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Rosella Overton
Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison, KS
Atchison, KS

 Rosella Overton, 91, Atchison, Kansas died Friday, February 20, 2015 at the Atchison HospitaL.


Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 10:30 A.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church 

with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.  Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.  Visitation with 

the family will be Monday, February 23rd from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. at Arensberg-Pruett Funeral 

Home.  Memorial contributions are suggested to Trinity Lutheran School Endowment Fund and 

may be left in care of the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at 

www.arensbergpruett.com.

Rosella was born June 17, 1923 in Atchison, Kansas the daughter of Jacob Leonard and Mary 

Elizabeth Hardwick Pendergrast.  She attended Trinity Lutheran School in Atchison.

She and Wirt Overton were united in marriage on July 21, 1957 in Atlanta, Iowa.  Mr. Overton 

preceded her in death on November 1, 1987.

Rosella was a homemaker, devoted wife, mother and grandmother.  She enjoyed sewing, 

baking, pampering her pet dogs and her greatest enjoyment was spending time with her 

granddaughters.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she faithfully assisted her church as a 

provider of cakes for numerous funeral luncheons throughout the years.  She served as a 

volunteer for Atchison Medicalodge and the Atchison Humane Society.  She was a member of 

the Terry Unit.   

Survivors include two daughters, Merry Lee Said, Atchison, KS, Cindy (Charlie) Perdue, Atchison, 

KS, a son, Jacob Coloff, Ft. Collins, CO, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister,  Ida Marsena Thompson on December 10, 2000 and nine 

infant siblings.