Obituary Record

Carl Rohwer
Died on 7/27/1942
Buried in Fort Calhoun Cemetery

Published in the Enterprise July 30, 1942.

CARL ROHWER DIES FOLLOWING FARM ACCIDENT

RESIDENT OF COUNTY SINCE 1868; WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZEN

In an accident Saturday on his farm west of Fort Calhoun, Carl Rohwer suffered injuries which resulted in his death early Monday morning.

Mr. Rohwer was returning from the field in a hayrack, and in crossing a small ditch, the board he was leaning against, broke, causing him to fall to the ground, injuring his head. He was rushed by ambulance to the Methodist Hospital in Omaha where he failed to rally.

Mr. Rohwer was born at Holtorf Holstein, Germany, on March 2, 1866. He came with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rohwer, his brother Henry and sister, the late Mrs. Marie Mehrens, to Washington County in September, 1868.

His entire life was spent in Washington County. He grew to manhood on the Rohwer farm west of Fort Calhoun.

On March 14, 1890, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Henrichsen in a double wedding ceremony also uniting Mrs. Rohwer’s sister, Anna, to Johannes Moeller. The ceremony was performed by the late George Neale, who was the Justice of the Peace, in the building known as Bolln’s Hall.

They spent the first year of their married life on what is now the John Lorsch farm. In the spring of 1891 they moved to a farm in the Wranch district. The next year they purchased a farm northwest of Blair where they resided until 1914 when they moved to their present farm.

Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rohwer; Johnnie, their first child, died in infancy. He is survived by his widow and by seven children; Kate and Henry at home; Claus and Harry of Fort Calhoun; Carl of Omaha; Mrs. Minnie Olson of Ceresco, Nebraska; and Mrs. Anna Anderson of Gillette, Wyoming; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren; two brothers, Henry of Fort Calhoun and Chris of Lincoln.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 2?, at 2:00 P.M. at Presbyterian Church in Fort Calhoun, Rev. Kennedy of Blair conducting the service, Miss Anne Lage sang, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Frances Lage. Pallbearers were JJ. J. Sierk, Henry Fischer, Detlef Kruse, John Lorsch, Clyde Allen, and George Ohrt. Interment was made in the Fort Calhoun cemetery.

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CARL ROHWER, 76, FELL FROM RACK SATURDAY

HAY RACK STRIKES CREEK WASHOUT, THROWING ROHWER AND FRIEND TO GROUND; INJURIES FATAL; WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN SURVIVE

Carl Rohwer, 76, prominent farmer in the Wranch vicinity west of Fort Calhoun and south of Blair for many years and a resident of Washington County almost 75 years, died at Methodist Hospital in Omaha early Monday from injuries received Saturday when he was pitched from a hay rack at his farm.

Mr. Rohwer and his son Henry were driving the rack in from the field to replace it with a rack just delivered by Henry Miller on Kennard. Mr. Miller was standing on the back of the rack, outside, with Mr. Rohwer inside at the back of the vehicle when it struck a depression at the edge of a creek washout. The wagon lurched, throwing both Mr. Rohwer and Miller to the ground.

Suffering from a severe head injury, Mr. Rohwer was rushed to the hospital, where he died.

The body was taken to Sievers Funeral Home in Fort Calhoun. Services were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church, the Rev. D. D. Kennedy of First Baptist Church, Blair officiating and burial was in the Fort Calhoun cemetery.

Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Claus Rohwer, he was born March 2, 1866, at Holtorf, Germany. When two years old, he came to Washington County with his family and they were among the earliest settlers in the Long Creek vicinity, where they operated a flour mill for many years.

Mr. Rohwer and Mary Hinrichsen were married on March 14, 1890 and since then have always resided in the same vicinity except for a short time spent on a farm west of Blair. Two years ago they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the German Hall.

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

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