"At Rest Mary C. Fero Roscoe Mary C. Fero was born Dec. 11, 1836 at Glenn, NY and died at Clatonia, NE, Mar 15, 1923 at the age of 86 years, 3 months and 4 days. In early life she became a member of the Presbyterian church and continued faithful to the end. In 1854 she was married to David A. Roscoe. In 1886 the family left the old home in New York and came to Illinois where they lived till 1881 when they came to DeWitt, NE. In 1886 her husband died and was buried in the DeWitt cemetery. She continued to reside in DeWitt till 1892, when she returned to Illinois. In 1911 she came back to Nebraska and made her home with her sons. She had been living with her son W. H. Roscoe at Clatonia, for about a year when she was called home. The remains were brought to DeWitt and on Monday, March 19th at 3 p.m. services were conducted at the D. F. Venrick home by the Rev. Ray Baker, pastor of the M. E. Church. Interment was made in the DeWitt cemetery by the side of her husband. She leaves seven sons, thirty six grand children and thirty great grand children. Those of her sons who attended the funeral were W. H. of Clatonia, Sherman I. of Shenadoah, IA, George C. of Michigan Valley, KS and Charles D. of Norfolk. Those who were unable to attend on account of long distance and the severe weather were Bert F. of Calkins, MT, Edward W. of Ridgeway, Co and Frank A. of Miami, FL" {Source: Dewitt Times-News, Thursday, March 22, 1923} Submitted 8-24-2008 by Laura Mattingly ####################### USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ######################