A son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Updike died at their home west of town Friday night of diphtheria. Burial in the Herman cemetery Saturday afternoon. He was about ten years of age and leaves his parents and a number of brothers and sisters to mourn his departure.

Note: From Herman, NE cemetery record: Name was Worth E. Updike; born 7 March 1914; died 20 October 1923; Plot 22