| Note: Death date from tombstone and from memorial. There is some confusion, though: the tombstone shows 1873-1955, which means she died at age 82. However, one newspaper account says she was 85 years old—which would mean she was born in 1870. There was most likely a typo in the newspaper.
Obituary 1, printed in the Jan. 5, 1956 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska
MRS. EMMA SMITH DIES
WIFE OF WILL SMITH DIES; LONG RESIDED IN CALHOUN; RITES SUNDAY
Mrs. Emma Smith, 85, wife of Will Smith and a long time resident of Fort Calhoun, died Friday morning at the Blair Convalescent Home, where she had been a patient for several months. She had been ill since March.
Surviving her are her husband; one son, Lester Smith of Blair; four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, two sisters, and a brother. A daughter, Mrs. Goldie Piper, died several years ago.
Mrs. Smith, as Emma Amrhein, was born at Rantoul, Illinois, May 20, 1873. She came to Fort Calhoun in 1901 and for many years resided on a farm east of there.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m., Sunday at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church, and interment followed in Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
Obituary 2, printed in the Jan. 5, 1956 Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska
Mrs. Will Smith, a long time resident of the Ft. Calhoun vicinity, died last Friday, December 30, at the Blair Convalescent Home after an illness of almost a year.
Mrs. Smith, the former Emma Amrhein, was born May 20, 1873 at Rantoul, Illinois, and on May 22, 1897 was married to Will Smith at Rantoul.
In 1901 they moved to a farm east of Ft. Calhoun.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband, one son, Lester of Blair, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
One daughter preceded her in death.
Funeral rites were conducted Sunday, January 1 at the Presbyterian Church in Ft. Calhoun, the Rev. Norman Fowler officiating. The Sievers Funeral Home was in charge of interment in the Ft. Calhoun Cemetery.
Serving as pall bearers were Harold Waldenstrom, Harold Saltzman, Claire Thomas, George Rohwer, Bruce Cox, and Otis Hawkins.
~~~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska library.~~~~
FindaGrave memorial #50986179
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