Obituary Record

Gertrude (Wallace) Rhoades
Died on 4/22/1929
Buried in Blair Cemetery

#1-25 Apr., 1929 - The Pilot-Tribune

Mrs. Evert C. Rhoades was born in Omaha April 26, 1893 and died at her home in Wayne on Monday following a short illness. She was married to Evert C. Rhodes in Blair on October 20, 1922, and to this union six children were born, all of whom survive her. The body was brought to Blair, and a funeral service held yesterday afternoon, the Rev. W. B. F. Robb officiating, after which interment was made in Blair cemetery. She leaves to mourn her loss her bereaved husband; a son, Orville; five daughters, Maxine, Flora, Ruth, Ruby and Elaine Jane; her mother, Mrs. Margaret Wallace; and two brothers, Wesley and Earl Wallace.

#2-Printed in The Enterprise, April 25, 1929

FORMER BLAIR WOMAN DIES

Word reached Blair Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Everett Rhoades of Wayne, Neb., on Monday at two p.m. She had been ill but a few days and the attending physician assured the family that there was no immediate danger. First taken with a sore throat, it rapidly developed into what the physician pronounced as quinsy but which later proved to be diphtheria.

She first took sick on Thursday and a physician was called and by Sunday she seemed to be much improved and on Monday afternoon the husband returned to his work, thinking all was well, but two hours later she passed away.

Gertrude Wallace would have been thirty-six years of age had she lived until April 26. She was married to Everett Rhoades Oct. 20, 1910 and to this union six children were born, the eldest being seventeen years of age and the youngest five. Seven years ago the family moved to Wayne, Neb. in order to be near the husband’s work, that of foreman of a construction crew of the railroad.

Since moving there the eldest child, a daughter, has graduated from the high school and is in attendance at the Wayne state normal. The other children are all in attendance at the public schools.

The body of the deceased mother was brought to Blair on Tuesday and interment was made in the Blair cemetery on Wednesday afternoon with a short ceremony at the grave.

The sympathy of the community goes out to the bereaved husband and children in the great loss of their loved one. The load will be a grievous one to bear and the path of life will be lonesome to them in their sorrow. Her place in their lives will be a void and the loving tender care and service of a devoted life will be missed.

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

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