Had Lived in Washington County Since 1874

John Kuhr died suddenly last Friday noon at his home on west Grant Street following an attack of heart trouble. He had enjoyed his usual good health and took ill but shortly before his death.

The deceased was born in Elsdorf-Schleswig, Germany, March 4, 1849, and was over 81 years of age at his death. When he was seventeen years of age he came to Omaha where he drove a delivery wagon for a short time after which he went to Ogden, Iowa, and worked on a farm for a short time. A few years later he took up a position as brakeman on the Union Pacific out through Laramie, Wyoming, and in recent years he often entertained his friends by relating experiences when trains were snowbound for more than a week.

After working a few years in San Francisco, California, he returned to Blair where he was united in marriage to Miss Margaretha Wulff on April 24, 1875. They took up farming on a farm seven miles west of Blair where they lived until 1963 when they moved to Blair. Mr. Kuhr was very successful in his farming pursuits and acquired extensive land holdings in Washington County. Last spring Mr. and Mrs. Kuhr enjoyed the celebration of their 55th wedding anniversary at their home at which all of their children and close relatives were gathered. He was a home lover and spent much of his time in recent years in beautifying the lawn and shrubbery about his home and making the Kuhr property one of the most beautiful in the city.

Surviving him are his bereaved wife and six children: John, Herman and George Kuhr, Jr., and Mrs. Herman Rahlfs, Mrs. Sam Holstein and Miss Lena Kuhr, all of this community. Two children died in infancy and the eldest daughter, Mrs. Chris Wrich, passed away in 1916. Twenty grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive him.

Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist Church Monday afternoon with Rev. A.F. Newell officiating, after which interment was made in the Blair Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers at the funeral services were: Henry Fischer, S.W. Miller, H.P. Christensen, L.C. Eller, Gus Mencke and August Timm.

Note: Since the exact death date was not given, the news article date was used.