George Naeve of Kennard who died on February 7th, was buried last Saturday in the Kennard cemetery, the funeral services being held at his late home, Rev. A. F. Schafer presiding. Deceased was born June 23, 1843 in Gross Wittensee, Schleswig, Germany, and came to American in 1865, settling first in Iowa and later came to Nebraska where he followed the carpenter’s trade. On the 24th day of September, 1880 he was married to Catharina Rehder at the home of his cousin, George Kuhr, seven miles west of Blair. After the wedding he and his wife went to Boone county, Iowa where he owned a farm and they resided there until the spring of 1883. Disposing of the farm they came to Washington county, and bought 160 acres of land one and one half miles southwest of Kennard where he lived until his death. Deceased leaves a wife and three children, two boys, Hans and Frank and one daughter, Maggie, all grown, the youngest being twenty years of age. There are also two brothers who live in Boone county, Iowa, and who were here to attend the funeral, and two sisters living in Germany. Mr. Naeve was a good, steady farmer of exemplary habits and leaves his family in comfortable circumstances.

#2-19 Feb., 1906 - The Pilot - George Naeve

In a recent issue The Pilot mentioned, by way of a clipping from the Kennard Enterprise, the death of George Naeve, whose home was a short distance south of Kennard. Mr. Naeve was born in Gross Wittensee, Schleswig, Germany June 23, 1843, and died at his home near Kennard on February 7, 1906. He came to America at about the time the war closed and followed his trade as carpenter til 1880 when he was married to Miss Catharine Rehder. He then moved to Boone county, Iowa, where he bought a farm and held it for three years, selling it then to come to this county where he has since resided. On reaching this county, he bought the farm south of Kennard and has since lived there. He leaves a wife and three children, one girl and two boys, and two sisters who still reside in Germany. He was related to the Kuhr boys and leaves a large circle of friends in Washington county who extend sympathy to the bereaved family in their present affliction. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in the county and showed to some extent the high esteem in which he was held by his neighbors.

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

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