A seven pound baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Leehy of Nashville last Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. The daughter was the first girl born to the Leehy’s, they being the parents of three boys. Due to a poor general physical condition the baby died at 5:30 Saturday evening. Brief funeral services were held at the grave in the Blair Cemetery Monday morning.

Death of the infant was attributed to an accident in Omaha on November 28th at which time Mrs. Leehy was struck by a street car which attempting to pull her youngest son, Tommy, who had darted into the path of the oncoming car, to safety.

The mother, the former Charlotte Maher, of Blair is reported to be getting along nicely.

#2-19 Jan., 1939 - The Enterprise

DAUGHTER BORN TO JOHN LEEHYS

A seven pound baby daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Leehy of Nashville last Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. The daughter was the first girl born to the Leehys, they being the parents of three boys. Due to a poor general physical condition, the baby died at 5:30 Saturday evening. Brief funeral services were held at the grave in the Blair cemetery Monday morning.

Death of the infant was attributed to an accident in Omaha on November 28th, at which time Mrs. Leehy was struck by a street car while attempting to pull her youngest son, Tommy, who had darted into the path of the oncoming car, to safety.

The mother, the former Miss Charlotte Maher of Blair, is reported to be getting along nicely.

Note: The Vig Files at the Danish American Archives has the death date recorded as January 15, 1939.

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