Russell Poulson Died At Hospital Last Saturday

Russell Joel Poulson, lifelong Blair man, died last Saturday at the Memorial Community Hospital in Blair. He was 49 years of age, having been born December 6, 1922. He lived at 505 North 19th Street.

Poulson was a mechanic for the Missouri Valley Machinery Co. of Omaha.

He is survived by his wife, Wanda, and by two children, Sally and Gary.

Also surviving are three brothers and a sister. The sister is Miss Lucille Poulson. The brothers are Niels Poulson and Donald Poulson both of Blair and Raymond Poulson of Chicago.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church with the service conducted by the Rev. Robert Albers. Burial was made in the Blair Cemetery under the direction of the Campbell Mortuary.

Pallbearers were Menno Larsen, John Anderson, Dan Painter, Stanley Aaberg, Don Anderson and John Hineline.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~