| Since the exact death date was not given, the date of the newspaper article was used. Published in The Enterprise, June 7, 1971
MOTHER OF BLAIR WOMAN DIED HERE WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Chris Spangaard, mother of Mrs. J. Merton Kuhr of Blair, died at Memorial Community Hospital Wednesday morning following a lingering illness. She had been living in Blair for several years.
Mrs. Spangaard was born in Omaha January 20, 1893 and had lived there most of her life. Her husband, the late Chris Spangaard, had been a dairyman and once operated a sizeable dairy in an area in north Omaha which is now the site of many homes. While most of her life was spent in the Omaha area, she had lived for short periods at Wolback, Missouri Valley and Norfolk. Her husband died in 1961.
She is survived by a son, Russell at Norfolk; and a daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Kuhr of Blair. There are 8 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren who also survive.
Two sisters, Mrs. H. A. Peterson and Mrs. J. L. Belding live at Redmond City, California. She has two brothers, Trelda Jensen of San Carlos, California; and Marion F. Jensen of Omaha.
Funeral services will be held at the Bendorf Funeral Home Saturday afternoon, June 19th at 2 o’clock P.M . The Rev. James Warn of the Congregational Church will conduct the service and burial will be made in the Blair Cemetery.
(Note: The family surname is spelled different ways among the family obituaries: Spangaard; Spanggaard; Spanggard .)
(typed as printed in the newspaper)
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