After an illness of several years’ duration, W. N. McClaskey died at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the residence of Dr. J. S. Mortlock, of tuberculosis. The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev. A. G. Axtell officiating. Mr. McClaskey was a brother of Mrs. Mortlock and came here from Redlands Cali. last November. He was about 52 years of age.

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

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