Note: Blair Cemetery records list her as Katie

1st obituary, printed in the Jan. 19, 1916 Pilot, Blair, Nebraska

Mrs. Jacob J. Smith died very suddenly yesterday morning of a cerebral hemorrhage. She was feeling better than usual Monday and went to call on a neighbor yesterday morning. She arose as usual and was brushing her hair before the mirror when her husband heard her gasping for breath. He assisted her to a couch and called a doctor but she passed away a few minutes later, before the doctor arrived. She leaves, to mourn her departure, her husband, J.J. Smith, a son, Howard E. Smith, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter, Mrs. Geo. Badgerow, of Blair, two sisters, Mrs. A.H. McCreey, of Colorado Springs, and Mrs. Mary Maxfield, of Marshallfield, Ore., and a half-brother, David P. Handy, of Power, Ore. The funeral services will be held at the Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, Rev. C.M. Foreman officiating. Catherine Haney was born in Buffalo, N.Y., March 8, 1851, and was therefore almost 65 years of age. When she was only three years of age her parents moved to Wisconsin and from there to Blair, Nebraska in 1872. She was united in marriage to Mr. Jacob J. Smith, Nov. 28, 1877. With the exception of a few years spent in Omaha they have made their home in Blair all these years. She united with the Baptist church of Blair on March 3, 1887 and has lived a faithful Christian life. She was also a member of the Women’s Relief Corps in which organization she did loyal service.

2nd obituary, printed in the Jan. 21, 1916 Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska

Mrs. Kate Smith Dead

Mrs. Kate Smith, wife of Jacob Smith, of this city, died very suddenly Tuesday morning while preparing breakfast. She had been in her usual health, when she was taken with a fainting spell and did not regain consciousness.

Deceased was a most worthy woman and claimed all her acquaintances as friends, by whom “Aunt Kate”, as she was fondly called, will be greatly missed. She was about sixty years of age and leaves besides her husband, a son Howard, who lives at Council Bluffs, and an adopted daughter, Bessie—Mrs. George Badgerow, residing a mile and a half west of town—to mourn her demise.

Funeral was held at the Baptist church Thursday afternoon, Rev. Foreman conducting the services, and interment made in the Blair cemetery.

3rd obituary

Mrs. Jacob Smith Dead

Mrs. Jacob Smith, a pioneer resident of this city, died very suddenly at her home in west Blair, on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 a.m., at the age of 64 years, 9 months and 10 days.

Catherine Haney was born in Buffalo, New York, March 8, 1851 and moved with her parents to Wisconsin in 1854. She came to Blair in 1872, a few years after the town had been founded. She was married to Jacob Smith Nov. 28, 1877. Besides her husband, two children survive her, a son, Howard E. Smith, of Council Bluffs, and a daughter Bessie, now Mrs. Geo. Badgerow of Blair. She has two sisters, Mrs. A.H. McCreey of Colorado Springs and Mrs. Mary Maxfield, of Marshfield, Oregon, also a half-brother, David P. Haney, of Towers, Oregon.

Mrs. Smith was an active member of the Women’s Relief Corps and a member of the Baptist church from which church the funeral will be held at 2:30 Thursday afternoon, Rev. Foreman having charge of the services.

Note: The Women's Relief Corps was an auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic affiliated with the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I. The initial purpose of the institution was to provide housing and aid to destitute or ill women nurses from the American Civil War, but later was expanded to help women and families connected with the wars.—Source: Ohio History, internet

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

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