MRS. WM. H. HOVENDICK DIES

Mrs. William H. Hovendick, age 64 years, passed away at her home in Blair on Saturday morning, September 17. She had been a victim of heart trouble for some time and two weeks prior to her death she took to her bed.

As Lavina Abigail Rosenbaum, she came with her parents from Abington, Virginia, when but ten years old. She grew to womanhood in the vicinity of Kennard and on December 24, 1891, she was married to William H. Hovendick.

The following spring they purchased a two hundred acre farm near Spiker and immediately began farming.

During the thirty years that they farmed nine children were born to them, seven of whom are still living. They are Ed Hovendick of Herman, Mrs. Pearl Johnson of Blair, Mabel, still at home, Mrs. Hans Christensen of Tekamah, Mrs. Dewey Holstein of Blair, Mrs. Edith Atwood of Blair, and William Hovendick jr., of Herman.

Mr. and Mrs. Hovendick retired from the active duties of the farm in 1932 and purchased a home in Blair where they have since made their home.

The bereaved husband and the children already mentioned are indeed grief stricken over their great loss.

The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Bendorf Funeral Home with Rev. E. P. Booher, former Methodist minister at Kennard, officiating, and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

Pilot-Tribune, September 23, 1938

MRS. HOVENDICK DIES AT HER HOME

BLAIR RESIDENT FOR SEVEN YEARS SUCCUMBS HERE SATURDAY AT AGE 64

Mrs. William Hovendick, 64, Blair resident seven years and a Washington countian since childhood, died Saturday at her home here following an illness of about two weeks.

As Addie Rosenbaum, she was born at Abington, Virginia, March 2, 1874, and several years later came to this county. She was married in 1891 to William Hovendick, the ceremony being held in Blair.

The couple moved to a farm in the Spiker neighborhood, remaining there 40 years and moving to Blair in 1931. Mrs. Hovendick is survived by her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Dewey Holstein, Mrs. Roy Atwood, Mrs. Pearl Johnson and Miss Mabel Hovendick, all of Blair; two sons, Ed and Will Hovendick of Herman; a sister, Mrs. Hans Christensen of Tekamah; and two brothers, Mac and Fets Hovendick, both of Blair. One son and one daughter preceded their mother in death.

Funeral services were held at the Bendorf Funeral Home Monday afternoon, a large throng gathering for the final rites. Interment followed in Blair cemetery.

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

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