Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, June 7, 1917 CONRAD VALLERY PASSES AWAY Deceased Bore the Distinction of Being One of the First White Children Born in Cass County. >From Tuesday�s Daily. Death has again entered our community and taken from the circle of the home and friends Conrad H. Vallery, one of the pioneer residents of Cass county, and a gentleman well known and very highly respected throughout the entire county. Mr. Vallery passed away last evening at his home southwest of this city after a long and lingering illness, suffering from cancer of the throat, and although all possible in medical skill and tender care was given to him it was impossible to check the progress of the malady that finally resulted in his death. Conrad H. Vallery enjoyed the distinction of being one of the first white children born in Cass county, having saw the light of day April 26, 1858, in Plattsmouth precinct, where his parents, Theobalt Vallery and wife, had been among the earliest settlers in the county. The Vallery family came originally from Germany, but located in early life in Pike county, Ohio, where they resided until 1855, when Mr. and Mrs. Vallery removed to the new territory of Nebraska and became numbered among the pioneers of Cass county, where they made their home in the then wild and unsettled country of the west. Mr. C.H. Vallery was reared to manhood in the vicinity of Plattsmouth and experienced the hardships and toil of the youth of early days in assisting in the work of forming a great agricultural empire, and through his efforts he had won for himself a part in the history of the county, and through careful management had made a success of his farming life and possessed one of the fine farms of this portion of the county. On October 29, 1877, Mr. Vallery was united in marriage to Miss Frances Sprague, at Plattsmouth, and for the past forty years the happy ties of love have been kept as tender as when plighted at the altar in their youth. To bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Vallery five children were born, who with the widow remain to mourn the death of the husband and father, Mrs. Myrtle Marks of Omaha, Ed and Albert W. Vallery of Grass Range, Mont.; Jesse Vallery, residing at home, and Mrs. W.K. Shepherdson of Grass Range, Mont., and Mrs. Henry Meisinger of Plattsmouth. Mr. Vallery also leaves to mourn his death the following brothers and sisters: Jacob R. Vallery, Mynard; Mrs. George Sigler of Custer county; Peter Vallery of near Deadwood, S.D.; T.W. Vallery of Murray, and Henry Vallery of Ruby, Alaska, and Mrs. Mary Wright of Deadwood, S.D. Plattsmouth Journal, June 11, 1917 FUNERAL SERVICES OF LATE CONRAD VALLERY >From Friday�s Daily. The funeral services of the late Conrad H. Vallery was held yesterday afternoon from the Liberty church south of this city and was one of the most largely attended that has been held in this section of the county in years. For many miles around the old friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last tributes of love and respect to the one who for his entire lifetime had made his home in their midst. The services were conducted y Rev. Pontius of the United Brethren church, who spoke of the life of the departed and held out to those who mourned the hope of a meeting in another world where the grief of parting should be unknown. The friends present were so numerous as to fill the church to its utmost capacity, and a very large number remained without the building to pay their tribute of esteem to their friend, gone from them for a little while. The body was laid to rest in the Horning cemetery. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our sincere thanks to our many friends who, with willing hearts so ably assisted us during the illness and death of our beloved husband, father and brother, Conrad H. Vallery; also, for the many beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. C.H. Vallery and Family J.R. Vallery and Family T.W. Vallery and Family __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com