JAMES LONGCOR DIES OF STROKE

James M. Longcor, eldest son of Moses and Ellen Longcor, was born May 8, 1879 at Harlan, Iowa, and passed away at Blair on April 20, 1940, at the age of 60 years, 11 months and 12 days.

He was united in marriage to Miss Anna Peters of Pilger, Nebraska, Sept. 10, 1910. To this union were born three sons, one dying in infancy and Delbert at the age of nine years; and Lester of Beatrice, Nebraska.

He leaves to mourn his departure his loving wife, Anna, and son, Lester; five brothers, Henry and Guy of Norfolk, Nebraska; Dyke of Hancock, Iowa; Claude of Alpearna, South Dakota; and Dale of Blair; two sisters, Mrs. Vinnie Aldrich of Belmont, Iowa, and Mrs. Maud Pierce of Onawa, Iowa. His father, mother, and two sisters preceded him in death.

James Longcor was a man who was well liked by his friends and who held the respect of everyone with whom he came in contact.

He came to Nebraska at the age of nine years, locating at Wayne and has been a resident of Blair for the past twenty-three years. At the time he was stricken he was on his way to work at Sioux City.

Funeral services were held in the First Methodist Church on Monday at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Ralph P. Rasmussen officiating and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

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

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