
  which the family greeted friends.
  Memorial contributions may be made to St. Therese Catholic Church.
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements."
  
  "Ellen C. Hummell
  1923-2003
  Ellen C. Hummell, 80, Ottawa, KS, formerly of Garnett, died Saturday, February 22,
  2003, at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa. No services are scheduled.
  Ellen C. Hummell was born January 28, 1923, at Geddes, SD, the daughter of Stanley
  and Christina (Kucera) Malik.  She grew up in Burlington, KS.  She was a member of the
  Girls Guard in high school.  Ellen lived in Loveland, CO, for thirty-six years, where she
  worked as a retail clerk for JC Penney and Ward's, moving to Mesa, AZ, where she lived
  for ten years before moving to Garnett eleven years ago.  She had lived in Ottawa for the
  past year.  She was a member of the Garnett Presbyterian Church and was a former
  member in Mesa, AZ.
  Ellen and Lawrence 'Hoyt' Hummell were married June 23, 1946, at Burlington, KS.
  Mrs. Hummell is survived by her husband, Lawrence 'Hoyt' Hummell, Ottawa, KS; her
  son, Jerry Hummell and his wife, Connie, Fort Collins, CO; her daughter, Nancy
  Thompson and her husband, Jerry, Grand Blanc, MI; three grandchildren and one great-
  grandchild.
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements."
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon