Funeral services for Mrs. Merle Wardell were held Tuesday afternoon at the Kennard Methodist Church. Burial was made in the Blair Cemetery beside Mrs. Wardell’s mother the late Mrs. Nels M. Jensen.

A large crowd of friends and relatives, both from this area and from a distance attended the services. Mrs. Wardell had been very active in many community things and as a result had made many close friends and was known to many people. She had served for a number of years as organist at the Kennard Methodist Church; she had led a girls’ 4-H group; she had been interested in school, community and county affairs. She had served as Secretary of the P.T.A. and for a time was Treasurer of her church.

A long illness had forced an end to many of these activities, but she maintained a strong interest in their welfare at all times.

She is survived by her husband, Merle; sons, Richard, David and Robert; daughter, Anne; her father, Nels M. Jensen; sisters, Mrs. C. K. Ross (Myrtle) of Omaha and Mrs. John Loomis (Mildred) of Brookfield, Ohio; brothers, Harold Jensen and Alton Jensen of Blair and Dr. Marshall Jensen of Winterpark, Fla.

#2 Funeral Leaflet

In Memory of Enid Grace Wardell

July 28, 1911 Blair, Nebraska ~ March 30, 1963 Blair, Nebraska

Funeral Services 2:00 PM Methodist Church, Kennard, Nebraska. Officiating: Rev. Samuel Hemphill. Music by Mrs. Lois Donaldson, Soloist; Mrs. Irene Ingle, Pianist. “An Evening Prayer”, “In The Garden”

Pallbearers: William Luschen, Lawrence Hansen, Lester Hansen, George Lauritsen, Harry Wrich, Harry Ohrt

Concluding Service: Blair Cemetery, Blair, Nebraska

#3-Published in the Pilot-Tribune 4-1-1963

Rites Tuesday for Mrs. Merle Wardell

Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Mrs. Merle Wardell, who died Saturday at Memorial Community Hospital.

The services will be held at 2 o’clock in the afternoon at the Kennard Methodist Church, the Rev. Samuel Hemphill officiating with interment in Kennard Cemetery. Mrs. Enid Grace Wardell, who was 51 years of age, was born July 28, 1911 in Blair, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels M. Jensen. She is survived by her husband, Merle; sons Richard, David and Robert; daughter, Anne; her father Nels M. Jensen; sisters, Mrs. C.K. Ross (Myrtle) of Omaha and Mrs. John Loomis (Mildred) of Brookefield, Ohio; brothers; Harold Jensen and Alton Jensen of Blair and Dr. Marshall Jensen of Winterpark, Fla.

Pallbearers will be Lester Hansen, Harry Ohrt, William Luschen, Lawrence Hansen, Harry Wrich and George Lauritsen.

The Bendorf Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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

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