Rose Ann Braun

Rose Ann Braun, age 98, of Coldwater, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at the Gardens at St. Henry. She was born February 18, 1918 in Coldwater to the late George Stegeman & Josephine (Steggeman). On January 23, 1937 she married Vincent Braun and he died March 20, 1988.  She is survived by six children, Jerry (Marj) Braun of Cincinnati, Madeline (Herbert) Forsthoefel of Coldwater, Tom (Teresa) Braun of Richmond, Indiana, Kenneth (Susan) Braun of St. Marys, Thelma Mueller of Coldwater and Marian (Charles) Gross of Earlysville, Virginia; 25 grandchildren; and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her step father Jacob Bernard; a son-in-law John Mueller; two grandchildren; siblings, Edna (Al) Hartings, Ruth (Wilmer) Rohler, Carl (Kay) Stegeman, Bernard (Helen) Stegeman and half siblings, Alma (Richard) Overman, Rita (Lee) Fortkamp, Alfred (Edna) Bernard, Fred (Jean) Bernard and Ferd (Penny) Bernard. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Coldwater and the St. Ann’s Rosary Altar Sodality of the church. She was a housewife, worked 17 years as a secretary at Coldwater High School and was a seamstress for the former Sowars Department Store in Coldwater; she was also a former Cub Scout den mother. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 am Monday, October 10, 2016 at Holy Trinity Church, Coldwater. Burial will follow in St. Elizabeth Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 6 pm on Sunday and 9 to 10 am Monday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Coldwater. Condolences can be left at hogenkampfh.com.