1st obituary printed in the Thursday, December 11, 1902 Courier, Blair, Nebraska

Mrs. N. Dornacker was taken suddenly ill last Saturday morning with a cold on her lungs and Dr. Mortlock was called. He did not consider her condition particularly serious but had not been gone fifteen minutes when he was called back but before he reached the house she was dead. Heart failure was the immediate cause of death. The funeral was held at the German church at 1 o’clock on Monday, Rev. C. Poeckler officiating, and interment made in Blair cemetery. Mrs. Dornacker was 59 years of age and was left a widow March 27, ’01 by the very sudden death of her husband. Four sons and three daughters are left to mourn the loss of both father and mother and the sympathy of many friends goes out to them in this sad and sudden bereavement.

2nd obituary printed in the Thursday, December 11, 1902 Republican, Blair, Nebraska

After a short illness from LaGrippe Mrs. Nickolas Dornacker died very suddenly at her home in this city on Saturday afternoon of last week aged 59 years. The physicians say the disease resulted in heart failure. Nearly a year ago her husband died in a similar manner. She leaves a large circle of old friends, four sons and three married daughters to mourn the loss of a good mother. The funeral was from the Lutheran church on Monday afternoon and service by Rev. Poeckler. All the family were present and the burial was at Blair cemetery.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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