Carl Bratt, who was injured in an automobile accident last June and who has suffered intensely ever since that time, passed away on last Sunday, Sept. 30.

Deceased was born in Sweden in 1865 and came to America in 1894, settling in this county where he has lived continuously until his death.

After his injury last June he was taken to the hospital where he received medical attention and later taken home where he died.

He leaves a wife and thirteen children to mourn him besides a host of friends.

The funeral services were held at the home north of Blair at 12:30 and at 2 p.m. at the M.E. church in Kennard where Rev. Rasmussen officiated and interment was made in the Kennard cemetery.

Tribune, October 4, 1923

CARL BRATT PASSES AFTER THREE MONTHS OF ILLNESS

Carl Bratt passed away at his home north of Blair Sunday, September 30, aged 58 years, 7 months and 1 day.

The subject of this sketch was born in Sweden, February 28, 1865, and came to America thirty years ago, settling at that time on a farm in Washington county. He came of a sturdy race of men whose ambition is to reach financial success by hard labor. He had followed his chosen vocation of farming all these years and had accumulated a reasonable amount of this world’s goods.

On June 20, of the present year, he was in an automobile accident which was the cause of his death. At that time he received a severe fracture of the spine which had refused to respond to treatment, and finally death relieved him of his suffering. Mr. Bratt was twice married, his first wife preceding him in death a number of years ago. His second wife and a number of children survive him.

The body was taken to Kennard Tuesday afternoon where the funeral was held at the Methodist church, Rev. Rasmussen of the Danish church having charge of the obsequies, and interment was made in the family lot in the Kennard cemetery.

Pilot, October 3, 1923

Carl Bratt died Sunday morning at the farm north of Blair, as a result of injuries received June 20th in an auto accident, when a Ford car turned over and his back was broken. He suffered greatly before the end came, not being able to take any nourishment for two weeks before death relieved him. The funeral was held at the Methodist church in Kennard at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. Jos. Rasmussen officiating. Interment was in the Kennard cemetery by the side of his first wife, whose death occurred a few years after he came to this country in 1894.

He was born in Norkoeppa, Sweden, February 28th, 1865. He was married there to Louise Fisk and two children were born to them, Mrs. Robert Hamilton, of Omaha, and Mrs. Frank Anderson, Kennard. In 1901 he was married to Mrs. Maria Borg and five children were born to them, Carl, William, Ellen, Helen and Gertrude, all living at home. He is survived by six stepchildren also, Mrs. Harry French, of Decatur, Mrs. T.P. Nevins, Joe and Herman Borg, of Lead, S.D., Gus Borg, of Loretta, Neb., and Henry Borg of this county. The bereaved family have the sincere sympathy of many friends.

CARD OF THANKS

We desire in this manner to thank the many kind friends and neighbors for their kindly considerations during the illness and death of our beloved husband and father and especially are we thankful for the beautiful floral offerings and to those who furnished the music.

Mrs. Carl Bratt and children

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

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