FORMER BLAIR MAN DIES

Elmer W. Booth, who for years made Blair his home, passed away on last Friday, April 1 at the home of his son, Leslie, in Omaha.

Deceased was born in Michigan on April 24, 1879, and was married to Addie Edwards December 24, 1901. She passed away twenty years ago.

He leaves to mourn his death two sons and one daughter, Leslie of Omaha and Kenneth of Waterville, Maine and Mrs. Vera Long of Omaha.

Besides the children, three brothers and one sister survive.

Funeral services were held from the Bendorf Funeral Home last Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Ralph P. Rasmussen officiating. Clyde Sappenfield accompanied by Miss Gertrude Mead sang two hymns. Burial was in the cemetery.

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

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