02/12/2026
CCHS mourns the loss of former CCHS president Rose Teresa Mengwasser, 80, who died at her home in Jefferson City on Saturday, February 7, 2026. Rose loved to learn and share local history and was proud of the Dulle, Moerschel, and Vogel families’ roots in the community. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she volunteered as a docent at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion and later with the Cole County Historical Society. She gave numerous museum tours and presented countless show-and-tell programs for schools and Scout troops using items from the Society’s museum. Her sister, Edith Vogel, is CCHS Treasurer.
Visitation will be 3:30-6 p.m. Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph with a prayer service at 2:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Friday, at the Cathedral with the Rev. Stephen Jones and the Rev. Msgr. Robert A. Kurwicki, VG concelebrating. Burial will be in Resurrection Catholic Cemetery.
