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Rozella Graber

Rozella Graber, 85, of Aurora died Saturday, September 29, at the Hamilton Manor in Aurora after a long illness.

Services will be at 10:30 A.M., Tuesday at the chapel of the Higby Mortuary in Aurora.

Mrs. Graber was born November 8, 1904, in Burwell to William and Winnie (Wilson) Anderson. She graduated from Burwell High School. She married Carl Graber in Burwell. They lived in Burwell, Aurora, Quincy, Illinois, Cincinnati, Bassett, Nebraska, and Ravenna. She later moved to Holdrege, and eventually back to Aurora. She spent most of her working life as a bookkeeper. She also taught school and sold hats, and she was a receptionist for an opthamologist. She was an avid bridge player.

She is survived by one son, C. Herschel Graber of Grand Island; a daughter, G. Elsie Baldwin of Rocklin, California; a sister, Faye Douglas of Aurora; three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers, Ray, Cecel, Carl and Dutch Anderson; a sister Elsie Phillips; and a grandson, Ron Baldwin.