70 YEARS AGO (1943)

The exact date of death was not given.

Edw. F. Laaker of Arlington died shortly after noon, Easter Sunday, as the result of a sudden heart attack. He had been seated at the desk in Dr. P.L. Cady's office chatting with a neighbor and was seemingly in good spirits; his lifeless body was found there a short time later by his brother, Ernest.

He was a great lover of all animals, and of horses in particular. He had a wide acquaintance among Livestock men throughout Nebraska and in surrounding states where he had shown horses at several state fairs over a period of years. Prominent among the floral offeirngs at his funeral was a large horseshoe of roses and carnations, given in memory of his great love of horses.

The son of Herman and Deena Laaker, he was one of seven children, coming to Arlington when a small child and spending practically all of his life in that community. For the past twenty-six years he had been employed by Dr. Cady and made his home with the Cady family. Prior to that time, he was employed by the late Fred Heurman and also the Rhea Brothers. The deceased never married.