Obituary Record

Bryant (Rev.) Howe
Died on 7/29/1937

5 Aug., 1937 - The Enterprise

REV. BRYANT HOWE DIES SUDDENLY LATE THURSDAY

Death Came Suddenly the Result of a Heart Attack Death came suddenly to Rev. Bryant Howe at 9:45 Thursday evening, July 29, 1937, as the result of a sudden heart attack. He had been to Omaha to attend a birthday celebration of his daughter, Mrs. D. C. Gehrman of 3817 Grover street and was on his return to Blair. He became ill at Nashville and stopped and asked for medical assistance, but none was available.

He employed a man to drive him to Blair, but died before they reached Fort Calhoun where the body was cared for until its removal to Omaha.

The funeral services, with more than six hundred in attendance, were held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Omaha.

Dr. E. Guy Cutchall, chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan university, officiated. “He was a merchant of light, a merchant of the goods no man can corner”, said Dr. Cutshall.

In the guard of honor at the casket were members of Mt. Calvary Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. They were George Guthrie, Harry O. Hartnell, Harold H. Thorn, Fred Eastman, Peter Dykstra and Charles W. Reeve. Music was by Mrs. William Inghram, soprano, and Albert Sand, organist.

Judge Perry Wheeler gave a brief history of Rev. Mr. Howe’s Masonic activities. “He exemplified friendship, comfort, spiritual support”, he said. “He was helping the architect of the universe to do his work”.

Burial was in Graceland Park cemetery.

Rev. Mr. Howe, native of Ohio, served six years as Methodist district superintendent at Columbus and Holdrege, Nebraska before going to Omaha. He was pastor of Grace Methodist church eight years. He was transferred to the Blair pulpit last September.

Mrs. Howe died last February after a brief illness. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. D. Chester Gehrman of Omaha.

Words of praise for Rev. Howe are superfluous to Blair people. It is rare indeed for a minister in so short a time to endear himself to not only his own people but to the community at large as did he. He was respected and loved by all classes. Highly educated, yet extremely democratic, he was recognized as a man’s man, a real gentleman and bearing the imprint of a real Christian.

The Methodists have lost a man of ability and sincerity, one hard indeed to replace, and Blair has lost a citizen whose example was always of that type worthy of emulation. He lived the part, practicing his own doctrine.

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

Find a Grave Memorial #157455402

Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 8/5/1937


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