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GEORGE OHRT DEAD AT 63

RITES FRIDAY FOR RETIRED FORT CALHOUN FARMER WHO DIED SUDDENLY

George Ohrt, 63, for 40 years a prominent Fort Calhoun farmer, who recently retired and moved to Blair, died Tuesday night at Clarkson hospital in Omaha, where he had been taken after suffering a sudden heart attack here last Thursday. His death was entirely unexpected.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian church, the Sievers mortuary in charge of arrangements.

Long a leading farmer and prominent in Washington county agricultural and civic affairs, Mr. Ohrt was born near Fort Calhoun Sept. 10, 1883, and had spent his entire life there until moving to Blair recently with his wife to the Mrs. Cora Hinz home at 127 East Lincoln Street. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Timm Ohrt.

He and Ida F. Hinz were married Dec. 15, 1909.

Mr. Ohrt was a member of the Washington county fair board and had served as president of the association. He was prominent in AAA and Papio Soil Conservation District offices and also was Calhoun township president.

Surviving are his wife, Ida, one daughter, Mrs. Ralph Clausen of Arlington; two sons, Alvin and Stanley Ohrt of Fort Calhoun; one brother, Chas (?) Ohrt of Fort Calhoun; and two sisters, Mrs. Henry Kruse of Fort Calhoun and Mrs. Anna Timm of Bennington.

#2- May, 1946 - The Enterprise

GEORGE OHRT, CALHOUN FARMER, DIES SUDDENLY

Prominent Farmer Succumbed Tuesday. Ill Only Short Time

George Ohrt, well know farmer of the Calhoun neighborhood, died in the Clarkson Hospital in Omaha on Tuesday night following a heart attack of a few days before.

Deceased was active in civic affairs, being a member of his district school board. He was also deeply interested in county fair work and was a member of the fair board.

He was born on the Ohrt farm which his father owned before him. Here he lived his entire life and had just this spring decided to leave the farm and take life a little easier.

He was married in 1910 to Miss Rica Hinz. Three children, Alvin and Stanley of Calhoun and Mrs. Ralph Clausen of Arlington, with the wife survive; also a brother, Claus Ohrt and a sister, Mrs. Henry Kruse, both of Calhoun; and a half sister, Mrs. Anna Timm of Bennington.

Deceased was an active member of the Calhoun Masonic lodge and the Calhoun Presbyterian church.

Funeral services will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. from the Presbyterian church, and interment will be made in the Calhoun cemetery.

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

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