From obituary printed in a January 27, 1955 Blair, Nebraska newspaper
Mrs. Robert Templeton, 48, Wife of Ford Agency Dealer, is Dead
CATHOLIC FUNERAL RITES ARE FRIDAY
A heart ailment of a year's standing, which had kept her bedfast for several months, proved fatal Tuesday Morning to a well-known Blair woman, Mrs. Robert Templeton.
Mrs. Templeton, 48, died at the family home, Center and Lincoln Streets, about 8am Tuesday.
She was the wife of the local Ford agency dealer.
The body was removed to the Campbell Mortuary, where the rosary will be recited tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock. Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church. The Rev. Edward C. O'Donnell is to officiate, with interment to follow in Holy Cross Cemetery here.
Pallbearers will be Alfred O. Sick, Walter F. Gutschow, Wilbur H. Lowe, John Sutton, Stanley Bednar and Loren C. Klopp.
Julia Kennedy was born at Ironwood, Michigan January 18, 1907. The Templeton family moved to Blair from Tekamah in 1940.
Surviving are the husband; one daughter, Miss Sheila Templeton, University of Nebraska student; and two sons, Robert Jr. and John, both of Blair. There are three sisters, Mrs. C.F. McCauley of Corpus Christi, Texas, Mrs. H.J. Gray of Evanston, Illinois, and Mrs. Martin O'Connor of Houghton, Washington; also one brother, Donald Kennedy of Tucson, Arizona.
~~~obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~
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