Minnie Stoltenberg was born April 21, 1861, and passed away January 26, 1938 at the age of 76 years, 9 months and 5 days. The daughter of Washington county pioneers, she was born in a log cabin built by her father, the late Paul Stoltenberg, on what is now known as the Dora Klindt farm. She was married to William Kruse April 13, 1881. To this union were born six sons and two daughters. They lived on a farm southwest of Fort Calhoun until December, 1915 when they retired to town, where her husband preceded her in death on June 30, 1921. She was a member of the Progressive society of the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian church, and in this and other movements for the community’s good. Her active and helpful interest will be sincerely missed. In her life there have been exemplified to a marked degree the pioneer virtues of kindness and honesty, industry and thrift. She is survived by seven of her eight children. One son, Otto, having preceded her in death. Those surviving are Henry, Mrs. Geo. Neale, William, Ernest, Hugo, Helen and Waldo, all of Fort Calhoun; two sisters, Mrs. Amelia Melton of Florence, Mrs. Mary Voss of Benson; two brothers, George of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Ed of Berkely, California and fifteen grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon, Rev. R. E. Donaldson officiating. Burial was made in the local cemetery.

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

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