FORMER COUNTIAN DIES IN NEW MEXICO

George W. Mehrens of Fort Sumner, New Mexico died suddenly of a heart attack on the morning of July 27. Deceased was the son of the late Herman and Margaret Mehrens who resided on what is now known as the Fred Hurdum farm north of Blair.

Here he was born and attended the district school and later the Blair High School and the Omaha commercial college.

On January 10, 1897 he was married to Ella Johns and to them five children were born. The family moved to Fort Sumner in 1925 where they have since resided. The wife died some six years ago.

Besides the children he leaves a brother, John H. Mehrens of Mondamin, Iowa and a sister, Mrs. Eva L. Grimsley of Little Sioux, Iowa and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his death.

Funeral services and burial was made at Fort Sumner.

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

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