MRS. WM. DICKMEYER DIED MONDAY

Mrs. William Dickmeyer, 66 years of age, passed away Monday evening at her home about ten miles northwest of Blair in the Bisbee school district.

Deceased was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Laaker of Arlington, and was a highly accomplished lady.

Mr. and Mrs. Dickmeyer have lived on their fine farm since their marriage, and to them two daughters were born, Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. Herbert Echtenkamp. A grandson also survived.

Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Brown Creek church, and interment will be made in the church cemetery. Rev. Carl Hellman will be in charge.

#2 Printed in the Thursday, January 21, 1943 Pilot-Tribune, p. 1

FUNERAL OF BLAIRITE SET

Funeral Rites at St. Paul’s Church today for Mrs. William Dickmeyer

Mrs. William Dickmeyer, 67, native and lifetime resident of Washington county, died Monday evening at her home west of Blair.

Funeral services are being held at 1:30pm today at the home, followed at 2 o’clock by services at St. Paul’s Lutheran church north of Arlington, of which she was a lifetime member. The Rev. Carl Hellman is officiating, and burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mary Laaker was born near Arlington March 31, 1875. She and Mr. Dickmeyer were married January 23, 1901. She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. Herbert Echtenkamp of Arlington, and a grandson.

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

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