St. Clair County Obits

HERMAN M. ROSEBROUGH

Clinton Daily Democrat
January 1993
Herman M. Rosebrough was born February 12, 1914, near Oyer, MO, in a log cabin. He died in January 1993. He was the son of Frank Monroe Rosebrough and Julia Welsh Rosebrough who preceded him in death. He attended grade school in Kansas City, KS, and completed high school at Roscoe, MO.
On April 30, 1932 he married Clara M. Kimzey, who survives him. To this union four children were born: Walter, Raymond, Bert and Nova Fay. In the early years of marriage, he farmed with his father-in-law, Charles Kimzey; worked at Swift and Company in Kansas City, KS, farmed at Larned, KS, operated Goodrich Hardware Store in Roscoe, worked on county roads and helped build the sidewalks around the Osceola square. In 1942 he became a fireman at Pratt & Whitney Defense Plant.
In May 1943 he joined the United States Marine Corps, serving in the South Pacific. He was on a ship off the coast of Japan when Hiroshima was bombed. He said they turned the ship around and returned to Guam. He was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps on Dec 4, 1945. He returned home to employment as a guard with Westinghouse, later working as a machinist. In 1943 he moved his family to a farm near Windsor. He farmed and worked at Whiteman Air Force Base as a pressman in the base print shop and at  base supply. He also worked for Trails Regional Library in Warrensburg as a bookmobile driver and clerk for 14 years.
He retired to his farm near Leeton in 1971. He and Clara moved to El Dorado Springs in 1981. In April 1992, they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Thanksgiving Day was always a special joy for him when all his family made efforts to be together where possible.
Herman is survived by his wife, Clara, of the home; his four children and their spouses, 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Zella Byrd, of Kansas City, KS.
He was preceded in death by an older brother, Melvin Rosebrough. He was buried in Roscoe, MO Cemetery.