CHRIS PAULSEN DIED MAY 8TH

Christopher Paulsen, aged 78 years, died at his home on West Grant street on May 8th, 1951. He had been in failing health for some time and several weeks ago was confined to his bed.

He was born in Denmark and came to the county when about ten years of age. His early life he spent farming and he made a success of it. Later he gave up farming and moved to Blair where he took up real estate and he proved himself successful in that line too.

He was married to Miss Minnie Jensen and to them ten children were born of whom six are living as follows: Alfred Paulsen of Cozad, Nebraska; Mrs. Della Larsen, of Blair; Dave and Harry Paulsen, of Blair; Mrs. Harvey Melton of Colorado and Mrs. Mildred Grothe of Blair.

Besides these children he leaves ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

His wife preceded him in death several years ago. Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon from the First Lutheran Church of which he was a member with Rev. H.C. Jorgensen officiating and interment under the supervision of the Campbell Mortuary will be made in the Blair Cemetery.

Thus another early settler has passed on. Sixty-eight years a citizen of Blair. Quiet and unassuming he made his life a success and leaves a host of friends who with his relatives will miss him.

Pilot Tribune 10 May 1951

Chris Paulsen Funeral Today

Blair Real Estate Operator, 78, Died At His Home Here Tuesday

A longtime resident of Blair and Washington County died late Tuesday afternoon in Blair.

Seventy-eight-year-old Christ Paulsen, who had been a real estate dealer in Blair a number of years, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at his home, 209 West Grant Street.

Mr. Paulsen had been in poor health the past two months, and had been critically ill for the past week.

The body was taken to the Campbell Mortuary. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) at First Lutheran Church. The Rev. H.C. Jorgensen will officiate, and burial will follow in Blair Cemetery.

Surviving Mr. Paulsen are three sons, Alfred Paulsen of Cozad, Nebr., formerly of Blair, Dave Paulsen of DeSoto and Harry Paulsen of Fort Calhoun; and three daughters, Mrs. Edgar Larsen (Della) of Blair, Mrs. Harvey Melton (Vivian) of Kittredge, Colo., and Mrs. Oscar Grotne (Mildred) of Tekamah. Two other daughters died in infancy.

Also surviving Mr. Paulsen are nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Martin Paulsen and Paul Paulsen, both of Blair; and four sisters, Mrs. Pete Nelson of Windon, Minn., Mrs. K.P. Hundahl of Blair, Mrs. M.P. Hansen of Blair and Mrs. Christina Hatting of St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Paulsen’s wife preceded him in death 21 years ago.

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

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