Martha Emma ZIRKLE

Page News & Courier, Thursday 28 Oct 1943: On last Saturday evening, January 13, 1940, Mrs. Martha E. Rosenberger, widow of the late H.J. Rosenberger, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B.F. Gotwalls in Washington, D.C., following a number of years of declining health. Mrs. Rosenberger was a daughter and oldest child of the late Reuben and Jane Aleshire Zirkle and was born on the old Zirkle homestead on Smith Creek just south of Endless Caverns on Oct. 8m 1847. She was thus aged 92 years, 3 months, and 5 days. On Dec. 14, 1865 she became the wife of the late Harvey J. Rosenberger and removed to the old Rosenberger place 3 miles south of New Market, now owned by Mr. V.L. Biedler. To this union there were born seven children of which number there survive a son- E.J. Rosenberger, New Market, merchant, and three daughters- Mrs. B.K. House (Mary Ellen), Mrs. B.F. Gotwalls (Elizabeth), and Mrs. Julius Cooper (Ruth) all of Washington, D.C. A son, Elliott Rosenberger, died in 1908 in South Dakota; two daughters- Mrs. Lester House (Ada) and Mrs. A.R. Zirkle (Anna) preceded her in death. Following the death of her husband on March 8, 1920, Mrs. Rosenberger moved to New Market and about nine years ago she went to live with her daughter, Mrs. B.F. Gotwalls, who cared for her during the years of her declining health. Mrs. Rosenberger is also survived by her youngest sister, Mrs. J.E. Biedler of New Market. Preceding her in death were six brothers and sisters- Mrs. Otis Moore (Sallie); Clairborne J. Zirkle, of Fauquier County; B.B. Zirkle and Alden Zirkle of near Tenth Legion; Ashby Zirkle last heard from many years ago in Butte, Mont.; and Mrs. Mahlon Koontz, of Page County. Mrs. Rosenberger joined the Emmanuel Lutheran Church when a young woman... Funeral services were held on Monday morning at 11 o'clock from the home of her sister in New Market, with interment in Emmanuel Lutheran Church cemetery, the Rev. Lewis Koon officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. Adrian Pfeiffer of the Takoma Lutheran Church, Washington, D.C.- Valley, New Market.

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