South Bend Tribune Aug. 6, 1930 sec. 2 p. 10
Mrs. Rosama Kratser  

Mrs. Rosama Kratser, age 70, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Barber, of rural route No. 6, Leeper Road this county, at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday evening, following an illness of six days.   Funeral services will be held at the home of Mrs. Barer, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. F. H. Longwell, of Stull Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, will officiate and interment will be in South Lawn Cemetery. The body may be viewed at the residence.
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She was born in Indiana Dec. 13, 1859, and had lived in this city for 26 years, coming here from Michigan City, Ind. Surviving are two daughters., Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Blanch Perry, also of this city, three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Steele of South Bend; Mrs. Carrie Phelps, of La Porte, Ind., and Mrs. Ella Whit more, of Minnesota and two brothers, Frank Marion of Kankakee, Ill., and Arthur Wooden, of Mishawaka