This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Root Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/144.1 Message Board Post: R.D. ROOT, of Big Springs, Nebraska, who was attending the funeral of James Root in Lincoln Tuesday, came to Murray with B.A. ROOT Wednesday for a few days’ visit with B.W., also his son, Bert Root, who is now a resident of Murray. He will visit in Elmwood and Louisville before returning home.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Irvin, Murray Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/145 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, April 20, 1916 Funeral of Little Girl. Miss Jessie Fern IRVIN passed away at the home of her mother, Mrs. Laura IRVIN, Sunday afternoon, April the 16, after a severe attack of pneumonia. Jessie Fern Irvin was born January 29, 1909, and was aged seven years, two months and eighteen days and died April 16. The funeral service was held at the Lewiston church Monday afternoon and was conducted by the Rev. W.A. TAYLOR of Union. Left to mourn the loss of the bright little baby are the mother, Mrs. Laura Irvin, and four sisters, Mrs. Guy MURRAY, Misses Bertha, Verna, and Hazel IRVIN. The father, John Irvin, passed away three years ago. The heartfelt sympathy of the community is extended to the grief-stricken family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Root, Dickinson, Wood, McDaniel Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/144 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, April 20, 1916 DEATH OF JAMES ROOT, PIONEER CITIZEN OF CASS COUNTY >From Wednesday’s Daily. Sunday, April 16, at his home in Lincoln, occurred the death of James Root, for many years a resident of Cass county and a member of the Root family, one of the pioneer families of the state. For a great many years Mr. Root resided at Murray, where he was engaged in the lumber and hardware business, and was very strongly identified with the life of the community and was a gentleman who made many friends by his pleasant manner of dealing with his fellow men, and his death will be greatly regretted by his old friends in this county as well as in Lincoln. Nine years ago he went to Lincoln from Murray and established his home there and had resided since at 2010 Vine street. Mr. Root was married in 186[?] to Miss Harriett Dickinson at Waco, Michigan, who, with two daughters, Mrs. G.W. WOOD of Lincoln and Mrs. W.H. MC DANIEL of Nebraska City, and one son, C.F. ROOT, of Lincoln, are left to mourn the loss of this good man. Mr. Root, on going to Lincoln, united with the East Lincol! n Christian church, and was a deacon and trustee of this church at the time of his death. [Same page, date, different column for local news] J.W. EDMUNDS, B.A. ROOT, Dr. and Mrs. B.F. BRENDEL and Mrs. William SPORER went to Lincoln Tuesday to attend the funeral of Uncle James Root. The Journal will be provided with an obituary notice of Mr. Root in time for the next issue.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Heitzhausen, Boos, Gobel Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/143 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, April 17, 1916 Death of Mrs. Heitzhausen. >From Friday’s Daily. The many old time friends of Mrs. Minnie HEITZHAUSEN will be pained to learn of her death which occurred at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. G. GOBEL, at Fairbury. Mrs. Heitzhausen was born in Germany, March 4, 1840. She came to America with her parents in 1850 and settled in Wisconsin, where she was married to Deitrich Heitzhausen. Six children were born to them, three of whom survive. They are Edward HEITZHAUSEN and Mrs. G.J. BOOS of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Frank FE -[illegible 2 letters]- ER of Omaha. She also leaves seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was a most patient sufferer and her thoughts were always for those around her. She was confirmed at the age of fourteen in the German Lutheran church in Wisconsin and those who knew her recognized her Christian spirit by her life and deeds. She was a resident of Louisville for many years. The funeral occurred at Omaha, interment being at Forest Lawn cemetery. – Louisville Courier

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/25.1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Sadly, no. Herman died in August of that year. Charles lived until 12, he died in a sledding accident of some kind. Joseph did live, married and had a family. Charles & Joseph were taken in by their father's sister & her husband and were mainly reared by them. Thanks again, so kind of you to give me the information! Susan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RICHTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/25.1.1.1.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: You are welcome! Anna deserves honorable mention for having 3 boys. Out of curiosity, did they all survive to manhood?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Joseph, Charles & Herman RICHTER Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/25.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, July 24, 1916 TRIPLETS ARE DOING NICELY >From Saturday’s Daily Reports from St. Catherine’s hospital in Omaha state that the three Richter triplets, Joseph, Charles and Herman, of Murray, whose mother died at the St. Joseph hospital in that city within a few hours after their birth, May 17, following a caesarean operation are gaining in weight steadily and getting along in fine shape. It is now believed the three little boys will live, and every care possible is given them in the hope of bringing them through babyhood safely. The doctors and nurses are all great admirers of the little tots and they are the pets of the nursery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/25.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Becky, Thank you so much! This is a treasure to have for our family album! Susan

Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, June 16, 1916 BERT SPIES, A PLATTSMOUTH BOY, HAS ENLISTED IN THE ARMY Among the Nebraska boys who will go to the Mexican border to take part in defending the honor of their country is Bert Spies, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Spies of this city. Bert is a member of the signal corps of the National guard of Nebraska, belonging to the Fremont company, and is now at Camp Morehead at Lincoln, awaiting the order to entrain for the front. Mr. Spies, who is a linotype operator, has been located at Fremont for some time, and when the call came he at once responded to the occasion. The many friends of the young man will await further news of the company when they reach their destination, and particularly of Mr. Spies. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holmberg, Holmburg Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AQB.2ACI/140.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much! I just wish they'd mentioned her first name....: ) Cinda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RICHTER, WALKER Classification: Birth Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/25.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, May 18, 1916 [same date for both articles] TRIPLETT BOYS ARE THE RESULT OF AN OPERATION >From Wednesday’s Daily. Last evening Dr. E.W. COOK was called to Murray in consultation with Dr. J.F. BRENDEL of that place in the case of Mrs. Herman RICHTER, residing west of Murray, and the patient was found to be suffering greatly, and it was deemed necessary to take her at once to the St. Joseph hospital in Omaha for an operation in order to save her life, as the condition of Mrs. Richter was very critical. As soon as possible after reaching the hospital a Caesarian operation was performed, which seems to have been very successful, and the three baby boys were born, while the mother, at last reports, was doing nicely and everything pointed to a most successful operation in every way. MRS. ANNA RICHTER PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Anna RICHTER of near Murray, who underwent a Caesarean operation at the St. Joseph hospital in Omaha Tuesday night, passed away last evening at eleven o’clock, after a brave fight for life to care for the three little sons who were born to her and for whom she had laid down her life. The serious condition of Mrs. Richter on reaching the hospital early Wednesday morning after being brought by an auto from her home at Murray made the operation necessary at once, as she was suffering from convulsions. This is the first time in the history of Omaha surgery, where such an operation was performed that triplets were born. The children are reported as doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Mrs. Richter had no time to be prepared for the operation on reaching the hospital, but cheerfully submitted to the ordeal insisting that she was ready and willing to withstand it. Dr. C.C. ALLISON and Dr. A.L. DERMMODY performed the operation. Mrs. Richter was twenty-three years of age and was married at Carrolton, Mo., to Herman Richter two years ago, and they have made their home on the farm west of Murray a greater part of the time since their marriage. Her husband and mother, Mrs. Emma WALKER were by her bedside at the time she passed away.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOLMBERG, JOHNSON, JELENIK Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/140.2 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, May 15, 1916 FUNERAL OF MRS. CARL HOLMBERG SAT-DAY [SIC] AFTERNOON The funeral services of Mrs. Carl HOLMBERG was held Saturday afternoon from the late home on Granite street and a large number of the friends and neighbors were present to tender their last tribute of respect and esteem to the departed, who while yet was in her first years of her young womanhood had been taken from their circle, and to share with the bereaved husband and parents the grief that the loss had brought to them. The services were in charge of Rev. DRULINER, of the Methodist chuch who gave a few brief remarks from the text, “Her Sun Has Gone Down While it is Yet Day,” and paid a touching tribute to the departed lady who will be missed so greatly by her friends and the family. During the services Mr. C.S. JOHNSON and Mrs. Chas. JELENIK gave two numbers taken from the old familiar hymns which in their touching beauty brought comfort to the wounded hearts of the members of the family. The body was laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery.

The NEBRASKA OBITUARY ABSTRACTS site has been updated. There are now 161 pages online with more to come as soon as I have the time to make additions. I am in the process of moving some websites that I manage to new webspace provided by Rootsweb and so there may be fewer additions over the next 2 weeks but please keep checking as I will add more on a weekly basis when I can. The obituaries posted here are abstracts because these are recent. Please contact the newspaper that these were published in for more information. I do not have any further information and am not related to any of the people listed. I wanted to provide these as an aid to other researchers who have Nebraska ties. The obituary abstracts posted here will be from different parts of the state. I recommend that you contact the appropriate County Coordinator to submit your own obituary abstracts from your research data. I'm sorry but I do not take submissions for these pages. PLEASE NOTE . . . I am unable to reply to requests for personal research. I'm not a professional genealogist, and my efforts in my own ancestor quest as well as supporting my web sites are as much time as I can spare. I do not do lookups, nor do I have access to older obituaries. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/ne-obits/index.htm Always digging for my roots, Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co. Coordinator, NEGenWeb Project http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/141.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Melinda, I don't have any earlier stuff as my research is concentrated around the WWI years. But you never know if the names might fall into place as grandchildren or other extended family. Good luck!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Todd, Badger, Crampton, Martin, Marshall, Taylor, Hewitt, Weber Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AQB.2ACI/141.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the quick reply Becky, but all of the dates from the articles you posted are too late for my Martins. Samuel was dead by 1854 and Margaret remarried by 1856. If you have any thing around that period I would be most greatful. Thanks again for the try! M.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kunsman Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/142 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, September 27, 1917 MASHED HAND YESTERDAY. While assisting in the handling of some barrels of oil yesterday at the local ice plant, Carl KUNSMAN, had the misfortune to get one of his hands behind a barrel at the time the barrel slipped from the hold of the one working with him, allowing it to catch Mr. Kunsman’s hand between the barrel and the brick wall along which they were working, mashing it severely. It will be some time before he will have the use of the hand again.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/141.1 Message Board Post: I have 3 clippings with the Martin surname. The last short mention is for Sam Martin but I thought I would include the others for you just in case. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, August 6, 1917 RETURN FROM THE EAST. >From Saturday’s Daily. Yesterday afternoon C.L. Martin and wife and daughter, Frances, returned from Fort Wayne, Ind., where they went about ten days since to attend a family reunion of the Martin family. Last year they were there and enjoyed the meeting when there were 126 present, but this time there 152 in attendance, beating the year ago meeting by 26. There was much good feeling in the jolly crowd which meets each hear to keep alive the friendly good feelings which bind the family together. When going [article cut off]. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, March 18, 1918 DEPART FOR CALIFORNIA. >From Friday’s Daily. Yesterday afternoon Charles L. Martin and niece, Miss Rose Mae Creamer, departed for the west, and will first visit at Denver, and from there they go to Salt Lake City, and later to Sacramento, and San Francisco, California, visiting at each of these places for some time. Later they will go to San Jose, where lives Mrs. J.C. Martin, the mother of C.L. Martin and at which place he will visit for some time hoping by the change of the climate to improve the condition of his health. Miss Rose May[sic] Creamer, who is a granddaughter of Mrs. Martin, will visit there until about the first of May, before she shall return. Mr. Martin may remain longer, and he may return at the time his niece does. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, June 2, 1919 Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Martin, in Nehawka, Sunday evening, May 25th, a boy baby.

Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, September 27, 1917 ANOTHER LETTER FROM DEMING, N.M. FORMER JOURNAL REPORTER AT DEMING WRITES TELLING OF THE LOCAL BOYS. Says the Evenings are Cool and for Sleep Can�t be Equalled � Is Pleased with the Camp. Deming, N.M., Sept. 21st. Journal Readers: The Sixth Nebraska is now settled in their training camp and the work of putting the finishing touches to the camp has about been completed. The site of the camp is on a sandy plain, two miles out from the town of Deming and is free of the sage brush and cactus that are so plentiful in this section of the world. The first days were spent in fixing up the streets in front of the tents of the different companies and in this work, the new soldiers joined heartily, with the result that everything is now in fine shape and the work together with the bracing mountain air has developed an appetite in the boys that is difficult to satisfy, although the food is excellent and plentifully [sic] in every way. The machine gun company, in which so many of the Plattsmouth boys are enrolled is one of the neatest in the camp and the members are preparing to enter the second stage of their training as soldiers. There are many thousands of men camped here and in the troops are to be found many Plattsmouth boys. When the Journal arrives it is eagerly searched for news of the old town. In Company B of the 6th Neb., are Verdon VROMAN and William BALDWIN, who resided south of the city. The Fifth regiment has several others in their ranks. Tom WALLING in Company D, of Auburn, John PALACEK, in Company E of North Platte, Ralph LARSON in Wymore company, who are camped next to the 6th in Camp Cody. Bert SPIES, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman SPIES, of Plattsmouth, is in Camp Cody as a member of the Signal corps. In the Fourth regiment there are quite a few of the lads from Plattsmouth and the boys who were on guard at the Burlington bridge during the past summer. These members of Uncle Sam�s fighting force joined in a welcome to the 6th regiment. Frank ASHENBREME, Julius KALASEK, Claude RICHARDSON, Kenneth MC CARTHY, Wayne ALLEN, are the boys from here, while John MURPHY, Jack DAILY, Charley JOHNSON, Art GUSTAFSON, Joe ALDRICH and the others well known in Plattsmouth, are right on the job and busy in drilling. The Fourth has a fine site for their camp just outside of Deming. There has been no sickness among the Plattsmouth colony and all are well pleased with the military camp. The climate is fine and so far the days have been marked by light rains which have laid the sand in fine shape. The evenings are cool and for sleep could not be equaled. FRANK H. SMITH __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Todd, Badger, Crampton, Martin, Marshall, Taylor, Hewitt, Weber Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AQB.2ACI/141 Message Board Post: Anyone have a line on Samuel Martin born in Pennsylvania abt. 1830? Moved to Iowa, short time there then on to Plattsmouth, Neb. Died Dec, 1854. Any info would be appreciated. wildislands@wildislands.com M.

Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, August 23, 1917 [Heading cut off] Elaine ROUSE and mother, Mrs. Belle ROUSE of Wray, Colo., missed their train at Omaha this morning and came to Plattsmouth, when they should have gone to Council Bluffs, Ia., for connections to Maquoketa, Ia. Mrs. Glen PARLOTT, who has been visiting in this city for some time, departed this afternoon for Riverton, Iowa, where she will visit with her mother, Mrs. READING, for a short time before returning to her home at Peru. County Attorney A.G. COLE, who was visiting in Ohio for a few days with his mother, at Barnesville, returned home Sunday morning and took up his duties in the office yesterday, looking after the matter of the case of the state against John SCHEURER. Mrs. D. CUSTER and little daughter, Miss Dorretta, living a few miles north of Weeping Water, departed this afternoon over the Burlington for Chicago, where they will visit at the home of Mr. Custer�s parents, Mr. and Mrs. FRED CUSTER, for a couple of weeks. Mrs. Ben HANKINSON, who has been visiting an invalid sister at Kansas City for the past week or ten days, returned home Sunday morning. Mrs. Hankinson happened to be at Kansas City in the midst of their street car strike and it caused her quite a bit of inconvenience in getting about the city. Mrs. Fred ENGELKEMIER, mother of Mr. Henry ENGELKEMIER, who has been with her son at the Methodist hospital, returned home this afternoon, and brings the good news of his marked improvement, and tells of his being able to take some nourishment, and of other marked signs of improvement, which will be pleasing news to his many friends. Mrs. H.D. TRAVIS returned this morning from an extended trip to the mountains, where she and her daughter, Mrs. A.G. COLE, have been spending a vacation. On their return, they stopped to visit with Mrs. Percival at McCook. Mrs. Cole only remained in McCook for a short visit, coming on home, arriving here Sunday morning, white Mrs. Travis did not arrive until this morning. Miss Teresa WAGENER, living near Murray, daughter of Mrs. George WAGNER [sic], had the misfortune to run against a crochet needle about a week ago, which resulted in the infliction of a slight wound on one of her feet. Nothing was thought of the wound which has since become infected and produced a very bad sore. Dr. SCHWAB, who is treating the case, fears the young lady will [article cut off]. Mrs. John EWING and children, Darleen and Violette, who have been visiting in the city for the past week with Mrs. Ewing�s mother, Mrs. Claus Speck, departed for their home at Hopkins, Mo., this morning. Mrs. Martin SHELDON, and children were passengers to Omaha today where they go to see the sons of Mrs. Sheldon. Harrison and H[illegible] who are in the Sixth regiment who are soon to go to Deming, New Mexico. Mrs. J.L. BERGER, of Fairbury, has for some time been visiting the city, the guest of her daughter , Mrs. E.W. ELLIOTT and family, parted for her home this morning. They will stop at south Omaha which place they will visit for a short time with the other relatives. Mr. A.H. VANLANDINGHAM, of Eagle, accompanied by William her [sic], his neighbor, were in the [illegible] this morning, looking after some business regarding the State Cou[cut off] for Defence, and also visiting Mr. Vanlandingham�s daughter, [Mrs.? Cut off] E.S. Setz. They returned home in the afternoon. Ed BECKER and George HILD were passengers to Omaha this afternoon where they are going after a car for Mr. Becker, a Hudson Su[cut off] Six, which he is getting through Puls Garage at Murray, and traded his old car in on. Mr. Becker and Mr. Hild will drive the new car down this afternoon. Robert TROOP, who has been in the northwest, where he has a farm, [cut off] that harvesting and threshing is progressing nicely, and that the [cut off], is looking well though it is not[cut off] far along as in this climate. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com