March 5, 2003
  The ADVOCATE
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 7, No. 19
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
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  "Charles Franklin Ford
  1927-2003
  Memorial services for Charles Franklin Ford, 75, Garnett, are Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at
  1:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church with Reverend Gale E. Mack officiating. 
  Inurnment is in Garnett Cemetery.  Mr. Ford died Saturday, March 1, at Menorah
  Medical Center, Overland Park, KS.
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements."
  
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  "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 as celebrant.  Chris Rossman was Master of Ceremonies.  Servers were Jarret
  Shields and Patrick Shields.  Gift Bearers were Sarah Shields, Erin Rossman, and
  Whitney Kimball.  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 oldest of nine
  children born to 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.  She then married John Rossman on November 9, 1927, at Scipio,
  KS, who preceded her in death on February 21, 1973.
  Agnes and her husband, John, raised a large family of six sons and three daughters.  She
  cared for her family through her many labors of love, including gardening, sewing,
  laundry, and baking many loaves of bread.
  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.
  Music was provided by the Joe Mader Family.  Musical selections included: 
  Prelude 'In the Garden' and 'Amazing Grace', Entrance 'Be Not Afraid', Preparation
  of Gifts 'Ave Marie', Communion 'Prayer of St. Francis', Communion
  Meditation 'On This Day, O Beautiful Mother', Closing 'How Great Thou Art'.
  Casketbearers were Jim Kenney, David Rossman, Randy Rossman, Tim Rossman,
  Veryln Rossman, and Gary Shields.
  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.
  A loving mother and grandmother, she will be missed by all.  We love you, Mom, very
  much.
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements."
  
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon