This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rosseter, Billings, Scherf, Bolles, Leach, Braker, Rasmussen, McDonald, Duncan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1519 Message Board Post: Mrs. Edson Rosseter (Cotributed) Mrs. Edson Rosseter, age 64, a resident of Dunn county all her life, died Saturday evening, April 29, at the Luther hospital in Eau Claire. Death was due to tumor of the liver. The funeral services were held Thursday at one-thirty at the Olson Funeral Home and at two o'clock at the Methodist church at Downsville. Interment was made in the Rose Hill cemetery at Downsville with the Rev. J. E. Kess, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist church officiating. Mrs. Oscar Mattison of North Menomonie, sand, accompanied by Selma Mettome. Emma Billings was born October 6, 1869, at Eau Galle, Wisconsin, where she grew to womanhood. She was married April 8, 1890, to Edson Rosseter at Louisville. Besides her husband, Mrs. Rosseter is survived by six daughters, Bernice, Mrs. Otto Schref [sic], Seattle, Washingotn; Leona Rosseter, Chicago, Illinois; Marguerite, Mrs. L. G. Boles,Menomonie; Carrie, Mrs. Alvin Leach, Wheeler; Nell and Dorothy, at home; and four sons, Burnham, Borgor, Texas; Robert, Cedar Falls; Charles, Downsville; and James at home. Twenty grandchildren survive, one having died in infancy. She also leaves four sisters; Mrs. Bida Braker, Menomonie; Mrs. George Rasmussen, Eugene, Oregon; Mrs. Dean McDonald, Omaha, Nebraska; Mrs. Donald Duncan, Los Angeles, California; and one brother, La Salle Billings, Chateau, Montana. Two brothers preceded her in death, Mark Billings, eight years ago and one who died in infancy. Mrs. Rosseter was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Menomonie. She was always greatly interested in all church activities, being a member of the ladies aid society, the W. C. T. U. and the Women's Foreign Mission society, holding offices in each these organizations during her residence in Menomonie. unknown newspaper, probably The Dunn County News unknown date in 1933