From the Coldwater Chronicle, 15 Feb 1918, Page 1:

Mrs. Rosetta Botkin, aged 59 years, a former St. Marys citizen, died at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Feb. 9, 1918, at the Lima hospital.

The remains were brought here Tuesday morning over the Lake Erie at 9:25 and conveyed to Elmgrove Chapel where funeral services were conducted at 10 o'clock by Rev. D.N. Kelly. The body was placed temporarily in the vault and will later be buried alongside the body of the deceased's husband, who preceded her in death about ten years ago.

Mrs. Botkin resided in St. Marys for several years before the death of her husband, the late Jacob Botkin, after that time making her home with her children. She returned to St. Marys about three years ago and resided here for the space of a year, going hence to Lima, where she made her home with her son, Walter Botkin. The deceased is survived by three sons and one daughter as follows, Norval, of Kansas City, Mo.; Grover, of Elwood, Ind.; Walter, of Lima; and Mrs. Guy Bridgeford, of Dayton. Mrs. A.L. Saum and Mrs. A.I. Smith, of this city, are cousins of the deceased.

Mrs. Botkin took seriously ill quite suddenly Tuesday of last week. She was taken to the Lima hospital, where surgery was thought necessary for relief from gallstones. The operation revealed, however, a cancer the size of a man's double fist. Mrs. Botkin was on the operating table for four hours and small hopes were entertained for her recovery following the operation.

The deceased was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and Maccabees and held her membership at Alexandria, Ind. -- St. Marys Evening Leader.

Mrs. Botkin was born at Montezuma April 27, 1858, and for several years she lived on a farm three miles northwest of Coldwater and was quite well known by a number of our people. She was an aunt of H.D. Coate, of this place. She is also survived by three sisters and three brothers, namely Mrs. Wm. Landis, of Cerro Fordo, Ill.; Mrs. Netta Green, of Akron; Mrs. Wm. Jackson, of Bluffton; H.S. Coate, of Lima; Ezra Coate, of Indianapolis, Ind.; and Evart Coate, of Cincinnati.