Donald Maxwell Is Killed In Action

Word has been received by Blair relatives of Pvt. Donald Maxwell that he was killed in action somewhere in France on June 12th.

Pvt. Maxwell was a former Tekamah and Blair boy, and is the son of Mrs. Kate Maxwell of Bellevue, Nebraska. He was a brother of Mrs. Frank Jessick and Waldo Maxwell of this city.

Memorial services for Pvt. Maxwell will be held at the Methodist Church in Tekamah this coming Sunday, August 6th.

Note: From Ancestry.com: Died 12 June 1944. Monument Normandy France; Purple Heart. Father Walter.