Obit: Thorn Rose (1887 – 1974)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Thorn, Rushman, Apfelbeck, Olstinski, Stingler

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 26 Sep 1974

Thorn Rose (12 Apr 1887 – 20 Sep 1974)

(Note: Birth date from St. Mary’s Cemetery listing)

Services were held for Rose Thorn, 87, Colby, on Monday, September 23, 1974 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Colby. The Rev. Francis Rushman officiated. She passed away on Friday at the Colonial Home in Colby.

The former Rose Apfelbeck married Peter Thorn on November 23, 1909 in Colby. She received her education at Riverside School and lived in Colby most of her life. She was a member of St. Mary’s Church Christian Mothers.

She is preceded in death by her husband, who passed away March 1914, one daughter, two sisters and four brothers.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Elsie) Olstinski, Marshfield, and Mrs. Francis (Clara) Stingler, Franksville.

Other survivors include three brothers: Lee Apfelbeck Bernard Apfelbeck and Albert Apfelbeck, all of Colby, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Thorne also received a Christian Mothers Rosary at the Lulloff Funeral Home and General Parish Rosary Sunday evening.