Rosekrans, Dr. Milton C. (Memorial - 1973), Clark County, Wisconsin History & Genealogy Records

Bio: Rosekrans, Dr. Milton Charles (Memorial - 1973)
Transcriber: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Rosekrans

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/10/1974

Rosekrans, Dr. Milton C. (Memorial - 10 February 1973)

Memorial services for the late Dr. Milton C. Rosekrans will be held in the Masonic Temple in Neillsville February 10, at 1:30 p.m., it was announced this week. Masonic rites will be conducted.

Dr. Rosekrans died December 19, 1973, in St. Mary’s Hospital at Rochester, Mn. He had been in failing health for some time.

A memorial fund has been established in respect for Dr. Rosekrans and will be used to augment a Medical Library at Memorial Hospital. Gifts for the memorial may be sent to in care of Memorial Hospital, Inc., Neillsville.

A medical team, Drs. Sarah and Milton Rosekrans practiced their professions in Neillsville for a number of years. Dr. Sarah, a native of Connecticut, met Dr. Milton at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Milton, growing up in the rural setting, near Hixton, was drawn back to his home area, settling in Neillsville to start his practice in 1929. Dr. Sarah began her practice at Houston, Minn. After a time she came to Neillsville, practicing in conjunction with Dr. Milton. At one point in her career she worked with another doctor in Illinois for a short duration. She was a very accomplished vocalist, performing in Chicago musicals. Dr. Milton enjoyed the outdoor activities of hunting and fishing. (For many years their office was above the J. C. Penney’s store.)

Milton Charles Rosekrans, single, 23 yrs. old (22 Nov 1893), residing in Hixton Twp., WI.

Obit: Rosekrans, Dr. Milton C. (1893 - 1973)
Transcriber: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Rosekrans, Didriksen,

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/27/1973

(22 November 1893 - 19 December 1973)

Dr. Milton C. Rosekrans, who administered to the ailments of many area residents and presided at the births of thousand, died last Wednesday in St. Mary’s Hospital at Rochester, Minn.

His body was taken to the anatomical center at the University of Minnesota.

Death came shortly after 10 a.m. December 19.

Dr. Rosekrans had been taken to Rochester the preceding day when he complained of a difficulty in breathing. He had been in ill health for several months and had the assistance of a Pacemaker for the last few years.

Born November 22, 1893, in the neighboring community of Hixton, Dr. Milton served as an ambulance driver in France during World War I. on his return to the United States, he took up house painting for a while, then attended the University of Minnesota. He was graduated from the medical school there in 1927 following a year of internship at Asbury Hospital in Minneapolis.

In 1927 he was married to the late Sarah Didriksen, who also was a University of Minnesota Medical School graduate, and together they established a medical practice in Neillsville in 1928.

Throughout his service in the Neillsville community, Dr. Milton served as city health officer.

About three years ago, both Dr. Milton and Dr. Sarah were feted at a testimonial dinner arranged by the chamber of commerce and attended by many of the community and long-time friends and patients.

Dr. Milton is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Howard (Laura Lee) Stanley of Mundelein, Il., and Mrs. Eugene (Elizabeth Ann) Hagen of Lake Elmo, Mn; and by six grandchildren: Lynn, Tiffany and Phillip Stanley of Mundelein, Il., Mrs. Sarah Guyette of Bogota, Colombia, S.A., Greg Mallory of Slinger, and Christopher Mallory of Oregon, Wis.

Editorial by Robert Harvey, Editor of the Clark County Press (12/27/1973)

No doubt when the holiday season approached last last week, a lot of people of this area had a strange feeling - a sense of void.

Many are the people who heard of the death last Wednesday morning of Dr. Milton C. Rosekrans, and they had not had an opportunity to bid him farewell. The remains of the man who administered to the injuries and illnesses of hundred, perhaps thousands, of people in this area for nearly a half-century were taken to the Anatomical Center of the University of Minnesota, where he was graduated from medical school.

There will be no headstone in the cemetery, no lasting memento that he passed this away - except for those who remember the times he soothed their pains, helped them regain their health, and attended the birth of their children.

Dr. Milton, as he was affectionately known by all, was one of the last remaining members of the old-fashioned physicians of the area. Like the old Methodist circuit riders, he braved all kinds of weather to administer to the ill. He bucked snowdrifts to rush to the houses of the area where he was needed. He delivered babies in homes, where water was heated in great quantities on wood-fired kitchen ranges. There were no antiseptic delivery rooms, no incubators, no competent nurses to assist.

At one time, Dr. Milton was one of but three or four practicing physicians in the Neillsville area. On many occasions he went without sleep; kept going when his own body was wracked by illness.

We recall him as a kindly man, highly competent in his chosen field; honestly concerned about his patients and the pain that might be attendant to setting a fractured bone.

Yet, he was a man of infinite good humor; the teller of tall stories which the newer among us have missed. There wasn’t a day - in those days when he was in full vigor - that Dr. Milton couldn’t have won the Kiwanis Liar’s belt every day, hands down.

Here was a man, too, who was genuinely concerned about community health, as well as that of individual patients. He was responsible for cleaning up a questionable milk supply which at one time poised a threat to the community. As city health officer for many years, he handled many a pollution problem of the community, even before the present-day ecologists even thought about pollution or knew what the wood meant.

But most of all, whose who knew him well will miss a true and tried friend, a father confessor, and a giant among men.

That is why there is a sinking sensation, a feeling of void, in many hears during the holiday season. We all shall miss him.

International honor has been accorded Dr. Sarah D. Rosekrans of Neillsville, who has been selected as the next president of the Pan-American Medical Women’s Alliance. She will assume the office two years hence.

Dr. Sarah’s honor came at the recent annual meeting of the Alliance in Chile. She is expected home late this week from her trip to South America to attend the meeting.

Bio: Rosekrans, Dr. Sarah (Medical Library - 1971)
Transcriber: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Rosekrans, Rahn, Sibelius

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 12/23/1971

Rosekrans, Dr. Sarah (“Dr. Sarah Memorial Medical Library” - 1971)

A “Dr. Sarah Memorial medical Library” is being established at Memorial Hospital, in Neillsville in memory of the physician who served the community for 40 years.

Dr. Sarah Rosekrans died in Rochester, Minn., November 15, 1970, following an extended illness. Following her death memorials poured in from all parts of the nation, and from foreign lands. They were gathered together until the funds now total $926.65, according to Henry E. Rahn, auditor and assistant administrator of Memorial Hospital.

With the approval of Dr. Sarah’s husband, Dr. Milton C. Rosekrans, the Memorial Donation committee has voted to establish the medical library. Earnings from the invested capital will be used to put the most recent medical information at the fingertips of physicians using the local hospital.

“An effort will be made to add to the fund in the future,” Mr. Rahn said.

Dr. Sarah, who was widely known as a vocalist as well as a physician and surgeon, came to Neillsville in 1929 with her husband. Together they established a medical practice and worked as a team throughout their active years.

During the years that followed World War II, Dr. Sarah became active in Business and Professional Women’s Club circles, and in Pan-American Women’s medical organizations. Through these activities she toured much of the world and became widely known among women of many countries.

A highlight in her life was that of being asked to the home of Jean Sibelius in Helsinki, Finland, where the noted composer asked her to sing one of his own compositions for him.

Her rendition of “Tuol Lau-Lau Neitonen” “The Wandering Maiden Sings” was the first the Sibelius’s had heard the composition sung in their native tongue and in their own home. It brought tears to their eyes.

That was only one of the many firsts of this remarkable Neillsville physician and musician, (sorry the rest of the story was missing from my copy).

Obit: Rosekrans, Dr. Sarah Didriksen (1901 - 1970)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Rosekrans, Didriksen, Hagen, Stanley, Gibbons, Sherren, Musil, Galstad, Thompson, Seif, Palmer, Bollom, Albrecht, Tresemer, Henchen, Grap, Peters, Scott

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 12/17/1970

Rosekrans, Dr. Sarah (1901 - December 1970)

Members of the Neillsville community along with family and friends from other areas gathered Sunday, December 13, at the Masonic Temple to honor the memory of the late Dr. Sarah (Didriksen) Rosekrans (wife of Milton Charles Rosekrans).

Among the many attending the service were the two Rosekrans daughters, Elizabeth Ann Hagen of Lake Elmo, Minn., and Laura lee Stanley of Mundelein, Ill., and the doctor’s close friends, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gibbons of Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Hagen’s husband Eugene, and the three Stanley children, Philip, Lynn and Tiffany, were also present.

The program planned by Mrs. Kenneth Sherren, began with a piano prelude by Mrs. James Musil. The Pledge of Allegiance and singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” followed the presentation of the flag by the Boy Scouts of Troop 64. Soloists were Wilfred Galstad and Dr. T. N. Thompson. Their respective accompanists were Mrs. Musil and Mrs. Thompson.

Participants in the Memorial service presented by the Order of the Eastern Star, Carmi Chapter No. 60, included the following: Mrs. Sherren, worthy matron; Mrs. Dale Seif, Chaplain; Fred Palmer, worthy patron, Mrs. Fred Palmer, Adah; Mrs. Ellsworth Bollom, Ruth; Mrs. Richard Albrecht, Esther; Mrs. Ed Tresemer, Martha; Mrs. Louis Henchen, Electa.

Flowers at the service, in addition to the Star emblem, included a floral tribute of red roses given by the Memorial Hospital Medical staff.

The Business and Professional Women’s Creed was led by Clara Henchen.

Selected memorial tributes were read by Wayne Grap. They came from as far away as New Jersey, Florida and California and from as near as Granton. All attested to the admirable character and remarkable versatility possessed by Dr. Sarah. Many commented as well on her kindness and compassion.

Representatives from St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Calvary Lutheran Church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the United Methodist Church, and the United Church of Christ were included in the thirty-five voice chorus which concluded the Memorial service. The community choir was directed by Mrs. Robert Peters and accompanied by Mrs. Jess W. Scott.

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