# 1 - - Pilot, August 22, 1928

ALVES HUDLESON BURIED HERE

DIED AT THE NICKOLAS SENN HOSPITAL IN OMAHA SUNDAY MORNING. FUNERAL HERE TODAY

Alves Hudelson passed away at the Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha at 9 o’clock Sunday morning, where he was taken last Thursday from his home in Ralston, suffering from sleeping sickness.

The body was brought here and the funeral was held at the Christian church, of which he had been a member since boyhood, at 2:30 this afternoon, Rev. W.B.F. Robb officiating. Burial was in the Blair cemetery by the side of his wife, whose death occurred April 8, 1918.

Alves Hudleson was born in Orange county, Indiana, October 25th, 1878, and came to Nebraska with his parents when a boy of four years. He grew to manhood in this county and lived here a greater part of his life, being educated in the Blair schools and at Boyles college in Omaha.

He was married to Miss Katie Bossen March 17th, 1909, and five children were born to them: Marvin, who is attending Cotner University, and Marie, a trained nurse at Nicholas Senn, are twins; Elizabeth, Mrs. F. Soper, of Omaha; and Laura and Ellen, who live at home.

He is survived by one grandson; two brothers, Oliver, of this city, and Henry M., of Orleans, Indiana; also two sisters, Mrs. Ed Beard, of Wiggins, Colorado, and Mrs. Ella Willard, Of Souk Center, Minn.

# 2 - - Enterprise, August 23, 1928

ALVIS HUDLESON

Alvis Hudleson, reared to manhood on a farm north of Blair, passed away at the Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha last Sunday at nine a.m., a victim of sleeping sickness.

Deceased was born October 25, 1878 in Indiana and with his parents came to this county when but a mere lad.

He was married on March 17, 1904 to Miss Katie Boisen and to them five children were born: Marvin, Marie, Elizabeth, LaVauna and Ellen, all of whom are living.

The wife passed away in 1918 while they were living in Wheatland, Wyoming and the body was brought to Blair, the old home, for interment and it was by her side that the husband was laid to rest. The funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the Christian church of which organization the deceased was a member, with Rev. Robb officiating.

Besides the children mentioned above and one grandson, the deceased leaves two brothers, Oliver of this place and Henry M. of Paoli, Ind. and two sisters, Mrs. J.D. Willard of Sauk Centre, Minnesota and Mrs. W.E. Beard of Wiggins, Colorado.

Alvis Hudleson was a man of conscientious scruples, an industrious, upright citizen, and after the loss of his wife, whom he idolized, he shouldered his burdens, bravely keeping his family of five together and caring for them as tenderly and lovingly as human kind could do. He was both mother and father to them and for his efforts he should receive the respect of all. He did what he could.

(Note that, in these two articles, his given name was spelled two ways: Alves and Alvis. His tombstone has Alves)

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

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