1/18/1899-3/27/97

Emma Farnberg, 98 of Blair died Thursday, March 27, 1997, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Blair. Services were Monday at the Campbell-Aman Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in the Blair Cemetery.

Farnberg was born Jan. 18, 1899 in Kennard to John and Christina (Polsen) Monson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She attended Brewster School, Dora Black’s Sewing School and Charlie Gaydou’s Business College. On May 3, 1922, she married William Farnberg in Kennard. She worked as a bookkeeper at the local Savings and Loan for S. W. Chambers and in later years for the Washington County Treasurer. At one time, she and her husband owned Farnberg Plumbing and Hardware and the Bowling Alley in the Vinton Garage basement. She had resided at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home since January of 1994.

Survivors are a daughter-in-law, Laura Farnberg of Blair; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, Jim; and eight brothers and sisters.

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

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