Retired Farmer Dies Suddenly In Blair

Henry Wulf, who moved to Blair a few weeks ago from his farm down near Bennington and occupied the Peter Soll property on South Street died early this morning after a very short illness. His heart has been troubling him for some time and it was in the hope of relief that he quit the farm that he had occupied since 1907 and came to town.

Mr. Wulf was born in Holstein Germany, within sight of the ocean and near the city of Keil, in 1857, coming to America at the age of 16 years, and going to work within a quarter of a mile of the farm which he left so recently. He bought the farm he worked on, sold it and moved to DeSoto. Later he engaged in the milk business in Omaha for a time and lived five years on a farm near Arlington and for years near Bennington.

Besides his wife, he leaves 12 children, seven boys and five girls.

At the time of going to press no funeral arrangements had been made.

#2-Published in the Pilot March 13,1918

Henry Wulf was permitted to have a very short residence among us. He moved into the Peter Soll house on South street on the 16th of February, with his wife, and was prepared to rest from farm work and take it a little easier, having been bothered some with heart trouble. Last Wednesday evening he was out at a party until about 11 o’clock and seemed as well as usual. Shortly after he went to bed his heart began to bother him and at 4:30 he passed away. The funeral was held at the house at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon and another service at the German cemetery in Richland township, where burial was made. The attendance was very large, there being sixty-one autos in the funeral cortege. Mr. Wulf was born at Klel, Germany, Dec. 23, 1857, and was therefore but little past 60 years of age. He came to this country when a lad of 16 years and worked on a farm for a time. He was married to Miss Lizzie Soll on March 11, 1880, and settled on a farm down near Irvington, which was his home until less than a month ago. Thirteen children were born to them, one having died in infancy and twelve grew to manhood and womanhood. Fritz lives in Kimball county, his post office being Pine Bluffs, Wyo.; Mrs. Henry Logeman lives in Kimball, Neb.; Mrs. Herman Schwock at Bennington; Mrs. Otto Schneeckloth lives on the old home place near Irvington; Henry and George live at Pine Bluff, Wyo.; Peter lives in Blair township; Frank stays with Columbus and Paul with Mrs. Schneeckloth. Besides the wife he leaves one brother, Peter Wulf, of this city and one brother and sister in Germany.

#3-Published in the Tribune March 14, 1918

The funeral of the late Henry Wulf, who died early last Thursday morning and whose death was chronicled in these columns last week, was held from the family home on east South Street Sunday afternoon, and was attended by a very large number of sorrowing relatives and friends.

The services were in charge of a German minister from Bennington and interment was in the German Cemetery south of Blair, near where Mr. Wulf formerly lived.

Mr. Wulf was born in Keil, Germany in 1857, and was married to Lizzie Soll, a sister of Peter and Fred Soll of this city, after coming to America. They were the parents of twelve children.

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