GUSTAV KAHNK KILLED IN TRACTOR ACCIDENT

Funeral services for Gustav Kahnk of Kennard were held Wednesday afternoon, November 27, at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Blair, The Reverend Stanley Peterson officiated at the service.

Mr. Kahnk was killed in a tractor accident which occurred about 11:30 A.M., Saturday. He was operating a tractor with which he was unfamiliar, and in some manner engaged the clutch when he wished to shut the tractor off. The rear wheel of the tractor passed over his chest.

Gustav Detluf Kahnk, 69, was born at Kennard July 28, 1899, and died November 23, 1968. He was the son of August Kahnk and Lena Mathiesen Kahnk. He is survived by his wife, Amanda Kuhr Kahnk; a daughter, Mrs. Merle Andersen (Mardelle) of Blair; and three sons, Milo G. Kahnk of Kennard, and Donald L. Kahnk and Rolland Kahnk, both of Fremont. There were 13 grandchildren.

He is also survived by five sisters: Mrs. Ben Martens, of Fremont, Mrs. William Hansen, Omaha; and Mrs. Marie Taylor, Mrs. Lillian Ackley, and Mrs. Claire Bixby, all of California; and four brothers, Louie and Arthur of Omaha, John of Grand Island, and Harry of Cedar Bluffs.

The Bendorf Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Memory Card

IN MEMORY OF GUSTAV DETLUF KAHNK

July 28, 1899 Kennard, Nebraska November 23, 1968 Kennard, Nebraska

SERVICES AT TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

Wednesday, November 27, 1968 – 2:00 P.M.

OFFICIATING Rev. Stanley Peterson

MUSIC BY Mr. Arden Dorn Soloist; Mrs. Milo V. Jeppesen Organist

“What A Friend We Have In Jesus”; “Softly And Tenderly”

PALLBEARERS: Milo Jeppesen Albert Swanson Paul Wulf John Lorsch George Lund Henry Ibsen

CONCLUDING SERVICE Blair Cemetery

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