Mrs. McBride Dies, Age 86

Mrs. Isabel McDonald McBride Widow of Frank McBride of Blair

Mrs. Isabel McDonald McBride, 86, long time Blairite prior to leaving Blair last month, died Tuesday at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. J. O. Dishon, in Omaha. She had long been ill.

The body is now at the Campbell Mortuary, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Melvon Ireland of First Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Blair Cemetery.

Mr. McBride, who farmed many years just southwest of Blair, died Dec. 3, 1945. He and Isabel McDonald had been married Nov. 30, 1893, and were the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Grace Seaholm and Mrs. Ruth Lemon, both of whom preceded their parents in death.

Surviving Mrs. McBride are a brother, Henry McDonald of Norfolk, and a number of nephews and nieces residing in this area.

Note: Per Blair Cemetery listing, she died 1 July 1957; buried Blk 104 Lot 10 Grave 2.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska library.~~~