Mrs. Theodore Haller arrived from South Carolina Wednesday afternoon with the remains of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Zellers. The funeral is from the home at 1 p.m. today. Rev. J. W. Larkin officiates.

#2- 24 Dec., 1903 - The Blair Republican - Emily (Haller) Zellers

Last Saturday Theodore Haller received the sad news of the death of his daughter, Emily, wife of Albert Zellers of Sioux City, at Aiken, South Carolina where she went with her mother, hoping to get relief from consumption about two months ago. Friends and relatives thought she was improving and this last news is a sad surprise to them. Deceased was of a sunny, sweet disposition, and her sudden removal casts shadows over the hearts of all who knew her. She was 30 years of age, and leaves no family except the bereaved husband. The remains will arrive soon.

#3-Blair Courier 30 Dec. 1903

Theo Haller received a telegram from Aiken, S. C. at about noon last Saturday that bore the sad news of the death of his daughter, Mrs. Emily Zeller, which occurred that morning. Mr. A. T. Zeller, of Sioux City, went down to Kansas City to meet Mrs. Haller and they brought the remains here at 2:48 this afternoon. In all probability the funeral will be held at the residence at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Miss Emily Haller was born in East Troy, Wis., June 16, 1873, and came here with her parents in 1874. She was graduated from the High School in 1889 and studied one year at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. After this she was a successful teacher in the city schools for several years and in 1900 she went down to San Antonio, Texas, for her health. There she met Mr. A. T. Zeller of Evansville, Ind., and formed an acquaintance which led to their marriage in August a year later. Mr. Zeller is a newspaper man by profession and obtained a position on the Tribune in Sioux City, where they lived until last spring when Mrs. Zeller became so weak from tuberculosis she ? (the rest unreadable).

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

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