Obituary Record

William Giesselman
Died on 2/14/1931
Buried in God's Acre (St. Paul's) Cemetery

1)Printed in the Thursday, Feb. 19, 1931 Pilot Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

Arlington Man Dies Saturday

William Giesselman, 39, a farmer near Arlington for a number of years, died at his home Saturday morning at 6:30 following an illness of about three months.

Mr. Giesselman spent his entire life in Arlington vicinity. He was born on the home farm August 5, 1892, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Giesselman. He received his education in the Lutheran parochial school near his home. He has been working on his father’s farms and other farms in the vicinity since completing his school course.

When a boy he united with the Lutheran church. He is survived by his parents, four brothers, Ed, Martin, Walter and Paul, and five sisters, Mrs. Henry Flake of Herman, Mrs. John Grenke, of Randolph, Mrs. Howard Franke, east of Hooper, Ella and Edna at home.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the house and at 1:30 at the Lutheran church. Rev. Wolters officiated. Burial was made in the church cemetery.

2) Printed in the Thursday, Feb. 19, 1931 Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska

Funeral services for William Giesselman, age 39, who died at his home on Saturday were held Tuesday at the Lutheran church at 1:30 p.m. with a brief service also at the home at 1 p.m., conducted by Rev. G.W. Wolter. The deceased was a farmer and spent his entire life in this vicinity. He was born Aug. 5, 1892 and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Giesselman. He had been in poor health for the past three months and just returned last week from an Omaha hospital. He is survived by his parents, four brothers, Ed, Walter, Martin and Paul, and five sisters, Mrs. Henry Flake of Herman, Mrs. John Grenke of Randolph, Mrs. Howard Franke of Hooper, Ella and Edna at home.

3) February 26, 1931- Arlington Review Herald- William Gottlieb Giesselman

Gottlieb Heinrich William Giesselman was born August 5, 1892 and was baptized September 11 of the same year. He was confirmed in his Christian faith after attending St. Paul’s Lutheran School. On the 31st of January he was taken to the Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha where he was cared for about 10 days. He was brought to his home the tenth of February, his condition being about the same.

He fell asleep Saturday morning February 14th at 5:30 with the Lord’s Prayer on his lips.

He leaves to mourn his death his bereaved parents, five sisters and four brothers, and a large number of other distant relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Tuesday, February 16th at 1:30, his pastor, Rev. G.W. Wolter officiating. Interment was made in St. Paul’s cemetery.

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

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