Mrs. O. H. Sheldon died at 3 o’clock this morning after an illness of several months. Her vitality was wonderful at the age of 82, and fought death off for weeks when it seemed she could not live an hour. The funeral will be held at the house tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. J. G. Schick officiating.

#2-Blair Democrat 30 July 1908 Lavina R

Grandma Sheldon died early Wednesday morning and the funeral will be held from the house on South Street Thursday afternoon at 1:30.

Mrs. Sheldon was about 83 years old and the cause of her death was old age. She has been ailing for the past three months.

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

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