Obituary

  Funeral services for Rosella Gertrude Reiff, who died, early yesterday afternoon at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dobberstein, are to be at 9 o'clock Monday morning at St. Lawrence church, of which she was a member.
  The Rev. Father Arthur S. Poeckes will offer the requiem mass. Burial will be in the family lot in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel cemetery.
  The body is remaining at the Sharp Funeral home until 10 o'clock Sunday morning, when it will be taken to the home of Miss Reiff's mother, Mrs. Mary Reiff.
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  The rosary will be prayed at the funeral home at 8 o'clock Friday and Saturday nights and at Mrs. Reiff's home at 8 o'clock Sunday evening, led by the Rev. Father Poeckes.
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  For the past ten years Miss Reiff had been employed as a public accountant with the Farm Credit Administration. During most of that time she had worked in Washington, D. C, although she was sent to Kansas City in the war years. After the war she was re-assigned to Washington.
          Came Home Dec. 3
  She underwent surgery in Washington the middle of November and came to the Dobberstein home here December 3.
  Miss Reiff, daughter of Mrs. Mary Reiff and the late Henry Reiff, was born March 11, 1910, at Mt. Carmel.
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  She was an alumna of St. Angela academy, having graduated with the class of 1928. She took a secretarial course at the American Institute of Business, Des Moines. She was also graduated from the University of Kansas City June 4, 1944.
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  She belonged to Alpha Iota, a national business women's sorority. She was a former member of the Catholic Daughters Court at Ames.
          Survivors
  Besides her mother, Miss Reiff leaves two sisters and four brothers: Albert Reiff (Fonda); Mrs. Wendell Reiling (Emma), Junction City, Kan.; Louis, Robert and Edward Reiff and Mrs. Dobberstein (Hilda), Carroll.
  Her father died November 15, 1931.
(The Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Friday, January 10, 1947, p. 1)

Final Rites Held For Miss Reiff Early Yesterday

  Final rites were held at St. Lawrence church at 9 o'clock yesterday morning for Rosella Gertrude Reiff, who died at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dobberstein, Thursday afternoon. The requiem mass was offered by the pastor, the Rev. Father Arthur S. Poeckes.
Alta boys, friends of Miss Reiff were Robert and George Marget, Alfred Heires, Mark Polking and Robert Frank.
  Burial was in the family lot in the Mount Carmel cemetery, with the Rev. Father P. M. Sturm officiating at the graveside rites.
  Pallbearers, nephews of the deceased, were Albert Reiling, Lake View; Harold Reiling and Don Reiff, Fonda; Bernard Dobberstein, jr., Ray Reiff and Alvin Reiff, Carroll.
  Among relatives and friends from away at the services were: Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Reiling, Junction City, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Pat Garrahy and son and Mrs. Helen Gerardy, Fairbanks, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Reiff, Manilla; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reiling, Lake View; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Reiff and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reiling, Fonda; Mr. and Mrs. Matt Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Feldman, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Reiff and Frances and Helen Reiff, Breda.
  There were also many others from the surrounding community.
(The Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Tuesday, January 14, 1947, p. 5)