This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROSENTHAL, HUDSON, NIOCE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jg.2ADI/1360 Message Board Post: Robert E. "Rosie" Rosenthal, 78, Cherokee, Iowa, died June 5, 2004, at a Cherokee, Iowa, hospital following a lengthy illness. He was born March 27, 1926, in Galena, Ill., the son of John and Mabel Hudson Rosenthal. He was raised and attended school in Galena. Mr. Rosenthal left school in 1942 to work for Hanover Woolen Mills and later for the Illinois Central Railroad. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1944, serving in Europe with I Company, Third Battalion of the 83rd Infantry Division and earning a Purple Heart. He returned to the Illinois Central Railroad, working for 44 years and retiring in 1986 due to disability. He married Loretta Nioce of Mayetta on June 17, 1948, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Charles John Rosenthal, Cherokee, Iowa; two daughters, Judith Mae Rosenthal, Minneapolis, Minn., and Shirley Ann Kirby and husband Kenneth, Calmar, Iowa; four brothers, Bill Rosenthal, Benjamin Rosenthal and wife Babs, and Charles Rosenth! al and wife Darlene, all of Galena, Ill., and Larry Rosenthal and wife Kathy, Dubuque, Iowa; three sisters, Virginia Ames and Henrietta Muchow and husband Harold, all of Galena, Ill., and Peggy Rosenthal Nelson, Dubuque, Iowa; four grandchildren, Jennifer Peterson and husband Jim, Jon Rosenthal and wife Monica, Kelly Kirby and Thomas Kirby; three great-grandchildren, Christian, Melinda and Samantha; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mr. Rosenthal was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, John; and a sister, Pauline. Funeral services were held June 8 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, Iowa, with the Rev. Armand Bertrand officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery in Cherokee. A memorial mass will be held at 8:30 a.m. June 27 at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church west of Mayetta. "Holton Recorder", Holton, KS - 9 June 2004