# 1 -- from the Herman Record, August 14, 1941

HENRY RICHTER DEATH VICTIM

A seventh-month illness and failure to recuperate from two major operations, proved fatal Sunday to Henry Richter, 77, of Wood, South Dakota, at St. Joseph hospital in Omaha. The body was taken to Winner, South Dakota, and funeral services were held there Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. Richter left Blair and vicinity with his family about 35 years ago. He was a brother of the late Chris Richter, and was well known by many persons in the Blair and Herman districts.

He is survived by his wife, Lena; four sons; five daughters; one brother, Ott, of Shreveport, Louisiana.

# 2 - also from the Herman Record, August 14, 1911

FORMER BLAIR MAN DIES IN AN OMAHA HOSPITAL

Henry Richter, 78, of Wood, South Dakota, passed away in Omaha, following two major operations.

Mr. Richter and family left Blair about 35 years ago for South Dakota, living there for many years. He was the brother of the late Chris Richter, a former resident of this vicinity; and was known by many here.

Undertaker Henry Truhlsen took the body from Omaha to Winner, South Dakota Monday and funeral services were held there Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. Richter is survived by his wife, four sons and five daughters; also one brother, Ott Richter, of Oklahoma.

# 3 - from Pilot-Tribune, August 14, 1941

H. RICHTER DEATH VICTIM

LONG ILLNESS PROVES FATAL TO FORMER RESIDENT OF BLAIR

A seventh-month illness and failure to recuperate from two major operations, proved fatal Sunday to Henry Richter, 77, of Wood, South Dakota, at St. Joseph’s hospital in Omaha. The body was taken to Winner, South Dakota, and funeral services were held there Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. Richter left Blair and vicinity with his family about 35 years ago. He was a brother of the late Chris Richter, and was well known by many persons in the Blair and Herman districts.

He is survived by his wife, Lena; four sons; five daughters; one brother, Ott, of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Richter, Henry 8/10/1941 #4 – from Enterprise Thursday, August 14, 1941

HENRY RICHTER, FORMER BLAIRITE, DIED SUNDAY

EARLY SETTLER OF BLAIR, LATER OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Henry Richter, formerly well known in Blair, where for years he was connected with the brick business, died in an Omaha hospital Sunday at the age of seventy-eight years.

The Richters, for a long term of years, operated a brick yard west of Blair on the grounds where the Fred Long home now stands. Henry, Ott, Jack and Chris were the brothers actively engaged in the work, and Ott is the only one left of the family. He resides with his son, John, in Louisiana but makes an occasional trip back to his old stamping grounds.

Henry went to South Dakota along about 1904 or ’05 and homesteaded there and had since made that place his home. At the time of his death he was living at Wood, South Dakota. He was married to a Blair girl, Lena Hansen, and as far as the writer can learn, she is still living as are a large family of children. The children are Mrs. Fremont Elston of Calfornia; Mrs. Clara Devorss, of Denver; Harold, of Denver; Howard and Henry of Wood, South Dakota; Mrs. Harold Jurgensen, Witten, South Dakota; Louie of Omaha; Mrs. Andrew Nielsen of Blair and Mrs. Clifford Smith of Dallas, South Dakota.

Burial will be made at Winner, South Dakota.

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

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