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Car Rolls Down Hill and Crushes Him Against Threshing Machine W. B. Rosenbaum, prominent farmer living west of Kennard, was severely injured about 4 Saturday afternoon while helping to thresh at the Earl Larsen farm west of town. A car that had been left standing on sloping ground near the Larsen house started rolling downhill toward the threshing machine and before Chester Rosenbaum, son of the injured man, who saw the car's descent could climb inside to stop it, the car struck Mr. Rosenbaum, crushing him against the threshing machine which he was oiling. Mr. Rosenbaum was taken to Kennard and then to Blair to Court View hospital for care. He suffered crushed pelvic bones and other injuries that were considered very serious. At this time, his condition is critical with slight hope for recovery.

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Services were Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Kennard Lutheran Church for William B. Rosenbaum, 81, retired Kennard farmer who died Saturday.

Mr. Rosenbaum was born Dec. 15, 1978, at Orum and lived all his life in the area. His wife preceded him in death several years ago.

Surviving are five sons, Leslie, Chester, and Walter, all of Kennard; Clyde and Merritt, both of Omaha; six daughters, Mrs. Helena McDonald, Mrs. Gladys Harper, and Mrs. Lola Gottsch, all of Kennard; Mrs. Marie Pettit and Mrs. Selma Allison, both of Blair; Mrs. Herman Kruse of Bennington; 38 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren.

The Rev. Harold Laursen officiated at the services.

Serving as pallbearers were Henry Utterman, Walter and Albert Plugge, Lloyd Jacobs, Harry Andreasen, and Harold Jensen. Burial was in Kennard Cemetery. Bendorf Funeral Home of Blair was in the charge of arrangements.

Note: Buried in Blk 3 Lt 42 Sp 3. Find a grave Memorial # 20878969

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