Roy Atwood, Blair barber, was taken to Clarkson Hospital in Omaha recently for additional examination and medical care. Mr. Atwood has been ill for several weeks with a virus infection of the lungs and other complications. He was confined to the Blair hospital several days prior to being returned to his home last Sunday.

#2 From obituary printed in the Monday, September 3, 1956 Fremont Tribune, Fremont, Nebraska p. 2

Services Pending for Roy Atwood Blair—Roy Atwood, 73, of Blair, died at his home Monday morning after a long illness.

He and his wife, Edythe, operated a combination beauty-barbershop here for several years.

Survivors are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Bahner of Bellflower, California; brother, Shirley of Sioux City, Iowa; sister Mrs. Will Harty of Santa Rosa, California, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Bendorf funeral home.

~~~obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Association. Newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library in Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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