Hans Kruse, Jr.

Announcement of the death of Hans Kruse which occurred at an Omaha hospital on Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock was received on Wednesday evening by friends in Blair. The cause of death was heart trouble with which he has been afflicted for some time. Deceased was reared on a farm just west of old Cuming City. His parents died some years ago and is are buried in the Blair cemetery, as is his wife who died a few months ago and his body will probably be brought here for burial. A brother, Fritz, lives near Herman and Mrs. Walter Carter is his sister.

*note on obituary card: Blair Cemetery, Bk: 38, Lt: 5, Sp: 1

Tribune 11 Oct 1916

HANS KRUSE DEAD

Word was received in Blair on Thursday of the death of Hans Kruse at the Wise Memorial hospital, where he had submitted to an operation for the removal of a cancer on the liver.

Mr. Kruse had spent all of his young manhood in Washington county, coming here from Germany when a very small child. The last thirty years of his life have been spent in Omaha. He was 56 years of age at the time of his death and leaves one brother, Fritz Kruse, who lives near Herman and a sister, Mrs. Walter Carter, residing near Blair, his wife having passed away several months ago.

The funeral services were held at the Swanson Chapel in Omaha, on Saturday, Oct. 7 in charge of the German Verein and the Eagle Lodge. A representative of the lodge addressed the audience in German and Rev. Lambrecht of this city, gave a short talk in both German and English. Music was furnished by the Latter Day Saints church choir of Omaha and by Mrs. J. P. Jensen, who sang in German.

Enterprise 13 Oct 1916

HANS KRUSE BURIED HERE

The remains of Hans Kruse, whose death was noted in last week’s Enterprise, were brought to Blair for burial by the side of his wife and parents in the Blair cemetery last Saturday.

Funeral services was held at Swanson chapel in Omaha, the German Verein and Eagles fraternities of which organizations he was a member, taking charge of the funeral arrangements. Rev. A. W. Lambrecht, of this city, was called to Omaha to preach a funeral discourse and spoke briefly in both German and English and a brother in the lodge spoke feelingly in German of the deceased.

It is reported that deceased left an estate valued at approximately $30,000 which he devised by will to his brother, Fred, and his sister, Mrs. Walter Carter, share and share alike.

Note: Since the actual death date was not given, the news article date was used. Find A Grave Memorial# 104817255

Kruse, Hans, 56

Published in Blair Democrat on 12 Oct 1916

REMAINS OF HANS KRUSE INTERRED IN BLAIR CEMETERY

The funeral of the late Hans Kruse, of Omaha, formerly a well-known Cuming City resident, occurred Saturday at noon at the undertaking parlors of Swanson Brothers.

Thee funeral was in charge of the Omaha Plattedeutcher Verien and the Eagles lodge, for ritual work, and a most excellent sermon to the bereaved relatives and friends was given first in German, then in English by Rev. Lambrechet, of Blair. The choir of the Omaha Latter Day Saints church rendered "Nearer My Home" at the beginning of the services and after the German services, Mrs. J.P. Jensen sang in German one of Mr. Kruses's favorite songs, "Ruf 'Ich Dir Zu: Gut 'Nacht," which he had especially requested his only sister, Mrs. Walter Carter, to have sung at his funeral. The choir closed the services with the sons "Abide With Me" and this was sung by the trained singers of the choir and was most beautiful and touching.

The funeral party composed of thirty people, from a crowd of three hundred which filled the chapel to overflowing, accompanied the remains to Blair where nearly a hundred of his old German friends and neighbors met the train and went to the cemetery, where, after a short service by Rev. Lambrecht, the body was laid to rest beside his wife who died just four months ago.

Hans Kruse was born in Kiel, Germany, 56 years ago, spent most of his early life in Blair and vicinity and has been in business in Omaha on the corner of 16th and Webster street for thirty years. He leaves to mourn his death an only sister, Mrs. Walter Carter, of Blair, and a brother Fritz Kruse, of Herman. Mr. Kruse was owner of the Clifton hotel in Blair and was a frequent visitor here. Mr. Alex Rayburne, who has been in Mr. Kruse's employ for sixteen years, assisted the relatives in making the funeral arrangements.

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