MANY ATTEND RITES FOR JOE LAZURE SUNDAY

Hundreds Gather To Do Last Sad Honors. Many From A Distance

A. Joseph Lazure passed away July 2 at 6:15 p.m. in the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, the contributing cause being an automobile accident which occurred on June 30th.

Deceased was born in this county in the vicinity of Vacoma on January 25, 1872 where his father had homesteaded. He bore the distinction of having been born in a sod house of which he often spoke.

For the sake of being near to church, his father sold the farm at Vacoma and bought land in DeSoto. Here he was raised and educated. On September 22, 1914 he was married to Miss Mae Allen, and they immediately went farming on the old William Allen farm where they lived until his death.

He leaves, besides the wife, three brothers, Ernest of Tekamah; Charles and Jack of Blair; also three sisters, Mrs. Jerry Foley of Blair and the Misses Teresa and Margaret Lazure of Omaha and several nephews and nieces.

Funeral rites were held Sunday at the Bendorf Funeral Home with Father Meyer of Fremont officiating, and interment was made in the Allen cemetery overlooking the old Allen homestead.

At the last sad rites, hundreds of people from every walk of life, not only from this county but from a distance, gathered to show respect for the man whom through upright dealings they had learned to respect, and after the ceremonies they followed the body to its last resting place making a procession several miles in length.

Deceased was one of the most successful farmers and cattle feeders in the county. In his younger days he took an active part in county politics and was always interested in civic affairs. He was executive vice president of the Washington county Historical Association and has been identified with the gathering of much of the historical data of the county. He also took an active part in the Wilde-Woods Circle and he will be missed at these gatherings.

The immense gathering of friends at his funeral services speaks more of his standing among his friends and neighbors than weak words can express, and so closes the last chapter in a life well spent and an example of the highest type of citizenship well worthy of emulation. All that is left is the memory of a real friend and a good citizen.

Among the out of town guests attending the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Janda, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Harris and son, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Kingman Van Steenburg, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. De Vare, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Aye, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Anderson, Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs. Dan Daley, Miss Lizzie McMahon, Mrs. Francis Maney, Mr. and Mrs. John Allen, Mr. and Mrs. William Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Caldwell, Mrs. Wiley Hubbard, Agnes Craven, Miss Ariene Smith, Mrs. Victoria Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Smith, Mrs. Mary Barry, Mrs. Nettie Thoeleck, all of Omaha and Jimmy Murray of south Omaha.

From Fontanelle were Mr. and Mrs. John Niebaum, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Monke, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Langhorst, Mr. and Mrs. William Bisbee, Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schoettger, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Schoettger, George Schoettger of Arlington; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Riley of Pierce, Nebraska; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wulf of Butler, Missouri; Mrs. W. C. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Whit Cameron and Fred Robertson from Herman and Mrs. Howard Rugg of Gary, Indiana.

#2-Published in the Blair Enterprise date unknown

Struck By Car. Injury Proves Fatal-Joe Lazure, Caught Between Two Car, Suffers Broken Leg-Amputation Necessary

Joe Lazure, prominent farmer and stockman of Washington County, met with an accident Monday evening which was of the most serious nature. Joe and wife had been in Blair calling on relatives and stopped at the ice plant to take home some ice for their ice box. As Joe was loading the ice on the rear bumper of his car, John Jensen of the Gardner school district drove in for ice and in some unexplainable manner ran into Joe, pinning him against the bumper of his car, badly shattering the bones in his left leg.

A physician was immediately called and he was rushed to the Methodist hospital in Omaha. An examination showed the bones so badly crushed that an amputation was necessary. The operation was performed Wednesday morning. He failed to rally and after a day of anxiety to those in attendance, he passed away at 6:15 p.m. of the same day.

Had he lived until next January he would have been seventy-five years of age. He was well-known in the county and had a host of friends who will mourn his death. He was a man among men, a real friend and a success in his business affairs, fair and upright in his dealings and always thoughtful of the rights of others.

For over forty years he has been a close and valued friend of the writer and his pleasant association will be greatly missed.

Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Clipping on file at the Blair Public Library.

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