Living in Brainerd in 1892.

•See Sarah J. Connor Reilly.

Married William St. Clair McClenahan on September 4, 1911 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Marriage license taken out in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota.

      The winners of the prizes at the Catholic fair held in this city last week were: Bicycle, Miss Rose Poppenberg; Rocking chair, Mrs. Jos. Drapeau; Boy's bicycle, Frank McCarthy; Life size picture of Father Lynch, Mrs. Anna Martin. (Brainerd Dispatch, 30 October 1896, p. 4, c. 4)

                  PROMINENT JURIST
                 WEDDED IN DULUTH
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Special to Dispatch:—
      Duluth, Minn., Sept. 4—Hon. W. S. McClenahan, judge of the district court of the 15th judicial district, was married to Miss Rose Poppenberg, of Brainerd at the home of Rev. Father Lynch this evening.
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      The announcement of the wedding was received with much pleasure by the many friends of the happy couple in Brainerd. Miss Poppenberg is the oldest daughter of County Commissioner and Mrs. Henry Poppenberg. She attended the Brainerd high school and is a social favorite of the city, enjoying a wide acquaintance.
      The groom, Judge W. S. McClenahan, is widely known to the bar and residents of this state. He bears the distinction of having fewer decisions reversed than almost any other district judge on the bench. He is a most fair minded judge and his opinions are models of concise English and so written that even a layman can understand them.
      Judge McClenahan left on the Monday morning train for Duluth and his bride took the afternoon train, thus surprising many of their friends who had no inkling of when the ceremony was to take place.
      Their friends, and they are legion, wish them all possible happiness and prosperity in their married life, a wish in which the Dispatch heartily joins them. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 05 September 1911, p. 3, c. 5) [Contributed by John Van Essen]

Mrs. McClenahan Dies Saturday

      Mrs. Rose McClenahan, 91, died Saturday at the good Samaritan Nursing home here, born March 15, 1876, Mrs. McClenahan was a resident of Brainerd for 80 years.
      She was the widow of the late judge William S. McClenahan, district court judge for many years, who died in 1932. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church.
      Survivors include a son, William, Appleton, Wis., a sister, Miss Marjorie Poppenberg of Brainerd; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
      Funeral services are set for 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis church, Msgr. Thomas F. Scott officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.
      Friends may call at the Nelson-Doran Funeral home after 4 p.m. today. There will be a parish rosary at 8 p.m. this evening at the funeral home. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 23 October 1967, p. 2.)