ANOTHER PIONEER CALLED

Henry Niederhoefer, for forty years a prominent farmer of Washington county, died at his home last Friday morning on the west edge of the county. In November, Mr. Neiderhoefer was stricken with stomach trouble. About two months ago he went to the Fremont hospital and was there for several weeks. When it became known to him that his ailment would be fatal he asked that he be taken home again. He was taken home about a month ago.

Mr. Niederhoefer was born in Germany July 13, 1843. He came to America in 1870 and spent four months in Indiana. He then came directly to Washington county locating on a farm east of Bluff lake, now known as Neiderhoefer lake. There he has resided ever since.

He leaves, besides his wife, three daughters and on son. They are Mrs. H. Bengas, of Burt county, Mrs. J.H. Popken of Dodge county, Mrs. Ed Luebker, of Washington county, and Louis Niederhoefer, of Cuming county.

Funeral services were held at the *Brown Creek church north of Arlington Sunday, Rev. Hallerberg officiating.

• Brown Creek church is now St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

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