Obituary Record

Gotlieb Bockerman
Died on 11/18/1905
Buried in Blair Cemetery

20 Nov., 1905 - The Pilot - Gotlieb Bockerman

Saturday afternoon about five o’clock Mr. Gotlieb Bockerman, whose home is in Dexterville, was killed by a switch engine about twenty rods west of the mill. Mr. Bockerman lived alone in the first house west of the John Lutz home, and was on his way home, but took the railroad for it instead of the sidewalk. A freight train was switching and struck him, knocking him to the foot of the high embankment. His forehead was badly split open. The accident was witnessed by J. P Jensen, and it was so clear that no blame attached to the train crew, that Coronor Pierce did not deem it necessary to hold an inquest. Mr. Bockerman was past 72 years of age and very deaf. He has no near relatives living here.

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

Buried in Potter Field in the Blair Nebraska Cemetery.

Printed in the Blair Pilot on 11/20/1905


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