Obituary Record

Frederick Wolf
Died on 6/28/1893

6 July, 1893 - The Pilot - Frederick Wolf

DIED.

WOLF-At his home near Hooper in Dodge County, on Wednesday, June 28, 1893, of Bright's disease, Mr, Frederick Wolf, aged 71 уеаrѕ.

Mr. Wolf was well known to most early settlers in this county, having located just across the line in Dodge County as early as 1864, where he has since resided. He was born in Whitdorf, Hanover, Germany, Feb, 22, 1822, came to America at about 30 years of age and locating in Wisconsin where he lived twelve years before coming to Nebraska. He leaves a wife and three grown married children to mourn his loss. His sickness has lasted over a period of six months. His son and two daughters are well known both in Dodge and Washington Counties. The son, Fred Wolf, Jr., lives on the old place near Hooper, and the daughters are Mrs. T. B. Pawling and Mrs. Robert Heydan of Sheridan Township, this county.

Like many of his countrymen who came to this country. In early days, Mr. Wolf had by industry and frugality acquired a competence, and leaves his family in comfortable circumstances. The funeral was held on Thursday June 29 from the German Lutheran church in Hooper and the remains were interred in the Logan Creek cemetery. Thus passes away another of the earliest settlers, honored and respected by all who knew him.

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

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Printed in the Blair Pilot on 7/6/1893


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