WM. J. LATOUR BURIAL IS SATURDAY

William Joseph LaTour of Herman died at the Blair Memorial Community Hospital on May 3rd at the age of 77 years. He was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts on January 29, 1889.

He was married to Agnes C. FranCoeur on August 8, 1910. They moved to Omaha in 1946. After retiring from the employee of the Union Pacific Railroad where he was an express agent for 33 years. They moved to Herman in 1956.

Survivors besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Sylvan Schneider (Viola) of Omaha and Mrs. Francis Chenaille (Irene) of Herman. Also nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. There are also three brothers, Henry, Anri (?) and Wilfred LaTour of Massachusetts.

Rosary was held at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Campbell Mortuary. Funeral services were at 10 A.M. Saturday morning at the Saint Francis Borgia Catholic Church. Father Patrick Nolan will officiate. Burial will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Blair.

Pallbearers were William Schneider of Omaha and Frank Chenaille of Herman and four grandsons, William Fredrick of Blair, Larry Willis of Herman, Sylvan Schneider and Gary Halsteader of Carter Lake, Iowa.

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