(Veteran Flag) H. Eli Mundorf, 1st Lt 11 Illinois Calvary Civil War

ELI MUNDORF

Eli Mundorf, 88 years of age, passed away at the Old Soldiers Home at Grand Island, Tuesday, July 14. Deceased came to Washington county in 1883 where he lived until 1902 when he moved to Creighton, Neb. In 1911 he and his wife went to the Old Soldiers Home at Grand Island, living there until his death.

On April 18, 1931 they celebrated their sixty-seventh wedding anniversary, which is a most remarkable event.

Besides the aged wife he leaves a daughter, Mrs. J. R. Patrick of Barnett, Mo. and two sons, A. W. of Blair, and L. J. of Farwell, Neb.

Funeral services were held at Grand Island and interment made in the Grand Island cemetery.

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