The sad news was received here Friday evening that M. R. Gundy had been killed by a fall of seventy five feet from the top of the Nye-Schneider-Fowler Company’s new elevator in Omaha. Almost every bone in his body was broken and death resulted in a few minutes after the terrible accident occurred. The body was brought up here Saturday morning, and the funeral held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon from his home on east Colfax street. Rev. J. G. Shick officiated and six of his fellow ushers at the recent tabernacle meetings acted as pallbearers. Mr. Gundy was born at Ritchie, Ill. Jan. 10, 1861 and at the age of nineteen went to Marion, Ia. He lived there for five years and then came to this state. He was married to Miss L. Eva Mason of this city on June 8th, 1887. Mr. Gundy was an honest, hard working man, a carpenter by trade, and a few years ago bought himself a home in this city, which he had about half paid for on the installment plan. Mrs. Gundy has been in poor health for some time which makes the accident an unusually sad one. Besides the wife, Mr. Gundy leaves one sister and three brothers to mourn his sudden departure from the land of the living “to that bourne from which no traveler ever returns”.

#2-15 Nov., 1906 - Blair Democrat - M. R. Gundy

Word reached Blair last Friday afternoon that M. R. Gundy had fallen from the roof of the new Nye-Schneider elevator in Omaha and almost instantly killed. The remains were brought to Blair Saturday morning, and the funeral held from his late home on Colfax street Sunday afternoon, Rev. Shick officiating. Mr. Gundy had been working on the roof of the elevator when his foot slipped, and he fell to the ground seventy five feet below. Life was extinct before medical aid could reach him. Deceased was born in Ritchie, Ill. January 10, 1861. At the age of 19 he wet to Iowa where he remained for about five years and then came to Nebraska, stopping first at Albion. He lived at different times in Fremont, Loup City and Omaha. On June 8, 1891 he was married to L. Eva Mason of this city, and two years later they came to Blair to live. Deceased leaves a wife, one sister and three brothers, the younger one of whom was present at the funeral.

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

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