Guy Orin Newkirk

LITTLE ONE GONE

Guy Orin, little 7 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Newkirk, passed away at the family home, near Orum, on March 19, after a few days illness with pneumonia. The funeral was held March 21, and burial was made in the Orum cemetery, Rev. Lang officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Newkirk have a family of seven children remaining who, with the parents, miss the little one who had, in its short life time, become so dear to them all.

#2-Published in the Blair Democrat March 30, 1916

Death visited the family of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Newkirk at seven o'clock Sunday evening at residence, northwest of Orum, when the six months old boy, died of pneumonia. The child had been ill but a few days. Ed Newkirk is the brother of Mrs. C. J. Robinson and a son of Mrs. M. A. Newkirk, both of this city. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their affliction.

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