J.C. Reeh, who has been making his home with his son, Charles, on west Grant street for the past year, died yesterday afternoon at the advanced age of 87 years. He has suffered a great deal with a painful eye recently and has been failing for some time. The funeral is to be held at the house at 2 o’clock tomorrow, Thursday, Rev. M. Braunersreuther officiating. He will be laid to rest in the Blair cemetery by the side of his wife, whose death occurred Feb. 23rd, 1918. Two other sons are buried there, John, who was killed by lightning May 26th, 1906, and Peter H., whose death occurred during the terrible influenza epidemic in the fall of 1918.

Joachim C. Reeh was born in Fullerwieg, Germany, March 6, 1833. He was married at Tunning April 24th, 1863, and four children were born to them before they came to this country in 1872, Peter, Gustave, Lizzie and John. They settled here in Blair and Mr. Reeh worked for Pat Quinlan on the railroad for three years. Then he bought the farm west of town which was to be his home for the next 25 years. In 1900 he and his wife moved to this city, making their home out near the old Richter brick yard until her death. On April 2th, 1913, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and the occasion was a memorable one.

He is survived by five children, A.D., Mrs. Lizzie Richter, Charles, H. Reeh, Mrs. Katie Truhlsen and Will Reeh. Also 23 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The Reeh farm adjoined ours out on the Papio and Mr. Reeh always was a good neighbor and citizen. His conscientiousness is shown in this incident the writer remembers. A good many years ago we were sent over to get a load of oats for seed and, as there were no scales on the farms those days, the measurement was guess work mostly. We had filled the wagon box up fairly well but he insisted that we shovel on some more as he said he didn’t want to have to come back on earth after he was dead and shovel oats.

The sorrowing family have the sincere sympathy of many friends in their sudden grief.