Obit of Mrs. Mary (Reising) Burger 1937
From the Chatsworth Plaindealer
Chatsworth,Livingston,Illinois
MRS. MARY (REISING) BURGER
JULY 6, 1937
Mrs. Mary Margaret Burger, 78, resident of Iroquois county for 36 years, died Saturday, July 3, at her home five miles west of Watseka, of heart ailments.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at Crescent City by Rev. Emmett Flynn, Watseka and Crescent
City pastor. Interment was made in St. Patrick's cemetery, Chatsworth.
Mary Reising, born in 1859 near Washington, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Reising, long time residents of this community.
She was married in 1884 to Frank Burger at Chatsworth. He died in 1908. Two daughters preceded her in death. She is survived by a son, George, of Peotone; a daughter, Mrs. Florence Lawson, of Crescent City; two sisters, Mrs. John Herr of Crescent City, and Mrs. Gertrude Haley, of Chatsworth; a brother, E.M. Reising, of Ashkum, and fifteen grandchildren.
Mrs. Haley and Michael Rosenberger and sons, Raymond and George, attended the funeral.