BLAIR FARMER, NATIVE OF GERMANY, DIES TEN WEEKS AFTER WIFE

Just ten weeks after the death of his wife, 71-year-old Henry Lammers, Sr., farmer near Blair died Saturday. In failing health several years he had held a farm sale recently and was retiring from active farming. Mrs. Lammers had died Jan. 14.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at First Methodist Church. The Rev. Homer L. McKinley of the Christian Church officiated, and burial followed in Blair Cemetery. The Campbell Mortuary was in charge.

Mr. Lammers, born May 10, 1876, was a native of Hanover, Germany. He came to Douglas county, Nebr., when he was 30 years old. For the past 20 years he had farmed near Blair and Kennard. His wife was the former Agnes Markman.

Surviving Mr. Lammers are two sons, Henry Jr., and William, both of Blair; two daughters, Mrs. Hans Vogt (Agnes) of Kennard and Mrs. Ernest Kruger (Marie) of Sioux City; and seven grand-children.

#2-4 Mar., 1948 - The Enterprise

HENRY LAMMERS DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Henry Lammers, who for years has been one of the substantial farmers of this county, died at the home of his son, Henry Lammers, Jr. on last Friday, February 28th. The attributing cause of his death was pneumonia from which he had suffered for several weeks.

Deceased was born in Germany in May of 1876 and came to America forty one years ago. He was married to Miss Agnes Markham of Bennington, and to them two sons and two daughters were born, Wm. and Henry, both reside in this county as does also Mrs. Hans Vogt, Mrs. Ernest Kruger, another daughter resides in Sioux City.

The wife died only a few months ago, and the husband has now answered the last call.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 2nd, at 2 p.m. from the Methodist church with Rev. McKinley, pastor of the Christian church officiating, and interment, under the auspices of the Campbell Mortuary, was made in the Blair cemetery.

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