FORMER BLAIRITE BURIED SATURDAY

Mrs. Louisa Kline Peterson, formerly of this county, died at 1:30 Monday morning in Billings, Montana. The body is being sent to Blair, and the funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Bendorf Funeral Home, and interment will be made in Cuming City cemetery.

Mrs. Peterson, whose family, the Klines, ranks with the pioneers, was a charter member of the local Eastern Star and the ceremony will be an Eastern Star ceremony. Rev. D. D. Kennedy of the local Baptist church will officiate.

#2 Printed in the Pilot Tribune 6 Aug 1942

Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Kline Peterson, 67, of Billings, Montana, former Blairite, were held at the Bendorf Funeral Home here Saturday afternoon, interment following in Cuming City cemetery.

Members of the Order of the Eastern Star, who assisted in the funeral services, served a luncheon Saturday noon for relatives of Mrs. Peterson who had come here for the rites. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ailes and C. O. Childress of Lincoln, and Mrs. Rena Farr and Mrs. Ruth Titus of Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Arndt served as hosts for the lodge, with Mrs. J. Cronstrom and Mrs. Fred Krogh in charge of the luncheon.

Note: Per Cuming City Cemetery listing, death date was July 27, 1942

#3 Enterprise 13 Aug 1942

Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Kline Peterson, former Blair woman who died at Billings, Montana, were held at Bendorf Funeral Home Saturday afternoon, August 8, and interment was made in the Cuming City Cemetery.

Following the funeral rites, the O.E.S. held a luncheon at the Masonic Hall for relatives and friends of the late Mrs. Peterson; present were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ailes and C.O. Childress of Lincoln; Mrs. Lena Farr and Mrs. Ruth Titus of Omaha; Charles K. Petersen of Fremont; Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Arndt, who acted as host and hostess, Miss Mary J. Cook, Mrs. Anna Petersen and Mrs. Lutie McKay of Blair. The committee in charge included Mrs. Fred Krogh and Mrs. J. Cronstrom.

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

Find a Grave Memorial #66845184 (tombstone has spelling Louise)