ALVIN J. SVENDGARD DIED SUNDAY

LIFETIME RESIDENT OF COUNTY DIED OF HEART ATTACK

A lifetime resident of Washington County, Alvin J. Svendgard, 57 years of age, died suddenly at his home at 637 North ___ street Sunday afternoon of a heart attack.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o’clock at the First Lutheran Church, the Rev. George Pallesen officiating. Interment will follow in Blair Cemetery.

Mr. Svendgard is survived by his wife, Helen; three daughters, Mrs. Don Conrad (Lila) of Blair; Mrs. Ned Williams (Peggy); and Mrs. Richard Sutherland (Marline) both of Blair; two sons, Allen and Tim, both at home; five sisters, Mrs. Roy Follen and Mrs. Peter Stricklett, both of Blair; Mrs. Anton Andersen and Mrs. Lloyd Brown, both of Arlington; Mrs. Carl Andersen of Burbank, California; two brothers, Andrew Svendgard of Blair and Nels Svendgard of Arlington.

Mr. Svendgard was born October 13, 1903 at the Svendgard homestead west of Blair, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Svendgard. He married Helen Larsen, February 12, 1929. The Svendgards lived on the family farm west of Blair until a few years ago when they moved to Blair. Mr. Svendgard was employed at the Blair Manufacturing Co. at the time of his death.

The Bendorf Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

# 2 - - from his funeral service folder:

IN MEMORY OF ALVIN JOHN SVENDGARD, Oct. 13, 1903, Blair, NE - May 27, 1962, Blair, NE

SERVICES AT FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, Thursday, May 31, 1962, 2:00 P.M.

OFFICIATING, Rev. George Pallesen

MUSIC BY, Mrs. Lois Donaldson, Soloist, Mr. Paul Neve, Organist: “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”; “My God and I”; “Going Home”

PALLBEARERS, Phillip Larsen, Harold Jensen, James Taylor, Ivan Larsen, Kelly Ryan, Fred Sass

CONCLUDING SERVICE, John S. Bowen Lodge No. 232 AF & AM; Lloyd Jacobs, W. M., Blair Cemetery

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

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