OWEN, ROSA A.
Ashland Gazette - NE August 21, 1958

Rosa A. Owen, 93, Funeral Is Held - Funeral services were held at the Marcy 
Chapel Saturday afternoon for Rosa Alvin Owen, 93, who died Aug. 13 at Bryan 
Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. Mrs. Howard Anderson furnished funeral music at 
the organ. The pallbearers were Dr. O. H. Ziegenbein, Cleon Dech, Frank Lohry, 
Charles Stransky, Allen Gilkeson and William Fudge. Burial was at the Ashland 
Cemetery. Mr. Owen was born at Freeport, Illinois, Nov. 15, 1864. At the age 
of seven years he came to the Memphis community with his family, who 
homesteaded there.

On Oct. 30, 1887, he married Ella May Harrison. Five children were born to them: 
Roy of Crete, Mrs. Elsie Smith of Lincoln, Naomi of Plattsmouth; Leonard of Memphis 
and a daughter Dorothy who like her mother preceded Mr. Owen in death. Three 
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren also survive. Mr. Owen farmed at the 
homestead site for 70 years before his retirement in Memphis. He was interested 
and active in music, wildlife, sports, and the breeding and training of 
thoroughbred horses.