Grant Allbery died last Sunday evening at the home of his parents in North Blair from a complication of Bright’s disease and tuberculosis. Mr. Allbery was born in Blair twenty nine years ago in the building known to old timers as robbers roost. It was a building located where the Ann Carter home now stands. Blair has been his home during all this time, though occasionally he has been employed elsewhere. The funeral services will be conducted from the home at ten o’clock Wednesday morning, and the series will be conducted by the Baptist minister, Rev. Geo. Smith. In their sad affliction Mr. and Mrs. Allbery have the deep sympathy of their many personal friends.

#2-26 July, 1905 - Blair Courier - Grant Allbery

Grant Allbery died at his home in North Blair at 6 o’clock Monday morning of tuberculosis of the lungs, and the funeral was held at the house at 10 o’clock this morning, Rev. Geo. Smith officiating. He was an employee of this office for about three years and had been foreman since Mr. Osterman left. He had been fighting this dreaded disease for several years, and up to about holiday time managed to keep pretty well. From this time he failed steadily, but did not quit work until the middle of April. He was greatly emaciated and went out to visit his brother, Will, who lives on a farm near Chadron, Neb., hoping that the higher altitude would help his lungs, but the weather was cold and wet and he could not stay out of doors as he had hoped so came home. He grew weaker and weaker and of course medicine did him no good, the disease being incurable at that stage. Death claimed him at 6 o’clock Monday morning while he was apparently asleep, his eyes remaining peacefully closed after his spirit was set free to wing its way to a fairer land than this. Grant was born in this city August 20th, 1875, and was thus almost 30 years of age. He had lived here most of the time, having worked for a time in Wausa, Neb. and at South Omaha while his brother, Denna was running the Stock Reporter. He was an intelligent and careful workman and we shall greatly miss him as will also the other employees of the office. If we were to sum up his character in a sentence it would be this: “his proof was clean”, and this would apply to his daily life as well as to his work. He was the baby of the family and was therefore idolized by his parents, especially by his invalid mother. The other members of the family are Will of Chadron, Denna of St. Louis, Frank of this city and Mrs. Chas. Rodman of Omaha, all of whom were present at the funeral. His poor, emaciated body now lies in the “city of the dead” but his spirit is free to go where he will, to see his mother in the home, to this office where he worked so long or to be at home with the Father of us all.

Sleep on, beloved, sleep, and take thy rest;
Lay down thy head upon they Savior’s breast;
We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best -
Good night! Good night! Good night!

Calm is thy slumber as an infant’s sleep;
But thou shalt wake no more to toil and weep;
Thine is a perfect rest secure, and deep -
Good night! Good night! Good night!

Until the shadows from the earth are cast;
Until He gathers in His sheaves at last;
Until the twilight gloom be over-past -

#3-27 July, 1905 - The Blair Democrat - Grant Allbery

Grant Allbery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allbery, died Monday morning of consumption, and the funeral was held yesterday morning from the home, Rev. George Smith officiating. Grant was born in Blair August 6, 1875, and learned the printers trade with his brother Denna in the Pilot office. Later he worked with Charlie Rodman at Wausa and from there he went to work on the South Omaha Drovers Journal. In 1900 Grant came back to Blair and shortly after secured a job on the Courier, which he held until about April 1st this year when he went to Chadron for a visit with relatives in the hope that the dryer climate would benefit him. On the second of June he came back, however, feeling very good, but weak, and from that time had hardly been out of the house. Two sisters of the deceased have died of the dread disease, Grant making the third one in the family to be stricken in the prime of life. Besides a mother and father, there is left to mourn his death one sister and three brothers.

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

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