Mrs. McCormack Dead

Mrs. Nancy McCormack, who has long been a resident of Washington county, died at the Blair hospital Monday. For many months she had made her home at this institution, having no other home. A few days ago she fell, breaking her arm and did not long survive the shock.

She has three children, two daughters and one son, the latter, Clarence McCormack, being a resident of Blair. One daughter, residing at Scottsbluffs, arrived in time for the funeral, which was held from the Baptist church Tuesday afternoon, and burial took place in the Blair cemetery.

Tribune 4 March 1914

Mrs. Nancy McCormick died at the Blair hospital Sunday morning, March 1, 1914. She had been at the hospital about two years and had been quite feeble. On the morning of February 18th she fell down stairs and broke her arm, and it is thought the shock caused her death. She was born in Ohio, May 14, 1834, and was nearly 80 years old at the time of her death. She leaves one son, Clarence, of Blair, and one daughter, Mrs. Laura Tietsort, of Scottsbluff. The body was taken to the home of her son, Clarence, Monday and the funeral held from the Christian church at 2:00 o’clock Tuesday, Rev. Charles Ewers conducting the last sad rites. The body was interred in the Blair cemetery.

Note: Conflicting death dates. Used the news article date on first obituary.

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