1. Published in the Enterprise May 1, 1914

ANOTHER CITIZEN CALLED-Mrs. M. H. B. Rosenbalm Passed Away Sunday Afternoon

Mrs. M. H. B. Rosenbalm departed this life on Sunday, April 26, at 2:10 P.M. after a lingering illness from asthma.

Martha Widener was born in Wythe County, Virginia, June 1st, 1840, and was therefore 74 years of age at the time of her death; she was married to M. H. B. Rosenbalm in Washington County, Virginia, March 17, 1867; they came to Washington County, Nebr., and took up a homestead in Fort Calhoun township 1868 and moved to Blair five years later where they have since resided.

Mrs. Rosenbalm is spoken of, by those who knew her, as a woman of splendid qualities of head and heart and an excellent neighbor.

Interment was made from the home Tuesday morning, there being no funeral services nor minister in attendance, this in accordance with her wishes and belief. There were many bright flowers placed on the casket and borne to the cemetery near the city and consigned to Mother Earth. The husband is left alone as there were no children born to them.

2. Published in the Pilot April 29, 1914

Mrs. M. H. B. Rosenbalm died at her home on west South Street at 2:15 Sunday afternoon, of dropsy, having been a sufferer from this disease for over thirty years. As was her wish, the body was taken to the cemetery without any ceremonies at 2:00 o’clock yesterday and laid down for the long rest.

Martha Widener was born near Wytheville, VA., June 1st, 1840, and was therefore almost 74 years of age. She was married to M. H. B. Rosenbalm at his home near Damascus, Va., March 17th, 1867, and they came to this county in November 1868, to seek their fortune in this favored spot. They settled on a homestead in the western part of Ft. Calhoun township, coming to this city in 1883.

No children were ever born to them and besides her husband she leaves no relatives closer than nephews and nieces. Jeff Rosenbalm, of Blair township, Jake Rosenbalm, and George Caley, of, of Arlington, and Noah Rosenbalm, of Salem, Oregon, are nephews. Mrs. J. R. Caldwell, of this city, Mrs. Elvira Spraker, of Kennard, and Mrs. Martha Dish, of Oklahoma, are nieces.

3. Published in the Blair Democrat April 30, 1914.

In the death of Mrs. M. H. B. Rosenbalm, which took place Sunday afternoon, the community loses another of its pioneer settlers, a woman who had gone through many hardships in the early days and realized fully the trials of pioneer life.

Mrs. Rosenbalm had been a sufferer from asthma since 1883, but had not been bedfast with the trouble until last December, when she was compelled to take her bed. There were times when she would rally, but her friends felt that it would be her last sickness and on Sunday she passed quietly away. The funeral was held from the late home Tuesday afternoon and interment made in the cemetery east of town, no services being conducted.

Martha Widener was born in Wythe County, Virginia, June 1, 1840 and was married to M. H. B. Rosenbalm in Washington County, Va., March 17, 1867, coming to Washington County, November 17, 1868, and settling on a homestead in Ft. Calhoun Township, where they resided until Jan. 1, 1873, when they moved to Blair. No children ever blessed this union and of the immediate family none but the husband is left to mourn her death.

4. Published in the Tribune April 29, 1814

Mrs. M. H. B Rosenbalm died at the family home in Blair of asthma, on Sunday, April 26, 1914. She had been a sufferer from the disease since 1883 and has been bedfast since last Christmas.

Martha Widener was born June 1, 1840, in Wythe County, Virginia, and was married M. H. B. Rosenbalm on March 17, 1867, in Washington County, Virginia. They came to Washington County, Nebraska Nov. 17, 1868, and settled on a homestead near Ft. Calhoun, where they resided until Jan. 1, 1883, when they moved to Blair, where they have since resided. She leaves her husband to mourn her loss, they having had no children.

The funeral was held from the home at 2 o’clock p.m., Tuesday and the remains were laid to rest in the Blair Cemetery.