Age: 92y,0m,4d. Mother. b. Germany. w/o A. B. Walters. d/o Francis and Anna Bitner? Rush.
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OBITUARY
Rosa Rush, daughter of Francis and Annie Rush, was born in Germany on March 10, 1857.  She departed this life March 14, 1949--age 92 years 4 days.
When she was two weeks old, the family came to America and in September 1857, they established a home in the Pleasant View Community of Geary County Kansas. The original homestead is now the home of her nephew, Clifford Rush.
She grew to womanhood here, and on August 21, 1877, she was united in marriage to Albert Benjamin Walters.  They set up housekeeping on the farm where she had lived since that time, with the exception of six years in the "Nineties" when they lived on the Walters homestead just south of the Magic School in Riley County.
Mr. and Mrs. Walters celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, August 21, 1927, when the entire community joined them for the occasion.  Mr. Walters departed this life May 26, 1928 at the age of 76 years.
They were the parents of 12 children, 4 of whom are deceased.  One son, Albert, lost his life in World War II, when the oil tanker which he commanded for the Atlantic Refining Company was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Florida, February 22, 1941.  Two little girls (Ella and Mabel) and an infant son preceded her in death.
Surviving children are: Carrie of Iola, George of the home, Ralph of Junction City, Arthur of Dwight, Ed, Hutchinson; Alice, Topeka; Jennings, Milford; Grace (Mrs. George Miller) Milford; 18 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren.
The severe weather of the past two months made it impossible for Mrs Walters to spend time in the open air.  She grew gradually weaker.  She remained in bed only seven days--with no aches, and no pains--but weak from old age.
A few minutes before her passing, she called George to her bedside and asked him to prop her up so she could breathe easier as she felt as if she couldn't get her breath.
She slipped quietly away in a manner she had always prayed would come.  Only that day, she had eaten heartily, joked, and talked of plans for the future.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from Sawtell funeral home, Rev. G. Waldo Crippen in charge.  Internment in Schenk Cemetery.

Published in The Junction City Daily Union 23 Mar 1948 p2 c4.
--submitted by contributor DKJ