Koban Rozella

Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 11 a.m. at Waters Funeral Chapel.
Officiating will be: Pastor Gordon Beck.
Music provided by: Dorothy Cahill, pianist.
Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, Missouri.
Pallbearers: Duane Buddermier, Harold Libby, Charles McCollum, Herb Craig, Vaughn Hamlett and Leon Schwab.

Rozella Koban died at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, September 25, 2003 at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri. She spent her early married years being a wonderful mother and homemaker. Rozella and Gus moved to Vandalia in 1963 from Jennings, Missouri for retirement. They bought a small farm and enjoyed the quiet country life. In their retirement years, Rozella and Gus traveled across the country visiting relatives and friends. After Gus passed away, Rozella was active in the local supper club and enjoyed playing cards with her friends.

Born: March 29, 1911 in Montgomery County, Missouri to Louie and Ollie Mae Carver.

Married: Gus Koban on August 16, 1933 in Mexico, Missouri. He preceded her in death.

Survivors include: one son, Jim Koban of Shingle Springs, California; one brother, Melvin Carver of Gillette, Wyoming; six grandchildren, Keith Sturm of Winfield; Scott Otis of Vandalia, Michael Koban of Somerset, California; Elizabeth Stansberry of Roseville, California; Sarah Gregg of Camino, California and Kate Koban of Cameron Park, California; also survived by 15 great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: parents; husband, Gus; her daughter, Bonnie Sue, her sister, Floy Mae Hagen and four brothers, Jack, Ed, Virgil and Cecil Carver.

Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church in Vandalia.