OBIT:
Mrs. Mary A. Gochnaur, died this morning at her home in Rock Grove township at 8 o'clock after a long siege of illness. The immediate cause of Mrs. Gochnaur's death is old age, for she observed her eighty-second birthday Dec. 15, 1905. For a number of years she had been an invalid, having been a sufferer with a broken hip. She was unable to walk and was either compelled to lie in bed or sit in an invalid's chair.
Mrs. Gochnaur was a native of Pennsylvania where she was born in 1823. Her maiden name was Mary A. Brenizer and she was married to Mr. Gochnaur in 1847. The family came to Rock Run township in 1849. The following children survive: John B. of Nebraska; William H., of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. John Candy, of Dakota township; Frank A., of Freeport; Harrison D., of Flagg, Ill., and Miss Mary Ellen, living at home.
(The Freeport Daily Journal, 22 Febuary 1906, Freeport, Illinois)

OBIT:
Mary Ann Gochnaur, wife of Andrew Gochnaur, died of old age at her home in Rock Grove, Ill., February 22, 1906 at the age of 82 years, 2 months and 8 days.
Mrs. Gochnaur was the daughter of John and Mary Brenizer, and was born at Mechanicsburg, Northumberland county, Penn. When the subject of this sketch was ten years old her parents moved to Wooster, Ohio. It was at this place that she was married to Andrew Gochnaur, on October 24, 1847. In the spring of 1850 they came to Stephenson county, Ill., and bought a farm in Dakota township, where they resided untill 1882, when they moved to the village of Rock Grove, where they have since resided.
Mrs. Gochnaur has been an invalid for about seven years owing to an accident resulting to a broken hip. She bore her misfortune with fortitude and patience and with consistant care of her husband and children managed to find life well worth living. She leaves to mourn her loss, her aged husband, four sons and two daughters: John B., of Bennett, Neb.; William H., of Los Angeles, Cal.; Franklin A., of Freeport, Ill.; Harrison B., of Flagg, Ill.; Mrs. J. A. Candy, of Dakota, Ill.; Mary E., at home; also eleven grandchildren and four great- grandchildren.
The funeral services were held in the U. E. church at Rock Grove, and burial at the Boehm Chapel cemetery. Rev. J. W. Michael officiated.
(The Daily Journal, Wednesday, 28 February 1906, Freeport, Illinois)