(The exact death date was established through the Ft. Calhoun Cemetery records.)

WM. LORENZEN DEAD AT 61 HAD PLANNED TO HOLD A FARM SALE ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK The lifeless body of William Lorenzen, 61, was found at his farm home south of Blair, early Tuesday. He had been dead since Sunday night.

Mr. Lorenzen, a bachelor, leaves no family. He is survived by a brother, Henry Lorenzen, Blair; and two sisters, Miss Lulu Lorenzen and Mrs. Clark Browning, wife of Blair's chief of police.

The deceased man had completed sale of his farm to Stanley brothers, and had scheduled an equipment sale for Wednesday-the day following the discovery of his body.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian church in Ft. Calhoun.

#2 Printed in the Thursday, February 22, 1945 Enterprise, p. 1

TAKES LIFE AFTER SALE OF FARM WHICH HAD BEEN HOME 58 YEARS

William Lorenzen was born March 7th, 1883, on a farm near Newton, Iowa, to the late Mr. and Mrs. John Lorenzen. In 1887 the family moved to this county where they purchased the farm south of Blair where they continued to make their home until their parents died and the children scattered to make homes of their own—all but Will and a sister, Lulu. They stayed on.

Recently, Will made up his mind to give up farming, and, accordingly, he sold the old home and arranged for a farm sale. The sister was in an Omaha hospital, and Will, alone on the farm, became despondent over the condition of his sister and having to leave the old home, and on the 20th inst. he was found dead in his car in the garage where he had been asphyxiated by gas.

Deceased was a man well respected by his neighbors, strictly honest and a good farmer. He will be greatly missed in his neighborhood and his old time friends will grieve over his tragic end.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm at the Presbyterian church in Fort Calhoun and interment will be made in the family lot in the Fort Calhoun cemetery.

He leaves to mourn his departure one brother, Henry, and two sisters, Lulu, now in the hospital, and Mrs. Clark Browning of Blair.

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

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