Hunter Meets Accidental Death

Paul Kubie Killed Instantaneously By Accidental Discharge of Gun While Hunting On Missouri River

LEAVES WIFE AND CHILDREN

Paul Kubie, a resident of Blair, met his death, instantaneously last Friday when his gun was discharged accidentally. Paul in company with Fern West and Christ Korshoj of Herman were hunting on the river east of Tekamah and at the time of the accident happened to be on the shore A couple of ducks flew over which the boys took a shot at. One duck was killed and dropped into the river. Kubie hastened to the motor boat and placing his gun on the bottom of the boat made ready to push off. At this instant a cake of floating ice struck the boat turning it around and as it swung the gun slipped causing it to be discharged. The swing of the boat brought Kubie in line for the discharge which caught him just below the armpit on the right side.

His companions at once started with him to Tekamah but the verdict of the physician was instantaneous death.

The deceased was born in Germany, the family moving to this county when he was four months old. He was reared to manhood on a farm northwest of Blair and with his twin brother, Ernest, is the youngest in the family.

Besides his grief stricken wife and five children he leaves a sister, Mrs. Wm Behrndt, three brothers, Wm., Fred and Ernest all of this county, and an aged mother to morn his untimely death. Deceased was forty-four years of age.

The funeral services with Rev A.F. Newell officiating were held last Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Bendorf funeral home and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

#2-November 17, 1932- The Pilot Tribune- Paul Kubie

PAUL KUBIE, 43, IS VICTIM OF SHOTGUN

FATHER OF FIVE KILLED WHEN OWN GUN IS ACCIDENTALLY FIRED

Paul Kubie, 43, a resident of Dexterville, who had lived in this county since early childhood, was almost instantly killed Friday afternoon, November 11, by the accidental discharge of his own shotgun while on a hunting trip with two friends, Fern West and Chris Korshoj of Herman, on the Missouri river, near Tekamah.

Full details of the accident will never be known, since West and Korshoj, on the sandbar with Kubie, were some distance from the scene of the tragedy, but it is thought that as Kubie attempted to land his boat he jarred the craft and caused the gun to fire. Kubie, an expert hunter, is said to have kept a hair-trigger on his gun, which explains how a jar might discharge it. The shot entered the man’s body at close range, striking him underneath an arm and leaving no discernible marks on his clothing. West and Korshoj are said to have heard the shot, but believed that Kubie was shooting at a crippled duck and when they saw the boat drifting away they retrieved it before discovering their companion was injured.

Discovering him unconscious, they were unable to find any injury and it was not until he was taken to a Tekamah doctor that it was learned he had been shot. He was dead when brought to Tekamah.

Mr. Kubie was born in Hadersleben, Germany, April 10, 1889 and came with his parents to this country the same year. He grew to manhood in the Spiker neighborhood, later farming near Telbasta with his twin brother, Ernest. It was here that he met and married Miss Amanda Ruwe. To the union five children were born, Irene, Rubie, Lucile, Vera and Vernon, the last two named being twins. They, the widow, the mother and three brothers, W…, Fred and Ernest, and one sister, Mrs. William Behrendt, survive him. All except Ernest live in Herman. Because of her advanced age, 82, the mother was unable to attend the funeral services.

Rites were held for Mr. Kubie Sunday afternoon from the Bendorf funeral home, with Rev. A.F. Newell officiating. Burial was made in the Blair cemetery.

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

Find a Grave Memorial #116242561 *Note--Bk 88, Lt 6, Sp 1