BLAIR BABY DIES AFTER ILLNESS

Peter James Nelson, 18-month-old son of Mrs. Alfred Nelson of Blair, died last Thursday after a brief illness. He was the son of Alfred Nelson, who was drowned in the Missouri river near here slightly more than a year ago while trying to jump from one barge to another in midstream.

Death of the baby was said caused by a throat ailment. Private funeral services and burial took place in Blair cemetery Friday morning.

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

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