Mrs. C. Gutschow Died, Tuesday

Mrs. Chris Gutschow, well-known Blair woman, died at Memorial Community Hospital Tuesday, August 20th. She was 72 years old.

Mrs. Gutschow was born at Kennard on October 5, 1890 and spent all of her life in this area. For many years she and her husband engaged in farming, and they operated a place north of Blair on the bottoms where their family was raised. Since retiring from the farm, they have lived at 2053 Davis Avenue in Blair.

Mrs. Gutschow is survived by her husband and by seven children, all of whom live near Blair. They are: Fred Gutschow, of Blair; Mrs. Clifford Johnson (Beulah) of Scribner; Mrs. Glen Metzler (Margaret) of Oakland; Wilford Gutschow, of Scribner; Mrs. Tim Engelke (Erna) of Blair; Chris Gutschow, Jr., of Fremont; and Mrs. Merle Giesselman, of Arlington.

Four sisters survive. They are Mrs. Carl Graverholt, Mrs. Henry Petersen, Mrs. Marion Stricklett and Mrs. Thorvald Jorgensen, all of Blair. A brother, Chris Nielsen, lives at Huron, South Dakota.

Also surviving are 18 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday, August 23rd, at Trinity Lutheran Church at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Norman Discher will conduct the service and the Campbell Mortuary will direct the interment in the Blair Cemetery.

Grandsons will be pallbearers at the services.