# 1 - - Published in The Enterprise, December 23, 1926

FORREST W. LOWE ASPHYXIATED

Forrest W. Lowe, prominent farmer of Herman, was found dead in his car Monday evening, a victim, it is supposed of asphyxiation. At around four o’clock that afternoon he announced that he would go after the cows which were in the field, but apparently changed his mind and drove his car which had been standing in the yard, into the garage.

After a time one of the sons inquired if he had been seen but was told that he had gone after the cows. Becoming alarmed a search was made of the fields and then it was noticed that his car was gone and the family supposed he had driven to Herman on an errand.

The supper hour came and he did not appear and another search was made and he was found dead in his car in the garage. He had evidently been working on the car and was trying it out as he was seated in the car with the switch turned on but the car had stopped of its own volition. A physician was summoned but he had been dead for some time.

Mr. Lowe was a prominent farmer of the Herman vicinity and a man highly respected for his sterling qualities. At his death he was fifty-nine years of age. He leaves a wife and five children, one daughter and four sons.

Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:30 from the Herman Baptist church.

# 2 - - from The Enterprise, December 30, 1926

Among the out-of-town people here to attend the funeral of F. W. Lowe last Thursday were: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Moore of Lake Quinnebaugh; John Warner of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Allen of Blair; Sam Lowe of Tekamah; Ollie Lowe of Arlington; John Lowe of Waterloo, Iowa; and Pearl Crannel of Tekamah.

# 3 - - also from The Enterprise, December 30, 1926

This community was saddened last Monday evening when it was learned that F. W. Lowe had died at his home near here. As most of the details were published in last week’s issue of The Enterprise, we only add the obituary. Forrest W. Lowe was born in Dearborn County, Indiana Sept. 12, 1867 and died Monday, December 20, 1926 at Herman, aged 59 years. He was a year old when his parents moved from Indiana to Marion County, Iowa where they resided until 1882. They came to Nebraska settling in Burt County near this village.

He was married to Miss Bertha Warner. They have made their home in Herman with the exception of three years. Five children were born to them: Gordon F.; Mrs. Henry Richter; Stanley R.; Albert E.; and August H., all of whom reside here. Out of a family of eleven children, Mr. Lowe is the third to pass away, two sisters dying while young. Beside his wife and children, he is survived by six brothers, Jas.; George; Huit; and Wm., all of Herman; John of Waterloo, Iowa; and Ollie H. of Arlington, Nebr.; and two sisters, Mrs. Minerva Carter of Blair and Miss Maggie Lowe of Herman.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Legion hall and was attended by a large concourse of relatives and friends who came to show their last respects to one whom they held in high regard. Burial was made in the Herman Cemetery. Mr. Lowe was a member of Landmark Lodge No. 222 and the Masonic ceremonies were conducted at the grave. The heartfelt sympathy of all is extended to the family in their sorrow.

#4 Printed in the January 13, 1927 - The Pilot, Blair, Nebraska

LOWE WAS POISONED

Blood Test Proves Death Caused Monoxide Gas From Engine

Record: Blood tests made this week show beyond question that the death of Forrest W. Lowe, December 20, 1926, was due to carbon monoxide poisoning. It was at first thought that heart failure was the cause, although it was known that he had been working with his car in the garage with the engine running. The door of the garage was partially open and this, no doubt, was deemed by Mr. Lowe a sufficient safeguard against the deadly gas.

In preparing the body for burial however, Henry Truhlsen, the undertaker, became convinced that death was caused by carbon monoxide, and his opinion has been fully confirmed by the tests of the chemists of Omaha.

Mr. Lowe was carrying a $3,000 accident policy.

Carbon monoxide is one of the most insidious, as well as the most deadly, of gasses. It is colorless and odorless and a powerful automobile engine when running will sometimes throw off enough of the gas to render the atmosphere in a small garage dangerous in three minutes. Sometimes people are overcome by the gas in the open by simply passing a car whose motor is running where they inhale the gas from the exhaust.

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

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