Two newspaper articles

# 1 - - from The Pilot, August 19, 1914

Doc Pierce received word from Omaha yesterday that R. Leverkus died at 1802 Binney street at 6 o’clock and he went down in the auto and attended to the body, which will be brought here tomorrow morning and the funeral held at Germania hall at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Death was caused by dropsy, which finally resulted in heart failure. He leaves a wife and two daughters, Minnie and Olga. Their only son died in Kennard a few years ago.

He was born along the Rhine in southern Germany and came from a very excellent family. He was well educated and spoke several languages. He came to this county in 1883 and, not having much means, started a saloon here in Blair. He ran a hotel in Kennard for several years, moving to Woodbine, Ia., a few years ago. When his sickness first came on, he went to a hospital in Omaha, but later the family moved there. He was about 61 years of age.

# 2 - - Published in The Enterprise, August 21, 1914

R. LEVERKUS IS DEAD

The death of R. Leverkus, a former well-known resident of this city and later of Kennard, occurred at his home in Omaha last Tuesday. He kept a saloon here in Blair for a time several years ago, removing later to Kennard, where he was engaged in the same business for a time, afterward engaging in the hotel business there. Subsequently he moved to Woodbine, Iowa, and lived there until recently, when he moved to Omaha. His family consists of a wife and two daughters, a son having died while at Kennard and was buried here in Blair. The remains were brought up from Omaha yesterday morning and the funeral services were held at Germania Hall, at 2 o’clock yesterday, deceased having been a member of the Verein here since its organization.

Rev. Warren delivered the sermon and the remains were interred in the Blair cemetery beside those of his son.