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Cora Stricklett, Death Victim, Early Sunday

Veteran Printer In Blair Newspaper Has Host Of Friends

Cora Stricklett, who for more than thirty years, had been employed in the newspaper plants of Blair, died Sunday evening at six o'clock. She had suffered for some time with high blood pressure, but she continued to work until seriously stricken, about ten years ago.

She was born March 3, 1880, on a farm south of Blair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Stricklett. At the age of twelve, here, she became a member of the United Brethren Church, and about thirty years ago, she joined the Church of Christ. She was well-known in Blair, where she had spent her entire life, and where she was known for her honesty and her kind, generous nature.

She leaves to mourn her, twenty-six nieces and nephews, seventy great-nieces and nephews, and twenty great-great nieces and nephews. Besides these, she leaves a cousin, Vanola Brunton, with whom she lived for the past thirty-two years. The two, who have been inseparable companions, have made their home with the Herman Ladwig family for the past fourteen years.

The deceased was a woman of high caricature and with the spirit of a true Christian. She has many friends who will miss and grieve for her.

Funeral services were held at two o'clock p.m., Tuesday, at the Church Christ and interment was in the Blair Cemetery. Thus, another branch of a pioneer family has been called. She has met the inevitable that is common to all mankind.

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Cora Stricklett Succumbs At Home

Veteran Printer, 58, Dies Early Sunday From Heart Trouble

Ill a week with heart trouble, Miss Cora Stricklett, 58 veteran Blair newspaper employee of more than 30 years, died at 6 a.m. Sunday at the Herman Ladwig home, 309 east Nebraska street, where she had made her residence for 14 years. She had been an employee of the Pilot-Tribune in recent years.

For 32 years she and her cousin, Miss Vanola Brunton, now an employee of The Enterprise, had been inseparable companions. They had made their home together, and one was seldom seen without the other.

Both worked many years on the old Pilot, which was published by Don C. VanDeusen, Miss Brunton as a linotypist, Miss Stricklett as a printer. They were believed to be one of the few women printing “teams” in the Midwest.

To 116 persons, most of them living in Washington county and Omaha, Miss Stricklett was “Aunt Coe”. She had 26 nieces and nephews, 70 great-nieces and great-nephews, and 20 great-great-nieces and great-great nephews.

Youngest of a family of 12 children, Miss Stricklett was born in Blair March 3, 1880, he daughter of the late James P. and Catherine Carter Stricklett. Her maternal grandparents were among the first white persons to settle on the present site of Blair.

When 12 years old, Miss Stricklett joined the United Brethern church, later becoming a member of the Church of Christ in which allegiance she kept the remainder of her life.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ, the Rev. Mr. Baird of Fremont officiating. Interment followed in Blair Cemetery.

Note: Cora is buried in the Blair Cemetery in Blk 96 Lot 7 Sp 10. Find a Grave # 75217674.

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