Administrators: Do not delete. This is not a duplicate. A mother and daughter of the same name who died the same year are buried in the same plot. Thank you.

This Anna Laura Romberger, the elder, was interred November 1, 1934. She died just three months after her daughter who had the same name. The mother and daughter share the same plot, Mami resting above her daughter in an unmarked grave. One might wonder if the stress of losing her daughter led to her own demise, perhaps through congestive heart failure which can be aggravated by stress. The lungs get filled with fluid and breathing becomes most difficult. Interestingly, after I had mulled this supposition over, I saw a copy of her death certificate, and her passing was ascribed to asthma. The breathing difficulties associated with congestive heart failure are very similar to asthma and it is possible my guess was right.

This photograph is of Anna Laura Miller Romberger and her son George.

The mother was born August 24, 1859 in Illinois, daughter of John Frank Miller (known as Major J. Frank Miller) and his wife Emma Jane Beshler Romberger. Anna Laura Romberger became the wife of George D. Romberger.

Mami is remembered as a formal German lady - she spoke Hoch Deutch (High German) and was conscious of her status. Despite her cherubic looks, she could be quite harsh and cool when she felt the situation called for it. One of her living grandchildren, Walter, recalled her having obvious favorites among them. Others recall her more fondly, recalling a sense of support from her. The difference in treatment, besides favoritism, may have been that she favored the grandchild who lived and grew up in her household, Paul, while she was not as close to the other, Walter, who did not.

The family grouping at the cemetery has the mother and daughter, both named Anna Laura. Two more of Mami's children, Frieda and Donald are also there.

The family plot is very discreet, tucked all the way back at the end of the cemetery, overlooking the Schuylkill Expressway and nearby Manayunk and Roxborough. Go to the rear road, and look for the marker for the Hendries which is currently between two shrubs as seen in the picture. The Rombergers are in the unmarked spot just aside of that stone, as indicated by the arrow in the picture.

Above the Romberger family is a stone for Weinacht, and above and to the right are stones for Bardo and Schaeffer.