EARLY FONTANELLE RESIDENT PASSES

Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 6 at the Salem Lutheran church in Fontanelle for Peter Bentrup, 76, pioneer resident of that vicinity. Mr. Bentrup died at his home in Fremont Saturday, Oct. 3, following a long illness.

The deceased was born in Germany in 1855, and came to America at the age of sixteen years, coming directly to the Fontanelle neighborhood where he farmed until eight years ago when he moved to Fremont.

He is survived by his wife who was Mary Strenger of Fontanelle before her marriage, a daughter, Mrs. W. F. Boldt of Fremont and a granddaughter, also of Fremont.

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

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