Willie, the nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wilder, died at 2 o’clock Monday morning of brain fever. He was in school Friday forenoon and was taken sick in the afternoon. He was kicked by a horse some time ago, and his parents think it had something to do with his sudden death. The funeral was held at the house in North Blair at 3:30 yesterday afternoon.

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