LAST RITES FOR HARRY ERVEY, 74 HELD TUESDAY

Born And Reared In County. Was Victim Of Heart Attack

Harry Ervey passed away on Friday, November 2nd in the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha of heart trouble. He was born on a farm northwest of Blair on February 23, 1871, and has made this county his home since that time.

On December 24, 1891 he was married to Miss Ella Compton, the ceremony being performed in Blair. Four children, Vera and Nellie of Phoenix, Arizona; Ferne of Fremont; and Faye at home; and the widow survive. Besides the members of the immediate family, he leaves seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Myra Beck of Crookston, Nebraska; and Mrs. Nellie Bowles of San Clemente, California.

On December 24, 1941 Mr. and Mrs. Ervey celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary, and the happy event was remembered by a host of friends who knew him as a good friend and neighbor.

For over thirty three years Mr. Ervey has been a faithful member of the I.O.O.F. in Blair, and he will be greatly missed in this gathering.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church in Blair with Rev. Sidney L. McCaig officiating, and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

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

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