DENISE RATHJEN DIED AT AGE OF 17

Funeral services for 17 year old Denise L. Rathjen were held on Saturday, May 5th, 1979. Denise died at the St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha on Thursday, May 3, 1979. Cause of death was believed to have been from a heart condition.

Services were at the First Lutheran Church in Blair with Rev. John Petersen officiating. Burial was in the Blair Cemetery under the direction of the Campbell Funeral Home.

Denise Rathjen was born in Blair and lived at Rt. 2, Blair. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rathjen of Blair. Brothers and sisters are Dean and Dawn, of Blair; and Douglas Storms of Decatur.

Denise attended Blair High School and was attending Metro-Tech School of LPN Nursing in Omaha.

Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hansen, of Blair; and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rathjen of Blair.

Pallbearers were: Richard Hansen, Dale Jones, David Hansen, Rodney Hansen, Rick Burmeister and Steven Jipp.

# 2 - - from her funeral service folder:

DENISE L. RATHJEN, born: May 21, 1961, Blair, Nebraska - - Died, May 3, 1979, Omaha, Nebraska

SERVICES, First Lutheran Church, 10 a.m., May 5, 1979

MINISTER, Rev. John Petersen, Rev. Kurt Sortland

MUSIC, Mrs. Clare Cowing, Homer Nielsen

SONG SELECTIONS, “Children of the Heavenly Father” “What at Friend We Have in Jesus”

INTERMENT, Blair Cemetery

PALLBEARERS, Richard Hansen, Dale Jones, David Hansen, Rodney Hansen, Rick Burmeister, Steven Jipp

~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~

FindaGrave # 118018382