Since the exact death date was not given, the date of a newspaper article was used.

Three newspaper articles

# 1 - - from The Pilot, January 31, 1912

Miss Hattie Rosenbeck died at the Presbyterian hospital in Omaha last Wednesday of heart trouble. She was nursing in the hospital and would have been a graduate nurse this year. She was only 19 years of age. The body was brought up Thursday and the funeral held at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rosenbeck, who live on a farm west of town, at 1 o’clock Sunday. A public service was held at the Danish church also, and interment in the Blair cemetery.

# 2 - - from The Tribune, January 31, 1912

DIES SUDDENLY

Last Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rosenbeck of this city were shocked upon the receipt of a message stating that their daughter had dropped dead that morning while at work. The young lady was apparently in the best of health up to the time of her sudden demise and the truth of the message could hardly be realized.

Hattie Rosenbeck was in training as a nurse at the Presbyterian hospital in Omaha and had been there about three years and at the time she was stricken (I o’clock a.m.) she was busy with her duties at that institution. She was 19 years, 8 months and 20 days old at the time of death and within a short time would have graduated in her chosen profession, and one in which she was progressing nicely.

The remains were brought to Blair Friday and funeral services were held from the home Sunday at 1 o’clock, conducted by Rev. L. H. Kjoller, pastor of the Danish Lutheran church. Her parents, one sister, Mrs. Ira Strohm of Casey, Ia., and one brother, Jens Rosenbeck of Montana, mourn her death.

The body was buried in Blair cemetery and the casket was lowered in the grave banked with beautiful flowers sent in by friends as silent tokens of esteem and love which they had borne for the young lady during her lifetime.

# 3 - - from The Tribune, February 7, 1912

WAS SHE MURDERED?

The first report of the death of Miss Mattie Rosenbeck received in Blair last week was to the effect that the young lady had died of heart failure but an investigation since then has proven that this report was wholly unfounded. Miss Rosenbeck died about midnight one night last week and her parents were not notified of the death until sixteen hours later. Instead of sending a wire to Mr. Rosenbeck, the hospital people dispatched a nurse personally to break the news to them but “she missed the train” that morning and later departed in an automobile for this city but the “auto broke down” and she was forced to “walk several miles” into the city, reaching here late in the afternoon.

A visit to the hospital with the view of ascertaining the real cause of the death availed nothing, and the hospital authorities and nurses were in one voice in the explanation, stating that Miss Rosenbeck was apparently in good health, and that a few minutes prior to her death she stated that she was going out on the back porch for “fresh air.” That was the last seen of her alive, her body being found a few moments after lying at the bottom of the flight of stairs, against a cement post.

No examination of the body was made, and whether there were marks upon the body or not will never be known, and now the parents of the girl are wondering if their daughter met death by fair or foul means.

It is reported that Miss Rosenbeck for many days was in attendance upon a patient who at times became a raving maniac, and it has been suggested that this patient, during a mental aberration violently seized the young nurse and threw her out of the window to the ground. In fact, the Rosenbecks can hardly believe that their daughter came to her death by natural means, and very strongly insinuate that there is a deep mystery connected with the affair and well understood by parties who refuse to have anything to say.

Since the above was put in type we get the following from Omaha:

“After being suppressed for almost two weeks, the fact has come to light that Miss Hattie Rosenbeck, a trained nurse at the Presbyterian hospital, committed suicide a week ago last Thursday morning shortly before 2 o’clock by hanging herself with a roll towel from the pillars of the back porch.

Owing to the numerous and conflicting rumors which have followed her death the county attorney yesterday investigated the circumstances attending the tragedy and, while no report has been made, it is understood that he is satisfied with the explanations. The coroner was notified at the time the body was found.

Miss Rosenbeck’s home was in Blair, where the remains were shipped for interment a week ago Sunday. She was nineteen years of age and had been connected with the hospital for three and a half years. She was a great favorite among the nurses. No reason for the act has been discovered.

(typed as printed in the newspapers. Some variations in spellings and facts occur.)