Rosa Edna Wilhelmi
Kentucky Post, Friday, 7 April 1905, page 5
AD-Our delicious ice cream soda, the kind that made our
fountain famous, will be served Free at our Soda Fountain to our lady customers
Saturday, April 8, All Day, at the opening of our fountain for the season of
1905. Wilhelmi 10th and Monmouth Sts.
Kentucky Post, Saturday, 30 September 1950, page 3
After 50 years of service in Newport, the Wilhelmi Pharmacy will observe its "grand opening" on Monday. The pharmacy, founded in 1902 by the late George Wilhelmi, was a fixture for almost a half century. The store was located at the southeast corner of 10th and Monmouth streets. Unable to renew the lease on the old location, George Holz Wilhelmi, son of the late pharmacist and his mother, Mrs. Rosa Wilhelmi, who is the oldest pharmacist on record in Kentucky, procured their new location at 918-20 Monmouth street.
The Wilhelmi pharmacy was founded in 1902 when the late George Wilhelmi purchased the business from Gus Holzhauer, from whom he had worked for a number of years. In the new location, the founder's widow, Rosa, will continue an active interest in the business with her son, George and the latter's wife, Mrs. Marie Wilhelmi. The new pharmacy will be one of the most modern and complete drug stores in this area, they said.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 4 March 1957, page 1
Services for Mrs. Rosa Wilhelmi, 79, believed to have been the oldest practicing woman pharmacist in the U. S. will be held at 10 am Tuesday at th C A Smith Sons Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Wilhelmi filled prescriptions in the family drug store, now located at 920 Monmouth street, Newport, for more than 50 years.
Her husband, the late George Wilhelmi, had purchased the business at the original site 10th and Monmouth streets, in 1902. The store dated back to 1867. Mrs. Wilhelmi, who graduated from the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy in 1907, continued working in the drug store following the death of her husband. A son, George Jr. is now operator.
Honored about 10 years ago on the nationwide "Queen for a Day" radio program, she also was said to have been the oldest pharmacist on record in Kentucky. She served as a member of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy. Mrs. Wilhelmi whose home was at 521 Lexington avenue, Newport, died Saturday at St Luke Hospital, where she was admitted Feb 24.
Besides her son she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Edna Grundy and Mrs. Elizabeth Arand, Newport; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.