This post is part of a series for the April Blogging from A to Z Blogging Challenge. My theme is Newspaper Clippings in relation to my family history. These have come from both microfilmed and digitized newspapers I've searched over the past 25 years. Click to enlarge any clipping.
Young lives lost too soon
Too often it happens.
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Beatrice [NE] Daily Sun,
May 22, 1942 |
Obituary
Lois Louise Krebs
Lois Louise Krebs was born November 7, 1940, and passed away at a Beatrice hospital May 13, 1942, at the age of 18 months and six days, after being sick only a short time.
Little Lois lived such a short life with those who loved her. Her sweet smile and happy face will be greatly missed but their memory will linger forever.
She was baptized at the Hope Reformed church near Harbine. She leaves to mourn her passing, her dear mother and father. She also leaves her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Mann of Beatrice; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Krebs of Diller; her great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. August Engelmann of Beatrice, and a host of relatives and friends.
SHE IS JUST AWAY
I cannot say, and I will not say
That she is dead - she is just away!
With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand
She has wandered into an unknown land
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since she lingers there,
And you, O you, who the wildest yearn,
For the old time step and the glad return
Think of her faring on, as dear
In the love of there as the love of here;
Think of her still as the same, I say:
She is not dead - she is just away!
Funeral services were held at 1 o'clock from the home at Jansen and at 2 o'clock from the Hope Reformed church south of Harbine with the pastor, Rev. Lamps officiating.
Those acting as pallbearers were Letty Mann, Mildred Krebs, Betty Nickeson and Mrs. John Mathias. Burial was in the Prairie Home cemetery at Diller.
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| Beatrice [NE] Daily Sun, April 21, 1927 |
OBITUARY
Thomas Mann Nickeson
Thomas Mann Nickeson was born November 21, 1926 and passed away April 11, 1927, aged four months and fifteen days.
His life was very brief but long enough to find a place in our hearts and in our home. He was just a little flower snipped by the untimely frost, as withered on earth to bloom in Heaven.
In this early passing he leaves to mourn his loss his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Pearle Nickeson, two sisters, Eva and Betty Jane; also grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nickeson and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mann.
Gone from a world of pain and woe
Gone from death, from sins' alloy;
Gone from temptation wiles and woes
Gone, O gone from earth to endless joy.
Funeral services were held in the Ellis church, conducted by Rev. T. C. Priestly, Wednesday afternoon, April 13, 1927, and the remains laid to rest in the Diller cemetery.
Dearest baby, thou has left us.
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| Beatrice [NE] Daily Sun, June 12, 1941 |
Judith Fay Mann
Judith Fay Mann was born Nov. 16, 1940, and passed away June 3, 1941, at the age of six months and 18 days, from an attack of pneumonia, following a siege of whooping cough.
Little Judy came as a ray of sunshine to brighten the lives of those who loved her. Her stay in her earthly home was brief, but the memory of her presence will linger forever.
She leaves to mourn her passing her parents and little sister, Kay. She also leaves her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil H. Krebs of Diller, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Mann of Beatrice; her great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. August Engelmann of Beatrice, and a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, June 6, at 2 o'clock from the First Presbyterian church, Rev. Bankson of DeWitt officiating. Interment was in the Diller cemetery.
The following acted as pallbearers: Mildred Krebs, Letty Mann, Donna Ruth Wierman and Eva Nickeson.
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled.
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| Beatrice [NE] Daily Sun, November 7, 1938 |
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bartlett at the Lutheran hospital Friday and passed away the same day. Funeral services were held Saturday from the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mann. Rev. Bankson had charge of the services. The body was laid to rest in the Ellis cemetery.
Gone but not forgotten.
