The Columbus Daily Telegram, January 18, 1926
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UBBEN--Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Ubben whose death occurred at Peabody, Kansas, January 12, were held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 at the St. John's Lutheran church north of the city. Burial was made in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Ubben was 79 years old and had been making her home in Peabody with her son Otto, for some time. The son brought the body here Saturday for burial. He returned to Kansas this morning. The Ubben family resided on a farm north of the city in the St. John's vicinity for a number of years. Mr. Ubben's death occurred here about 20 years ago.
The Monroe News, February 19, 1926
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BOSS--George Henry Boss was born Nov. 30, 1878 in Platte County, Nebr. and died Febr. 9, 1926. He was married to Miss Maggie Diets, of Columbus, Nebr. April 25, 1902. To this union seven children were born, all of whom, together with a loving wife survive him. The children are Mrs. Perry Woods, Mrs Horance Pounds, Mrs. Dewey Pounds, Harry, Clarence, Myrtle and Marvia, all of Ogallala, Nebr. Besides his wife and children, there are an aged mother, three sisters, and four brothers left to mourn his going. Rev. H. A. Hagemeier, pastor of the Monroe Union Church officating. Interment was made at Gruitli cemetery.GRIFFIN--With the waking hours Monday morning, death, calm and pearceful, came to Mrs. Amanda Griffin at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Sumption, Sr. of this city. Mrs. Griffin had been in decling health for several years past. About two weeks prior to her death she was taken with bronchial and heart trouble and this illness with ailments attendant to her advanced years, was the cause of her death. During the time of her illness she was a patient sufferer and was cheerful and hopeful in her thots of the future life as revealed to her in years of Christian living. In the home of her daughter she was given every possible care and comfort, not only during her last illness but for a number of years past. Funeral services were held on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the M.E. Church this city, Rev W.G. White, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Schuyler officiating. Many friends were present at the services attesting to the worth and esteem of their departed friend. Floral offerings both numerous and beautiful, tenderly spoke of the sympathy of friends. Interment was made in the Schuyler cemetery, where rest the remains of the husband who passed away on July 28, 1898, two infant sons and a son, William W. Griffin, who passed away at Fresno, Calif., Dec. 27, 1924. A daughter, Mrs. L.M. Clayburn, passed away at Sedwick, Colo. Apr. 2, 1919, and is buried at Monroe.
Amanda Shafer was born in Tioga County, New York, June 16, 1853 and passed away at Schuyler, Nebr., Febr. 1, 1926, at the advanced age of seventy-two years, seven months and fifteen days. In 1869 she left her native state and moved to Aurora, Ill., prior to coming to Nebr. a few years later. Upon her arrival in Nebr. Mrs Griffin took a homestead in Grant precict of Colfax county. She was united in marriage to James E. Griffin at Schuyler, Nebr. Febr. 4, 1874. Mrs. Griffin continued to reside on her homestead until 1903 when she and sons moved onto a farm near Bisbee in Pierce County, North Dakota. Here they lived until 1906 when they returned to Nebr. and lived on a farm near Monroe.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, February 26, 1926
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McAULIFF--One of the oldest pioneers of this community, John McAuliff, passed away at his home Friday afternoon, Feb. 19. Blesed [sic] with a rugged constitution he enjoyed good health during his long and useful life, until about six month ago, when he contracted a severe cold. He seemed to be a little better since that time, but was troubled with asthma which finally brought on his death Friday. Mr. McAuliff was born April 12, 1845, in Meade county, Ireland, and pased [sic] away at the age of 80 years, ten months and seven day [sic]. He was married to Margaret Gogan August 8, 1867. To this union was born five children, only three of whom survive him. Mourning his loss are Johnanna Ducey, Dave McAuliff and William McAuliff and 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. McAuliff came to this country at the age of eight years and landed at Peabody, Mass. He was a tanner by trade and a sailor. He came to Nebraska in the year 1878. He homesteaded the farm on which he lived at the time of his death. His wife passed away May 31, 1909. He a true and faithful member of the Catholic church and highly respected throughout the community in which he lived. Funeral services were hled [sic] Monday morning at 9:30 at the Holy Family church and he was laid to rest in the church cemetery by his wife. A large number of friends attended the funeral. Pallbearers were Theol Cremers, Hubert Ramaekers, Frank Connelly, Daniel Griffin, Mike Sweeney and Herman Behrens. Relatives from out of town were: Bill and Delores Ducey and Mrs. Jack Dietrich and daughters, of Omaha,Will Gogan, Bernadette and Laverne Gogan, of Mason City, David McAuliff, of Wayne.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, September 6, 1926
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JOHANNES--The funeral of Mrs. Herman Johannes, whose death occurred at the family home, 2117 Sixteenth street, last Tuesday, was held from Immanuel Lutheran church at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Rev. Herman Miessler conducting the service. Many friends gathered at the church to join with the members of the family in the last rites in memory of one whom they had held in highest esteem. Burial was made in the St. Johannes cemetery north of Columbus in the neighborhood in which the family resided many years. The bearers were Eilert Hellbusch, Fred Fittje, Fred Mueller, Carl Mueller, Otto Mueller and Carl Hellbusch. Among the relatives who were here from a distance to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Michaelson, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Michaelson, of Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Niemeyer, of Belgrade.PERKINSON--Mrs. B.W. Perkinson, numbered among the earliest residents of the Platte Center community, passed away at her home in Platte Center at 12:10 a.m. today, her death resulting from complications which had seriously undermined her health during the past several years. Born May 4, 1857, at Freeport, Ill., she came to Platte county at the age of 3 years with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Doody, who were well known among the pioneers of the county. She leaves one son, Frank Perkinson, residing at Cheyenne, and two daughters, Mrs. W. Ripp, of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Frank Bruckner, of Platte Center. She leaves also one brother, Charles Doody, with whom she had made her home in Platte Center in the later years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph's church in Platte Center, Rev. Father Laborius officiating at a requiem high mass. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
LOSEKE--Mrs. Emilie Loseke, who came to Nebraska with her parents in 1868, died at her home 10 1/2 miles northeast of Richland, Sunday at 7:15 p.m. Death climaxing an illness of three weeks, 12 days of which she was bedfast, was attributed to heart trouble and accompanying complications. As Emilie Grottelueschen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johan H. Grottelueschen, she was born Jan. 5, 1859 at Mavilla, Wis. She was married to Herman Loseke at Loseke Creek church May 7, 1878 and made her home on the farm northeast of Richland until her death. She leaves three sons and one daughter, Alfred, Siegfried and Erich Loseke, on farms near Schuyler and Mrs. Robert Welch, of Leigh. She is also survived by two brothers and three sisters, August at Leigh, Charles of Schuyler, Mrs. Wm. Loseke of Schuyler, Mrs. Louis Sander of Creston and Mrs. Dave Kluck of Richland. There are 12 grandchildren. The funeral will be held at noon Wednesday from the home, and at 1 p.m. from the Shell Creek Lutheran church. Rev. Welchert will officiate. Interment will be in the Shell Creek cemetery.
CARLSON--John M. Carlson, 32, farmer residing between Waco and Gresham, was drowned in the Platte river a quarter of a mile west of the Duncan bridge early Sunday morning while fishing with his brother-in-law, Herman Robson, and the latter's brother, Albert, both of Gresham.
For several years Carlson had been under a doctor's care for an affliction which caused him to fall occasionally in a faint. It is believed that he experienced one of these attacks while standing close to the edge of the bank, fell into the river and was drowned while in an unconscious condition unable to make any effort to save himself. The water was little more than two feet deep at the point where the tragedy occurred.
The three men had driven to the north bank of the river south of Duncan to spend the night fishing. About 1 a.m. the Robson brothers crawled into a nearby hay stack for a few hours' sleep. Carlson continued fishing and said he would call them at daybreak. He failed to do so and it was some hours after daylight when they awakened. Going in search of Carlson, they found his body about 10:30 a.m. lying in the river within two or three feet of the bank. Staked in the water near him was a sack containing several fish that he had caught while his companions slept.
While one of the brothers remained to watch the body, the other hurried to Duncan with word of his death. County Attorney Walter, advised of the facts by telephone, announced that no inquest would be necessary as he was convined it was a case of accidental death. He authorized Deputy Sheriff Ed Kavanaugh to go to Duncan and take charge of the body which had been left as found in the water pending the arrival of the authorities. Deputy Kavanaugh had the body taken from the river and delivered it to relatives of Carlson who wanted it taken to Gresham where arrangements for the funeral were to be made.
Carlson was a single man and farmed an 80 acre farm owned by the Robson brothers' father, Fred Robson. He leaves four brothers, David, of Polk; Axel and Henry, at Stromsburg and Elmer, in Omaha, and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Robson, of Gresham, and Mrs. Anna Yoho, of Lincoln.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, September 7, 1926
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COWDERY--An invalid the past four years, Mrs. B.R. Cowdery, 79, who many years ago was prominent in Columbus social circles, died at her home in the Coronado apartments in Omaha yesterday, according to word received by friends here. Her daughter, Miss Kitty Cowdery, who visited in Columbus a few weeks ago as guest of Mrs. Stella Chambers, is said to be seriously ill in an Omaha hospital, suffering with a breakdown occasioned by her constant attendance upon her mother during the long period of the latter's illness. She has not yet been advised of her mother's death. Mrs. Cowdery's husband, whose death occurred in 1914, was numbered among the early attorneys in Columbus, having come here in the latter '70s. He was prominent in republican party circles and later became secretary of state. While he was in that office for a period of some years the family resided in Lincoln. Later he was in the banking business at Humphrey and from there the family moved to Omaha, which was the family home at the time of his death. Mrs. Cowdery leaves one son, Frank, and two daughters, Miss Kitty Cowdery and Mrs. Alice Stewart, all residing in Omaha. Omaha papers today announced that the body would be taken to Lincoln for burial and that the funeral would be held there tomorrow. Mrs. Stella Chambers, who is spending a few days with friends in Lincoln, will be among the friends from here in attendance at the funeral.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, abt. September 30, 1926
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McNEAL--Death of C. H. McNeal
Word has been received here that C. H. McNeal, early resident of this vicinity and a cousin of Mrs. Joe Haney, 3416 Seventeenth street, died Wednesday at his home in Lebanon, Mo. The body will be brought to Columbus for burial, arriving here on a Union Pacific train at 1:50 p.m. tomorrow. It will be taken at once to Columbus cemetery where services will be conducted by Rev. Roy M. Lewis, pastor of the Baptist church. Mr. McNeal was a native of Michigan and was about 70 years old. He came to Nebraska with his parents by wagon train in pioneer days, the family settling on a homestead in the Swearingen neighborhood, near Shelby. Later Mr. McNeal was in the painting trade in Columbus for a time and then moved to Monroe. From there hs moved to Lebanon, Mo., 17 years ago. He leaves his wife and two daughters, Mrs. D. K. Bradshaw, of Lebanon, Mo., and Mrs. Harry Kunkle, at Albion, Neb.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, September 30, 1926
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McNEAL--The funeral of C.H. McNeal, a pioneer resident of this section of Nebrska, who died at his home in Lebanon, Mo., Wednesday, was held at Columbus cemetery today. Rev. Roy M. Lewis, pastor of the First Baptist church, had charge of the brief services. The body arrived here from Lebanon Friday night. C.H. McNeal was born in Indiana, June 29, 1850. He came to Nebraska in 1870, homesteading in Polk county. He was married to Eunice Morrow, Aug. 29, 1876. To this union three daughters were born, one dying in infancy, the other two surviving. His wife died at Columbus in November, 1886. Two years later Mr. McNeal married Ida Remainder, at Creston. One daughter, Pearl, was born to them. In 1905, Mr. McNeal was married the third time, to Jessie Clayton, of Utica, Ill. Mr. McNeal is survived by his wife; three daughters, Mrs. H.L. Kunkel, Albion; Mrs. H.C. Morgan, Henry, Neb.; 10 grandchildren, three great grandchildren and one half-sister. After leaving this section of the state about 17 years ago, Mr. McNeal located in Lebanon, Mo.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, November 26, 1926
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KLUCK--Pioneer Resident of Colfax County Dead
John G. Kluck, succumbs after several months illness
John G. Kluck, prominent resident of Colfax county for nearly half a century but for the past few years living a retired life in Columbus, died at his home, 1762 twenty-fourth avenue, at 1:15 a.m. today. He had been in poor health for the past year and confined to his bed for the past three weeks.
Mr. Kluck came to Nebraska in 1874, from Ft. Atkinson, Wis. The journey, made with a lumber wagon, and an ox team, was in the nature of a honeymoon, as he had just been married to Rosa Kroeger, at Ft. Atkinson. The young couple settled on a farm two miles north of Richland, where they lived until six years ago. Mr. Kluck was an active member of the school board in his home district while living on the farm.
Aug. 23, 1924, Mr. and Mrs. Kluck, celebrated their golden wedding at the home of a son, Fred Kluck, north of Richland. Four generations of relatives attended.
John Gustav Kluck was born in Posen, by Gronenberg, Germany, Jan. 17, 1849. He came to America with his mother in 1865, settling near Ft. Atkinson, Wis. It was there that he married Miss Kroeger in 1874.
Mr. Kluck is survived by his wife, six sons, Fred, Daniel, Arthur, Earl Francis and Samuel, all living near Richland; three daughters, Mrs. Herman Friesch, Sullivan, Wis., Mrs. William Hanssen, Denver, and Mrs. Fred Schlosser, Merna, Ill.; one brother, Julius, Sturgis, S.D.; 26 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from the home at 1 p.m. Monday and from the Evangelical Protestant church at 1:30. The services will be in charge of Rev. F. Albin Heinz and Rev. Hugo Welchert. Burial will be in Columbus Cemetery.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, November 29, 1926
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CZAPLA--An illness of only a few hours duration resulted in the death of Joseph Czapla, 86, retired farmer, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Micek, 6 miles south of Duncan, at 4 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Czapla had lived in this vicinity many years. He resided in Columbus for eight years prior to 12 years ago when he went to make his home with his daughter, near Duncan. Funeral arrangements had not been announced today.
The Columbus Daily Telegram, December 31, 1926
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SOKOL--Pioneer Duncan Woman Dies -- Mrs. Victoria Sokol, a pioneer of the Duncan community, died at her home in Butler township, one and one-fourth mile north east of Duncan at 9:25 a.m. today. Death followed an illness of five months' duration and was due to hardening of the arteries, with complications. As Victoria Kudron, she was born in Poland December 23, 1860. There at the age of 14 years she was married to Joseph Sokol. Together they came to America in 1877, locating on the farm in Butler township where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. Sokol passed away May 9, 1920. Eleven children were born to them of whom 10 are living.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Sokol was the head of a family of four generations, numbering 10 children, 38 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Her sons and daughters are John P. and Leo of Duncan, Tom and Edward residing on the old home place; Frank of St. Edward, Charles of Fullerton, Mrs. Mary Flakus of Grand Island, Mrs. Henry Micek of Duncan, Mrs. Frank Robak of Shelby. She was a devout member of St. Stanislaus church at Duncan, where funeral services will be held by Rev. Fr. Flavius at 9 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.