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Rosemary \u201cRosie\u201d Agnes Bergbower age 90, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
\nMass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 12, 2025 at St.
\nThomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Newton, Illinois. Burial will be in Old St. Peter
\nCemetery.
\nRosie was born April 29th, 1934, in Lillyville, Illinois to Edward and Emma (Vahling)
\nZumbahlen. Rosie married Raphael \u201cBrownie\u201d Alexander Bergbower on July 12, 1952,
\nat St. Joseph\u2019s Church in Island Grove. They were married 55 years before his passing
\non December 29, 2007. Rosie was a member of St. Thomas Church and Alter Society.
\nRosie is survived by 8 children: Diane (Gary) Farley of Newton, IL; Karen (Larry)
\nHoward of Waterloo, IA; Gloria (Tim) McDonald of Olney, IL; Kenneth (Carol) of
\nRobinson, IL; Jeanne (Gerry) Geltz of Olney, IL; Wayne (Susan) of Newton; IL; Mark
\n(Sandra) of Newton, IL; and Scott (Tammy) of Newton, IL.
\n20 grandchildren: Brad (Cassie) Howard, Travis (Katie) Farley, Kiley (Ryan) Rawson,
\nRyan (Bruna) Howard, Brent Farley, Leigh Anne (Sam) Hansen, Nathan (Lisa)
\nBergbower, Nick (Amy) McDonald, Kristy (Robbie) Geltz-Greve, McKenzie (Doug)
\nColbert-Geltz, Collin (Jennifer) Geltz, Hannah Bergbower, Kaylyn Bergbower, Morgan
\nBergbower, Jeremy Bergbower, Mallory Bergbower, Alex Bergbower, Clay Bergbower,
\nBrady Bergbower and Heather Bergbower.
\n21 great-grandchildren: Brooke, Megan and Kelsey Farley; Kason, Kai and John
\nHoward; Cole, Claire, Henry and Jack Hansen; Emma, Rhett and Dane McDonald; Kal
\nand Vera Greve-Geltz; Jagger, Noxx and Maddux Bergbower; Savannah and Luke
\nRawson; and Arden Colbert-Geltz.
\nRosie is also survived by 4 siblings: Estella (Richard) Deters of Boulder, CO; Christine
\nLitzelman of Ste. Marie, IL; Irene Correll of Newton, IL; and Elmer (Elaine) Zumbahlen
\nof Wheeler, IL, and sisters-in-law Theresa Zumbahlen and Sandra Zumbahlen both of
\nNewton, IL.
\nShe was preceded in death by her husband Brownie, her parents, grandson Creighton
\nMcDonald, great grandson Hudson Howard, brothers Arthur, Vincent, Cletus, Sylvester
\nand Leonard Zumbahlen, sisters Clara Brummer, Marian Weishaar and Marie Dust,
\nbrothers-in-law Sylvester Brummer, Vincent Weishaar, Nicholas Dust and Donald
\nLitzelman and sisters-in-law Marilyn A. Zumbahlen and Marilyn R. Zumbahlen.
\nMemorial gifts may be made to either the Old St. Peter Cemetery Fund or to the St.
\nThomas School.
\nOnline condolences may be offered at www.crainfuneral.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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