MRS. AUGUST RATHMANN RITES SUNDAY

Another old settler, Mrs. August Rathmann, passed away Wednesday at 4:20 p.m. at the Crowell Memorial Home where she had been a guest for some time. Her health had been gradually failing for several years, and five weeks ago she became bedfast and death resulted.

Deceased was born July 20, 1866 in Davenport, Iowa to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Soll, and when about three years of age she came with her parents to this county.

On April 17, 1884 she was married and a family of six children was born to them - four daughters and two sons. The sons died in childhood. The daughters are Mrs. R. C. Cook of Sioux City; Mrs. D. C. Fratt and Mrs. Helen Richardson of Los Angeles and Mrs. William Linden of Blair. The husband died several years ago.

Besides the immediate family, two sisters and one brother, seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren survive and mourn their great loss.

Funeral services with Mrs. Derelle Barber, local pastor of the Congregational church officiating, will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Congregational church, and interment, under the supervision of C. K. Bendorf, will be made in the Blair cemetery.

#2 Printed in another newspaper, dated April 30, 1942

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AGED BLAIR WOMAN DIES

Mrs. August Rathmann, 75, Died Yesterday After Long Illness

Mrs. August Rathmann, 75, resident of Blair about 65 years with the exception of a few years spent elsewhere, died at the Crowell Home yesterday afternoon following a lingering illness. She had been at the home three months.

The body is at the Bendorf Funeral Home, with services tentatively set for Sunday afternoon and burial in the Blair cemetery.

Mrs. Rathman, as Lena Soll, was born at Davenport, Iowa July 20, 1866, and came to Blair as a girl. She and Mr. Rathmann were married 58 years ago. They lived in Bennington and Arlington, then came to Blair, where they remained. Mr. Rathmann died in January 1939.

Surviving Mrs. Rathmann are four daughters, Mr. R.C. Cook of Sioux City, Mrs. D.C. Fratt and Mrs. Helen Richardson, both of Los Angeles, and Mrs. W.C. Linden, Blair. Two sons preceded the mother in death as children. Other survivors include two brothers, Louis Soll of California and Henry Soll of Florence; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Schmidt of Florence and Mrs. Freida Showalter of Omaha; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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

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