Submitted by: Dan Rich
Rose T. Ganser
Mar. 22, 1895 – Sept. 19, 1985
MISHAWAKA – Rose T. Ganser, 90,
formerly of 815 E. 4th Street, died about 7:40 p.m. Thursday in
St. Joseph Hospital after an illness. Mrs. Ganser was born on
March 22, 1895 in Mishawaka and was a lifetime area resident.
On Jan. 12, 1916 as Rose Steif, she
married Edward A. Ganser in St. Joseph Catholic Church. He died
in September 1973. Surviving are two daughters, Virginia R. Hahn
of Mishawaka and Ruth Catterlin of Michigan City; eight
grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Lena Gooley
of South Bend and Esther Beutter of Mishawaka; and two
brothers, Lawrence Steif of South Bend and Walter Steif of
Mishawaka. A daughter, Margaret DeBroka died in 1973.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in
St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
Friends may cal from 3 to 9 p.m. today and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday
in the Hahn’s DeVos Funeral Home, where a Christian wake
service will be at 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to
St. Joseph Parish. Mrs. Ganser was a member of the St. Joseph
Hospital Auxiliary, Circle 13 of St. Joseph Church, the
Mishawaka-Penn Twp. Democratic Women’s Club; and the
Daughters of Isabella.