After an illness of about six weeks, Mrs. I. C. Eller passed peacefully away at 7:45 last Sunday morning at her home on west Grant street of auto-intoxication, that is, from poisons caused by faulty digestion. Her physicians were very much puzzled over her symptoms and on Saturday Dr. Dunn, of Omaha, was called in consultation pronouncing it auto-intoxication. She had been unconscious for several days prior to her death so the family was fully prepared when the end came.

The funeral was held at the family residence at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, her pastor, Rev. J. M. Kokjer, officiating. Ellen Elizabeth Kemp was born in East Troy, Wis., Feb. 9th, 1861, and came to this city with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Haller, in 1884, and made her home with them for two years until her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Kemp, came. She graduated from the high school here in 1879 and taught in the country schools for two years and in the city schools for five years.

She was united in marriage to I. C. Eller on Nov. 3rd, 1886, and of this union four children were born: Willie died Dec. 27, 1900, a baby daughter died in Dec. '98, Louise and Pauline, aged 20 and 17, survive her. Also her mother, aged 79 years, who is a sister to W. D. and B. F. Haller and the late Theo. Haller, and one sister, Mrs. G. A. Erickson, of Naper, Nebr., who has been here for some time helping care for her, and a brother, Ed. Kemp, of this city.

When but 17 years of age she united with the Congregational Church and was a faithful worker and Christian the balance of her life. She was also a member of Welcome Rebekah Lodge and the W.R.C.

After the death of her only son, Willie, whose death she never ceased to mourn, she took an interest in keeping the cemetery in better condition, and largely from her efforts, the Blair Cemetery Association was formed, the good results of which everyone knows. She did much towards soliciting for the cement walk to the cemetery and the planting of the row of trees that are now pleasing memories of her interest. For her work in beautifying the "Silent City of the Dead" which is now her home, she will be remembered for long years to come.

#2 Printed in the June 17, 1914 Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Mrs. I. C. Eller Dead

Mrs. I. C. Eller died at the family home in Blair at eight o'clock Sunday morning, June 14, 1914, of auto-intoxication after an illness of some six weeks.

Ellen Elizabeth Kemp was born at East Troy, Wis., February 9, 1861. She was a daughter of Thomas A. and Mary E. Kemp. She came to Nebraska in 1874 with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Haller and made her home with them for two years until her parents arrived. She was educated in the Blair city schools, graduating with the class of '79, after which she taught in the county schools for two years when she was appointed by the school board as a teacher in the city schools which position she held until 1886.

She was married to I. C. Eller Nov. 3, 1886. To this union four children were born. Two of whom with the husband survive her. She is also survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Kemp. She was a member of the Congregational Church, having united with the church April 7, 1878, and had always lead a consistent Christian life. She was secretary of the Blair Cemetery Association, and a member of the Rebekah Lodge and W.R.C.

The funeral was held from the home at five o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Kokjer conducting the service, and the body laid to rest in the Blair Cemetery.

#3 Printed in the June 18, 1914 Democrat, Blair, Nebraska

Mrs. Eller Passes Away

After suffering several weeks with what was at first supposed to be a nervous breakdown but later proved to be septic poisoning from the gall bladder, Mr. I.C. Eller passed away at the family home in this city Sunday morning, and the funeral was held from the late home Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Kokjer of the Congregational Church officiating.

Mrs. Eller, who was the wife of County Judge Eller, will be greatly missed by the people of Blair, not only because of her devotion to her family and her active interest in the welfare of the community, but because of the great pride she took in the local cemetery association and the Chautauqua. Mrs. Eller was what might be termed the mother of our cemetery association and it has been through her efforts mainly that the Blair cemetery is known as one of the best kept and most beautiful in the state. Her untiring and unselfish efforts for the perpetuation of the association has won her the admiration of hosts of our people, and in her death the community suffers a loss that will be felt for a long time to com.

Mr. Eller was born at Troy, Wis., February 9, 1861, and came to Blair in 1874. She was married to I.C. Eller November 3, 1886, at Blair. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Louise and Pauline; her mother, Mrs. Mary Kemp, 79 years old; a brother, S.E. Kemp, of Blair; and a sister, Mrs. Louise Erickson, of Naper, Neb.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~