Audry Walrath

About ten days ago Audrey Walrath, about eleven years of age, oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Walrath of this city, fell from a cherry tree breaking both bones of the forearm. The fracture was a serious one as the bones had pierced the flesh causing much loss of blood and making it impossible to set the injured member.

She was taken to the hospital a short time afterward where her sufferings were intense. On last Tuesday complications set in which resulted in a severe case of tetanus. On Tuesday night Henry Grimm was called on to make a trip to Omaha to obtain, antitoxin in the hope of saving her life but the effort was of no avail and on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock she passed away.

The funeral was held yesterday afternoon and interment made in the Blair Cemetery.

The Enterprise extends its sympathies to the bereaved parents.

Find a Grave Memorial# 20689062

#2-Published in the Pilot July 11, 1919

Little Audrey Ellen Walrath, who fell from the cherry tree and broke her arm, as reported in these columns last week, died last Wednesday night from tetanus. Everything possible was done to save her life but it was all to no avail. Henry Grimm and Bernard Haller went down to Omaha at midnight the night before her death to get an anti-toxin but it was too late. They funeral was held at the Latter Day Saints Church at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Elder Strong, of Lincoln, officiating. Audrey was born in Holden Mo., September 3, 1908, and would have been 11 years of age at that date. She was the oldest of seven children, five girls and two boys. The sorrowing family have the sincere sympathy of the entire community.

Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.