J. HILTON RHOADES, 83

Services for J. Hilton Rhoades, 83 of Blair, were held Monday morning at 10:30 in the First Methodist Church in Blair. Mr. Rhoades passed away at an Omaha hospital on Thursday, July 16 from a heart attack following surgery. Rev. Harold Schiable and Dr. Howard Bailey officiated.

J. Hilton Rhoades was born August 30, 1908.

He was a graduate of Blair High School and attended Dana College. For a time he was a school teacher in Washington County. In 1931 Mr. Rhoades entered the newspaper business with his father. He was a retired publisher of the Enterprise Publishing Company of Blair. In 1977 he sold his interest in the newspaper to his son Kenneth H. Rhoades.

He married E. Lucille Jensen on January 28, 1928. She died in May of 1978.

He was also preceded in death by his parents, John A. Rhoades and Blanche (Hilton) Rhoades, and one sister, Mrs. Philip (Lozein) O’Hanlon.

On June 21, 1979, he married Fern Rathmann who survives him. Other survivors include children and their spouses: Ken and Virginia Rhoades of Blair and Charlotte and Dick Glinski of San Diego, California. One sister, Mrs. Fred (Priscilla) Lind of Omaha. One stepdaughter is Mrs. Gary (Kay) Hofmann of Omaha.

Grandchildren are: Candy and Bob Suverkrubbe, Mark and Betty Rhoades, all of Blair; and Penny and Mike Overmann of Waterloo, Nebraska. Ann Morrison and Brian Morrison are of California. One step-grandchild is Mark Hofmann of Kansas City, Missouri.

Honorary pallbearers were: J. Merton Kuhr, Lyle Hunkins, Ralph Steyer, Jess Wright, M. Stanley Jensen, Clifford Hansen, Bob Macholan, Arvin Hernes and Ed McMullen.

Active pallbearers were: Mark Rhoades, Mark Hofmann, Bob Suverkrubbe, Mike Overmann, Brian Morrison and Edwin Jipp.

Burial was in the Blair Cemetery under the direction of Campbell-Aman Funeral Home.

(The year of his death was not listed in the obituary, but was learned by consulting the online database of Washington County cemeteries.)