Obituary Record

George Frederick Huber
Died on 12/23/1940
Buried in German Cemetery

#1 -26 Dec., 1940 - The Enterprise

George Frederick Huber

Well Known Stockman of County Dies-George Huber, 75 Years of Age, Dies Following an Operation

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George Huber, a pioneer of this county, was born September 7, 1865 on a farm in the southern part of the county and here he spent his entire life of 75 years. A short time ago he submitted to a major operation and apparently was improving but a turn came for the worse which took his life on Monday morning, December 23.

On May 10, 1894, he was married to Miss Amanda Borup. To them nine children were born, four sons and five daughters, all of whom are living except one who died in infancy. Those living are Frank of Millard; Clark of Irvington and Walter of Blair and Mrs. Ernest Petersen of Millard; Mrs. Arthur Gottsch and Miss Bertha Huber of Irvington; Mrs. Arthur Petersen of Papillion and Mrs. Harry Lund of Florence. Those with the wife grieve deeply their great loss. He also leaves a brother, Ernest of Irvington and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Heise of Bancroft and Miss Emma Huber of Hastings, Nebraska.

Funeral rites are to be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 p.m. from the St. John’s Lutheran Church at Bennington and interment was made in the German Cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Petersen of Valley; Emil Gottsch, Charles Moher, William Heitmann and Henry Suverkrubbe of Irvington; and William Allen of Omaha.

In his passing the county loses a good substantial citizen. In his dealings with mankind he was scrupulously honest. He was an industrious farmer and prospered. For twenty years he had been a breeder of purebred Poland China hogs and had made a place for himself in that line. He also took time to take his share of the civic duties of his community and far a term of fifteen years served as a member of the board of education in the Wranch School District.

A man of his sterling qualities will be missed by his neighbors and by his family. His was a life of usefulness, a life worthy of respect and one that makes for stalwart manhood and the best of citizenship.

#2 Published in the Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska – 26 Dec 1940

GEORGE HUBER, 75, COUNTY PIONEER, IS BURIED TODAY

Father of County Attorney Was Prominent as Purebred Hog Expert

LIVED ALL LIFE ON FARM WHERE BORN

Well-Known Resident of Southern Part of County Died in Omaha Hospital Monday; Wife, Three Sons, Five Daughters Survive

George Huber, 75, Washington county pioneer and prominent in the Midwest as a raiser of purebred hogs, died Monday at Clarkson hospital in Omaha following an illness of 10 days. Mr. Huber had spent his entire life as a resident of the same farm northeast of Bennington on the Washington-Douglas county line, where he was born in 1865.

For more than 20 years, Mr. Huber and his son, Clark, had specialized in purebred hog raising, and their annual sales had attracted many buyers from all parts of the Midwest.

Mr. Huber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Huber, immigrants from Germany, was born on the Huber farm September 7, 1865. He was married May 10, 1894, to Miss Amanda Borup, who had lived in the McCarthy district before moving to Blair.

Mr. Huber was a member of the Lutheran church, and had served for 15 years as a director of the Wranch school board.

Surviving are his wife, Amanda; three sons, Walter Huber of Blair, present Washington county attorney, Clark of near Bennington and Frank of Millard; five daughters, Mrs. Ernest Peterson of Papillion, Mrs. Arthur Gottsch and Miss Bertha Huber, both of Irvington, and Mrs. Arthur Petersen of Papillion and Mrs. Harry Lund of Florence. There is one surviving brother, Ernest Huber of Irvington, also two sisters, Mrs. Herman Heise of Bancroft and Miss Emma Huber of Hastings, and 22 grandchildren. One of the Hubers’ children, Frederick, died in infancy.

Funeral services for Mr. Huber were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. John’s Lutheran church in Bennington, with interment following in the German cemetery. Pallbearers were William Allen of Omaha, Fred Petersen of Valley, Emil Gottsch, Charles Mohr, William Heitmann and Henry Suverkrubbe, all of Irvington.

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

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