Obituary Record

Mary Jane (Rosenbaum) Bolt
Died on 1/6/1928
Buried in Blair Cemetery

#1-Blair Pilot 11 Jan 1928

Mrs. Emmet Bolt Dies

Passed Away at the Wise Memorial Hospital in Omaha Friday P.M.

Funeral Held Monday

Mrs. Emmet Bolt, whose condition was reported in these columns last week as very critical, passed away as peacefully as she would fall asleep at 1:20 last Friday afternoon at the Wise Memorial Hospital in Omaha, where she had been taken Friday night of the week before.

The doctors were somewhat puzzled as to just what the exact trouble was but there was a congestion of the ileum from inflammation of the gall bladder of a nature that an operation wasn’t advised. The congested condition was beginning to clear up when pneumonia set in in one lung and she was too weak to throw it off.

The funeral service was held at the Congregational church at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. Rev. A. F. Newell officiating. The music furnished by a quartette composed of Mrs. J. B. Spellman, Miss Mary Cook, H. H. Brown and the writer, with solo by G. L. Dixon, Miss Jeanette McQuarrie at the piano.

The church was crowded and many had to stand during the service. There was a wealth of beautiful flowers, showing the love and respect in which Mrs. Bolt was held by all who knew her. Mr. Newell paid a very fine tribute to her as a wife, mother, neighbor and friend. She had been a member of the Congregational church for a good many years and was faithful and devoted in her attendance and duties whenever able.

Mary Jane Rosenbaum, daughter of Samuel Rosenbaum and Elizabeth O’Bryan, was born near Marlon, Va., April 22nd, 1864, so was 63 years, 8 months and 15 days old at the time of her passing. In early girlhood she was confirmed in the Ebenezer Lutheran church near Marion.

She was married to Emmet Bolt of Wythe county, Va., at Chilhowie, Va., April 27th, 1887, and they came to this country that fall establishing their first home near Kennard. The following spring they moved to Blair, which has been their home ever since, Mr. Bolt being engaged as a carperter and builder.

Nine children were born to them all of whom, three boys and six girls are living, Elizabeth, Mrs. Lloyd Pilcher of Albion, Nebraska, Guy, of Council Bluffs, Ia., Carrie, Mrs. Chris E. Jensen, of Blair, Wilma, Mrs. D. C. Gill, of Tekamah, Carl of Schuyler, Neb., Dr. W. J. of Tekamah, Evelyn, Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Blair, Helen and Ruth who live at home.

Mrs. Bolt was one of a family of seven children. Her parents and one brother, Luther, preceded her in death. The surviving sister and brothers are, Mrs. W. W. Wassum, of Lodgepole, Neb., Wm. H. Rosenbaum, of Kennard, Joseph E. Rosenbaum, of Missouri Valley, Ia., Chas Rosenbaum, of Albion, Neb., and Samuel M. Rosenbaum of Gooding, Idaho.

She leaves also, fifteen grandchildren, besides many relatives and friends who will greatly miss her but long remember her kind and loving ways, her faithfulness to duty in her home, in her neighborhood and to her church.

#2-The Tribune 12 Jan 1928

Victim of Illness

Mrs. Emmett Bolt Dies on Friday at Omaha Hospital

Mrs. Emmett Bolt died at an Omaha hospital last Friday afternoon following an illness of but a few weeks duration. She had been confined to her home in this city for several weeks and was taken to the metropolis the fore part of last week in an effort to gain her some relief. The deceased was born at Marion, Virginia, April 22, 1864, and was educated in that city. On April 27, 1887 she was married to Emmett Bolt at Chilhowie, Virginia, and the next fall she with her husband, moved to Kennard where they lived until the following spring when they moved to this city.

She was of a cheerful disposition and had a host of friends in this city who thought highly of her. She was greatly interested in the affairs of the community and was known as an ardent church worker. She leaves to mourn her loss besides her bereaved husband three sons. Carl Bolt of Schuyler; W. J. Bolt of Tekamah; Guy Bolt of Council Bluffs; six daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Pilcher of Albion; Mrs. D. C. Gill of Tekamah; Mrs. Chris E. Jensen, Mrs. Frank Wilson, and the Misses Helen and Ruth Bolt both of whom are living at home. Four brothers and one sister besides a large number of grandchildren also survive her.

Funeral services were held from the Congregational church on Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, the Rev. A. F. Newell officiating, after which interment was made in Blair cemetery. The entire Tekamah high school football team, friends of W. J. Bolt, attended the funeral in a body.

#3-Published in the Enterprise January 12, 1928

Funeral services for Mrs. Emmet Bolt were held Monday afternoon, Jan. 9 at the Congregational Church, Rev. A. F. Newell, pastor of the church, officiating and burial was made in the Blair Cemetery.

The deceased had been ill but a short time and passed away in an Omaha hospital where she had been rushed for an operation that was later deemed unadvisable.

Mrs. Bolt had lived in Blair over forty years and was one of the true pioneer mothers of the county. She was a home body, always busy looking after the interests of her family and will be greatly missed in the home circle and among her intimate friends and acquaintances. She was a member of the Ladies’ Social Union of the church and always did her part willingly and capably when called upon.

Mary Jane Rosenbaum, daughter of Samuel Rosenbaum and Elizabeth O’Bryan, was born near Marion, Virginia on April 22, 1864 and died January 6, 1928, aged 63years, 8 months and 15 days.

At an early age, she was confirmed in the Ebenezer Lutheran Church near Marion, Virginia.

She was married to Emmet Bolt of Wythe County, Virginia, at Chilhowie, Virginia on April 27, 1887. The first home was established at Kennard that same fall. The following spring they removed to Blair which has since been their home. Shortly after the removal to Blair she and her husband united with the Congregational Church of this city.

To this union were born nine children, all of whom, with her husband, survive, and were present at the funeral services. They are: Elizabeth, Mrs. Lloyd Pilcher, Albion, Nebr.; Guy, of Council Bluff, Iowa; Carrie, Mrs. Chris E. Jensen of Blair; Wilma, Mrs. D. C. Gill, Tekamah; Carl, Schuyler, Nebr.; Dr. W. J. of Tekamah, Nebr.; Ruth and Helen at home and Evelyn, Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Blair.

Mrs. Bolt was one of a family of seven children. Her parents and one brother, Luther, proceeded her in death. The surviving sister and brothers, all of whom were present at the funeral are: Mrs. W. W. Wassum of Lodgepole, Nebr.; Wm. H. Rosenbaum of Kennard; Joseph E. Rosenbaum of Missouri Valley, Iowa; Chas. S. Rosenbaum of Cedar Rapids, Nebr.; and Samuel M. Rosenbaum of Gooding, Idaho.

She also leaves to mourn her, fifteen grandchildren, besides many other relatives and friends.

Among the many out of town friends and relatives present were the Tekamah football team and coach whose physical well-being, Dr. W, J, Bolt has under his care and whose courtesy he and the family fully appreciated.

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

Printed in the Blair Pilot on 1/11/1928


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