Nels Peterson

Nels Peterson, who has been a resident of Washington county for the past thirty-four years, died at his home five miles west of Blair last Friday at the age of 62 years, after a continued illness of several months. He leaves to morn his loss a wife and seven children, all of whom have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends. Mr. *Peteren was a man of character, a good neighbor and a kind and loving husband and father. The funeral was held yesterday and was largely attended.

* obituary contained two different spellings of Peterson/Peteren

Note: Since the actual death date was not given, the news article date was used.

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