Gerry Edwin Kennell, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kennell of Omaha, passed away on September 7, 1942, at the age of six weeks and six days. He was born in an Omaha hospital on July 21st, but had suffered a heart ailment for the past six weeks.

Survivors include the parents and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gilbertson of Blair and Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Kennell of York, Nebraska.

He was baptized into the Christian Church on July 27. Funeral services were held at the Bendorf Funeral Home on Tuesday September 8, at 3 p.m., with a short sermon by Rev. H.C. Jorgensen, and burial was in the Blair cemetery. Music for the services was furnished by Norma Lund, Nina Bertelsen and Agnes Larsen.

#2-Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 9/10/1942 Grandson of the Gilbertsons Dies Gerry Edwin Kennell, seven-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard E. Kennell of Omaha and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gilbertson of Blair, died at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha Monday. The baby’s mother is the former Miss Myrtle Gilbertson of Blair. The baby had been baptized the in Lutheran faith. Funeral services were held at 3 pm. Tuesday at the Bendorf Funeral Home here, the Rev. H. C. Jorgensen of First Lutheran Church officiating. Interment followed in Blair Cemetery. Only child of the Kennells, the infant was the only grandchild of the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Kennell of York. It was born in Omaha July 21. Find a Grave Memorial #80052908

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