Second Generation
7. Trientje
Janssen THEESFELD was born on 9 Sep 1891 in Wiesens, Germany.1 She died on 20 Sep 1978 in Watseka,
Iroquois County, Illinois.2,3
Mrs. Trientje Rosenboom
Watseka - Mrs. Trientje Rosenbloom (sic), 87, of 315 S 9th, died at 9:15 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept 20, 1978, at the Iroquois Memorial Hospital.
Born Sept 9, 1891, in Wiesens, Germany, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Theesfield (sic). She was married Dec 11, 1912, at Charlotte, Ill., to George
Rosenboom, who died April 2, 1961.
Mrs. Rosenboom was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran Church in Crescent City.
Survivors include two sons, Louis of Clifton and Elmer of Watseka; two daughters,
Mrs. Edna Arnold of Hastings, Neb., and Mrs. Mary Lou Carter of Watseka; a sister,
Mrs. Bernadine Huls in Germany; a granddaughter, who was reared in her home,
Mrs. Joyce Shuette of Watseka; 13 other grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the St. Peter Lutheran Church in Crescent
City. The Rev. Harold Heinzig will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Friends will be received after 6 p.m. today at the Segur-Knapp Funeral Home in
Watseka.
Pallbearers will be Albert Theesfeld, Allen Theesfeld, Vic Schuette, Lloyd
Theesfeld, Henry Gelmers and Raymond Rosenboom.
Trientje Janssen THEESFELD and George ROSENBOOM were married on 11 Dec 1912
in Charlotte, Illinois.1
George ROSENBOOM (son of Lübbe "John" ROSENBOOM
and Alma POST) was born on 1 Jan 1887 in Aurich-Schirum, Ost Friesia, Germany.1 He died on 2 Apr 1961 in Watseka,
Iroquois County, Illinois.1,4,5
George Rosenboom
Claimed by Death;
Funeral Wednesday
George Rosenboom, 74, of Crescent City, died Sunday at 8:30 p.m. at Iroquois
Hospital in Watseka where he had been a patient since March 6. He had been ill
for five weeks.
Born January 1, 1887 at Schirum, Germany, he was a son of Lubbe and Alma Post
Rosenboom, and was married December 11 1912 at Charlotte, Ill., to Trientje Theesfeld.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, John and Louis of Clifton and Elmer of
Crescent City; two daughters, Mrs. Fred G. (Edna) Arnold of Elliott and Mrs.
Delmar (Mary) Carter of Watseka; 12 grandchildren; a brother, Louis of Watseka,
and a widowed sister, Mrs. Angeline Theesfeld of Watseka.
He was preceded in death by two infant sons and a daughter, Mrs. Victor (Aline)
Schuette, who died in June of 1953.
Mr. Rosenboom spent his childhood in Germany and came from his native country
to Charlotte, Ill., in 1906. He lived for a short time at Roberts and farmed
in the Crescent City community since 1927 until his retirement in 1944 to Crescent
City.
He was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran Church of Crescent City and was for
eight years a member of the Crescent City School Board.
Friends may call at his late residence in Crescent City fro Tuesday evening
and until time for the rites. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at
2 p.m. at the Crescent City church, with the pastor, the Rev. Robert Spenn, officiating.
Interment will be in the church cemetery. The Segur Funeral Home of Watseka is
in charge of arrangements.
Trientje Janssen THEESFELD and George ROSENBOOM had the following children:
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