ANOTHER GOOD MAN GONE

IN THE RECENT DEATH OF MR. STEFFEN, WASHINGTON COUNTY LOSES GOOD CITIZEN

Having been stricken more than seven years ago with that dread disease, consumption, the vitality and life of Henry Fred Christ Steffen at last yielded to the merciless plague and at 11:30 o’clock Friday night, April 28, the death angel called and relieved him of all suffering, and the immortal soul of another of the stable and prosperous German-American citizens, to whom this country owes much for their having made this their adopted home, took its flight.

Henry Steffen was born May 28, 1853, at Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, being 57 years and 11 months old at the time of his demise. In 1875 he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Kraft and after fourteen years of married life in their home country, decided to come to America, educate their children and establish for themselves a permanent home upon a little farm all their own. In this they were successful. Landing in New York, unfamiliar with the ways of the New World, they came direct to Nebraska, settling on a farm near the site of Ft. Calhoun in the year 1889. There they remained until one year ago, when it was decided to retire from active farm work and Blair was chosen as the city in which they would spend the declining years of their life.

To this happy union were born four children, three daughters and a son, all of whom are living, and who, with the widow, have the sympathy of the community in this hour of their bereavement. The children are as follows: Mrs. Wm. Frank, who lives near Arlington; Mrs. Henry Hendricksen of Ft. Calhoun; Mrs. Henry Tietjen of Carroll; and Julius Steffen of Bloomfield, all of whom were present at the last rites.

The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the German Lutheran church and were conducted by Rev. E. Eckhardt, and the body laid to rest in the Blair cemetery.

# 2 - - from The Pilot, May 3, 1911

Henry F. C. Steffen died of tuberculosis of the lungs last Friday night, and the funeral was held at the German Lutheran church at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon, Rev. E. Eckhardt officiating. Mr. Steffen had been afflicted with this dread disease for about seven years and a year ago moved from his farm near Ft. Calhoun to this city to await the end that was inevitable. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein, March 28th, 1856; was married to Miss Emma Kraft in 1875; and came to America in 1889. Besides the widow he leaves three daughters, Mrs. Wm. Franke, who lives near Arlington; Mrs. Henry Hendrickson of Ft. Calhoun; and Mrs. Henry Tietjen of Carroll, Ia. Their only son, Julius, lives near Bloomfield, Neb. all the children were present for the funeral.

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

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