Printed in the Thursday, April 14, 1955 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Note: the newspaper had the spelling Goedecker, but the tombstone has Goedeker; the newspaper had the birth year first 1871, and then 1881. The tombstone has the birth year 1882 (sister Minnie was born 1871). The spellings and dates below are adjusted to match the tombstone.

Goedeker Rites Held

Mrs. Lena Goedeker, 84, a lifetime resident of Arlington, died last Thursday at a Norfolk hospital. She had been a patient there for about three years. The body was returned to Arlington, and funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reckmeyer Funeral Home. The Rev. Z.M. Bressler, pastor of the Congregational Church, officiated, and interment followed in Arlington Cemetery.

Mrs. Goedeker was born in Arlington Mar. 15, 1871 (?). She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Minnie Fulton of Arlington.

Pallbearers at the funeral were William, Henry and Richard Paulsen, Leo Weber and Henry Bauermeister.

Mrs. Goedeker was born Mar. 15, 1881 (?) near Arlington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hashoff, pioneers of the Arlington vicinity.

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

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