Otis Eller Dies In California

Otis R. Eller, 74, a former Blair resident and a brother of Judge I. C. Eller, died Tuesday at his home in Long Beach, California. He was the retired assistant of the Lincoln district of the railway mail service.

At the time of his retirement in July, 1940, Eller was the oldest record employee in point of service of the 14th railway mail service division, comprising Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado.

Born in Iowa July 20, 1870, Eller received his first appointment with the service as a substitute railway postal clerk in November, 1893. After working on several lines in Nebraska and surrounding states, he became assistant chief of the Lincoln district in May, 1914. Three years later he transferred to the chief clerk’s office in Omaha and several months later returned voluntarily to the road as clerk in charge of the Omaha-Denver run.

In October, 1925, he was appointed chief clerk of the Lincoln district, servicing in that capacity until 1933.

Following his retirement in 1940, Eller went to California with his wife, and except for a brief stay in Chicago, had lived there until his death.

Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Henry, a minister, and Warren, a doctor.

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

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