Calhoun Youth Succumbs At 15

Robert Vaughan, Ft. Calhoun High School Student Buried Saturday

In failing health the past year and confined to his bed for a week, Robert Vaughan, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Vaughan of Fort Calhoun, died at the Vaughan home there last Thursday morning. He was a Fort Calhoun high school sophomore.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian church, the Rev. Thomas Sandlin, pastor, officiating, and interment followed in Fort Calhoun cemetery.

Robert, who was born December 15, 1925, is survived, besides his parents, by a brother, Oscar Karn, of Omaha; and three sisters, Mrs. Louise Carey of Fort Calhoun; Mrs. Neil McMillan of Story City, Iowa, and Miss Irene Karn of Blair.

#2 Ft. Calhoun Chronicle 19 June 1941

Robert Vaughan Dead

Robert, 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Vaughan, passed away about 9 o’clock this morning at his home. He had been confined to bed for ten days with a heart affliction, an ailment from which he had suffered for the past two years, although he attended school the year just closed. He was a fine, gentlemanly boy and his untimely death is a shock not only to his immediate family but to the whole community.

He is survived by his parents, and three sisters, Mrs. Louise Carey, Miss Irene Karn and Mrs. Neil McMillan, and one brother, Oscar Karn.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

#3 Ft. Calhoun Chronicle 26 June 1941

Funeral of Robert Vaughan

The funeral services for Robert Vaughan, who passed away on June 19 at the age of 15 years and six months, were held in the Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon, the church being filled with friends of this lovable boy. Rev. Thos. Sandlin gave a message of comfort to the bereaved parents, relatives and friends, Miss Edith Neale sang, and representatives of the Juvenile Circle of the Royal Neighbors Lodge of Blair, of which Robert was a member, also participated in the service. The Madsen twin boys of Blair beautifully sang “In the Garden.” The pallbearers were Albert Suverkrubbe, Jack Rathjen, Harley Kruse, Glen Lund, Bill Cox and Junior Kohlmeier.

Burial was in the Ft. Calhoun cemetery.

#4 obituary printed the Thursday, June 26, 1941 p. 1

BOY, 15, VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK

Robert Vaughan, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Vaughan of Fort Calhoun, died last Thursday morning. His demise was the result of a heart ailment of two years’ duration.

Surviving young Vaughan are the parents; three sisters, Miss Irene Karn of Blair; Mrs. Louise Carey and Mrs. Neil McMillan of Fort Calhoun, and a brother, Oscar Karn.

Funeral services were held at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church, Saturday afternoon. Miss Edith Neale, accompanied at the piano by her sister, Grace, sang; several members of the juvenile order of the Royal Neighbors Club of which Robert was a member, paid their last respects, and the Madsen twins, Merle and Berle of Blair, sang a duet. Burial was made in the Fort Calhoun cemetery.

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

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