Leonard Niebaum

The funeral of Leonard Niebaum, the 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Niebaum, of Fremont, who was killed by lightning on his brother’s farm near Lodge Pole, Nebr., Sunday afternoon, was held at the Lutheran church here Wednesday afternoon, interment in the family lot of the Lutheran cemetery. The deceased was well known in this vicinity where he has visited on numerous occasions, and his many friends here mourn his early and untimely demise.

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