KENNARD WOMAN FOUND DEAD AT HOME TUESDAY

Was Descendent of Well Known And Highly Respected Family

Kennard residents were shocked Tuesday morning when the news spread that Mrs. Joseph Konvalin had been found dead in an outbuilding at her home, apparently a suicide.

She had been in poor health for some time, and being discouraged over her condition, it is thought caused her to take her own life. Deceased was born and raised in Kennard, being the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Burgess, highly respected citizens of Kennard.

She leaves her husband and two small sons, besides two brothers, John and Will of Omaha, and two sisters, Mrs. Edgar Fairchild of Kennard and Mrs. Walter Horn of Pueblo, Colorado.

Funeral services will be held from the Kennard Methodist church Friday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. Booher officiating, and interment will be made in the Kennard cemetery.

#2-Pilot Tribune 11 Jun 1936

Kennard Woman, Mother of Two, Hangs Herself

Mrs. Joseph Konvalin, Commits Suicide Tuesday Morning

Funeral Services Will Be Saturday

Husband finds Wife’s Body in Woodshed After Noticing Her Prolonged Absence: She Had Just Recently Returned from Hospital

Believed to have been despondent because she had been a semi-invalid for some time, Mrs. Joseph Konvalin, 40, of Kennard, hanged herself on the Konvalin farm early Tuesday morning. The body was found in the woodshed by her husband at 6 a.m., when he investigated after noting her prolonged absence from the house.

Mrs. Konvalin had been in ill health for some time and only last Thursday had returned from an Omaha hospital. Mrs. Konvalin is well-known in this county. Before her marriage she was Miss Opie Burgess, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Burgess. Her father was a stock buyer.

Native of Kennard

Mrs. Konvalin was born at Kennard April 8, 1896, and had spent her entire life in that vicinity. Surviving are her husband, two sons, Teddy, 9, and John Joseph, 3; two brothers, John and William P. Burgess of Omaha; and two sisters, Mrs. Walter Horn of Pueblo, Colorado, and Mrs. Edgar Fairchild of Kennard.

The body was brought to the Campbell mortuary in Blair after Sheriff Marion Sutherland had investigated.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Kennard Methodist church, the Rev. E.P. Booher, pastor, in charge.

Note: Buried in Kennard Cemetery in Blk 5 Lot 6 Sp 5.

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