Mrs. S.D. Nonnamaker passed away from this life Sunday afternoon, December 30, at her home east of town. She was taken with a severe chill the Sunday before Christmas and never recovered from the resulting illness. Mrs. Nonnamaker has been a resident of Arlington community for a number of years and was greatly loved by all who knew her. She was a member of Arlington Methodist church and was a faithful and devoted wife and mother. Her husband preceded her in death several years ago. She is survived by three sons, Clair and Floyd, who lived on the home place with their mother and Ed Nonnamaker, who lived not far away and a daughter who lives at Hay Springs, Neb. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon, January 2nd, at two o’clock at the church in Arlington, burial to be in the Arlington cemetery. Mrs. Nonnamaker was a very frail looking woman but had been in quite good health this winter up to this last illness. The bereaved children have the sympathy of the entire community.

A penciled notation states that her maiden name was Lida Klingensmith.

# 2 - - Pilot, January 9, 1929

Funeral services were held at the Methodist church last Wednesday afternoon, January 2nd, for Mrs. S.D. Nonnamaker whose death we mentioned last week. The services were conducted by Rev. A.J. Edgar and were largely attended, the church being filled to its capacity. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. Rev. Edgar preached a very comforting sermon from the text, “Let not your heart be troubled.” A quartette sang “It is Well With My Soul,” and Mrs. Edgar and Mrs. Aeschbacher sang very sweetly “Some Time We’ll Understand.” Mrs. Carl Keller was the accompanist.

Mrs. Nonnamaker came to Washington county a good many years ago with her husband and small son, and settled on the farm where she passed from this life December 30sth, at the age of 66 years and a few months. She was always a frail appearing woman and her death was caused by flu with heart complications. She was ill only a week. Her only daughter, Mrs. Herman Mueksch, of Hay Springs, Neb., was unable to come because of ill health. Mrs. Nonnamaker will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends as well as by her immediate family. She was a woman of splendid Christian character and loved by all who knew her. Burial was made beside the grave of her husband in the family lot in the Arlington cemetery.

#3-10 Jan., 1929 - The Tribune

DIES AT ARLINGTON

Mrs. Lida Nonnamaker Dies Following Long Illness

Mrs. Lida Nonnamaker, for many years a resident on a farm northeast of Arlington, died December 8. She had been in poor health for a number of years. The deceased (Lida Clingensmith) was born in Circleville, Ohio August 8, 1862, and was married to Sylvester Nonnamaker on Feruary 2, 1888. The family lived in Indiana for awhile and in 1890 they settled on a farm near Arlington. She had made her home on the same farm since moving to Washington county.

Mrs. Nonnamaker’s husband died several years ago, and she is survived by three sons, Ed, Floyd and Clair, all of Arlington, and one daughter, Mrs. Herman Mucksch of Hay Springs. Funeral services were held from the church in Arlington last Wednesday, after which burial was made in Arlington cemetery.

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