The Waterloo Republic Times
August 10, 1983

Funeral Today
For Rose Oelzen

Rose E. Oelzen, nee Kunkel, 95, of Columbia, formerly of Fults, wife of the late 
Peter W. Oelzen, died August 6, 1983, at the Monroe County Nursing Home, 
Waterloo. Mrs. Oelzen had been a resident of the nursing home for two and one-
half years.

Funeral services were held at 10am today (Wednesday) in Immaculate Conception 
Church in Columbia, the Rev. J. Jansen officiating.  Burial was in the National 
Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.  Quernheim Funeral Directors of Waterloo 
were in charge.

Mrs. Oelzen was born July 26, 1888, in Fults, a daughter of the late Michael and 
Mary Kunkel, nee Vogel.

Her survivors include a daughter, Hazel Rodewald of Columbia, a son Herbert 
Oelzen of East Alton; three grandchildren, Sharon Reichert and Tim and Dennis 
Oelzen; a great-grandson, Scott Reichert; and a sister, Bertha Ackerman of Dupo, 
nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband who 
died February 16, 1981, and a son Waldo Oelzen, who died at Anzio Beach, Italy, 
1944; three sisters and three brothers.

The Rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

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