#1 Published in the Enterprise November 1, 1929

His burial records have his death date November 1, 1929.

Business Man Passes Away-Well Known and Highly Esteemed Citizen Meets Accidental Death, Reared in Washington County, Every Man Was His Friend-Services Well Attended-Vast Concourse of Friends Follow Body to Last Resting Place

It was a shock to the entire community when the news spread Friday night of the death of Chas. N. Hansen at his place of business, the Home Bakery. He had been in the basement and was coming up in an open elevator and it is thought that he slipped, falling in such a manner that his head protruded over the side and when the elevator reached the floor above he was killed.

Deceased was born in Omaha, July 17, 1870 and when two years of age with his parents moved to a farm northwest of Orum. Here he grew to manhood.

He was married to Matilda Bensen in 1892 the ceremony being performed in Omaha and two years later with his bride he moved to the old farm where he was reared. Here nineteen years of happy life was spent. Late in 1912 he moved to a farm south of Blair where the family resided for six years.

In 1918 he moved to Blair and went into the bakery business in which business he continued until his death.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hansen five children were born, Mrs. Esther Cram of Fremont, Ed B., Elwin G., John E., all of Blair and Miss Marian, who teaches in Fremont city schools and these, with the grief stricken wife, mourn a dear, devoted father and husband.

He leaves also two brothers, Will and Jesse of this county and three sisters, Emma, Mrs. Wm. Ruwe, of Fontanelle; Clara, Mrs. Martin Rasmussen of Fremont, and Lizzie, Mrs. Wynn Baer, of this city.

Mr. Hansen was perhaps as well known as any man in the county and was one man who had no enemies. Always a gentleman, considerate of others in thought and all who knew him and his host of friend extend their sympathies to the wife and family.

#2 7 Nov., 1929 - The Pilot-Tribune

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN ELEVATOR SHAFT

Funeral Services Held at Methodist Church Monday

Charles N. Hansen, proprietor of the Home Bakery, and a prominent businessman of Blair, was found dead at his place of business about 9:30 o’clock last Friday evening. He was caught in the elevator shaft in the rear of the bakery and physicians pronounced that death had been instantaneous, as he suffered a broken neck. The body was found by his son, Edward, who came to work at the bakery Friday evening.

The deceased was born in Omaha July 7, 1870, and was the son of John and Marianna Hansen. He was educated in the public schools and in 1892 he was united in marriage with Mathilda Benson. In 1893 they moved to Orum where they lived for nineteen years. Five children were born to this happy union, all of whom survive. In 1918 the family removed to Blair where Mr. Hansen and his sons have since operated the Home Bakery.

Mr. Hansen was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church and both he and his wife were charter members of the Lutheran church at Orum. He was also very active in fraternal organizations and held membership in the I.O.O.F., A.F.&A.M., Modern Woodman and Danish Brotherhood. He was at the head of the Modern Woodmen lodge of Blair at the time of his death.

Surviving him are his bereaved wife, two daughters, Mrs. Esther Cram of Fremont and Miss Marian, a teacher in the Fremont city schools; three sons, Edward B., John E. and Elvin G., all of Blair; two brothers, William and Jesse Hansen of Orum; and three sisters, Mrs. Emma Ruwe of Fontanelle, Mrs. Clara Rasmussen of Fremont and Mrs. Elizabeth Baer of Blair.

Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist church at 1:00 o’clock Monday afternoon, Rev. A. F. Newell officiating, after which interment was made in Blair cemetery.

In the death of Mr. Hansen, the community loses one of its best citizens; he was progressive and there was never a public movement that he was not ready and anxious to do his part, not only as a committeeman, but by subscribing liberally to every cause. He was a valued member of the Blair Chamber of Commerce, and while of a retiring disposition, yet his advice and counsel was sought on many occasions; he was always well posted on questions of a public nature and had the faculty of remembering what he had read and the ability to reason out a problem. He will be missed by a circle of close friends who really knew his value as an exemplary citizen and booster for the community in which he lived. Blair can ill afford to lose such men as Charles Hansen.

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

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