This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burkhiser Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ImG.2ACIB/2.2 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS-HERALD. January 9, 1936.--Joseph Hilger, 62, died at his home in Nebraska City Tuesday, December 31, as he sat in front of the fireplace. Heart trouble, with which he had suffered for several years, caused his death. Mr. Higler was down town Monday. He arose and dressed Tuesday morning, sat down to smoke his pipe in the living room. His son John came downstairs and found his father dead. His wife has been seriously ill for many weeks. Mr. Hilger was born at Hamburg April 8, 1873. He lived with his parents on the farm east of Riverton and after the death of his mother continued to make his home there with his father and brother, William J. Hilger, until his marriage February 13, 1901, in Shenandoah to Miss Laura Burkiser, who survives him. Mr. and Mrs.Hilger made their home on a farm east and south of Riverton till 1909 when they moved to Nebraska City where Mr. Hilger engaged in the real estate business. He has been retired for several years. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Carl Poling, Mrs. Verne Pickering and Jane HIlger; three sons, Gerald, Bernice and John, and four grandchildren, all living in Nebraska City. He is also survived by one sister, Mary Hilger of Omaha, and one brother., W. J. Hilger of Riverton. Funeral services were held Thursday, January 2, at 9:00 a. m. at St. Mary's church, Nebraska City, conducted by Father Stoltz of Nebraska City assisted by Father Charles Burkiser and Father John Burkiser, brothers of Mrs. Higler. Interment was at Nebraska City.