Randall Palmer, a Blair boy years ago, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Lobeck, in Omaha Wednesday morning as a result of kidney trouble and dropsy. The funeral was held at the home Thursday morning, and the body shipped to Blair for burial Thursday afternoon. Palmer was an exceedingly bright young man with an overpowering desire for travel and probably has seen more of the world than any man who ever lived in this county. Five years ago he married and settled down and since that time has been a quiet industrious citizen. The last six months being in the employ of the Omaha street railway company.

#2-18 July, 1907 - Blair Democrat - Randall Palmer

The remains of Randall Palmer, a former Blair boy, were brought here from Omaha last Thursday for interment in the Blair cemetery. Deceased was afflicted with dropsy and died at the home of his mother, Mrs. C. O. Lobeck, in Omaha last Wednesday, and the funeral services held there Thursday morning. He was a great traveler and had seen nearly every country on the globe, but was married about five years ago and settled down. The mother, Mrs. Lobeck, is a sister of W. J. and E. F. Cook of this city.

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

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Note: His father is O. V. Palmer.