A news dispatch from Wahoo reports the death of Mrs. Fred Mielenz at Mayo hospital at Rochester, Minn., where she was undergoing treatment. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Heaton and Mrs. Heaton is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Maher, deceased, a sister to James E., William, Mrs. J. K. Powers and Mrs. Cunningham all of this county except the latter, who lives in New Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. Heaton were married in Blair, “Bob”, as he was familiarly known, managing the Elam Clark grain business here for a time.

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

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