Guy Mead Died In Omaha Thursday

Passed Away at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha After Suffering Two Weeks with Heart Trouble

Funeral Held Here Sunday

The end finally came for Guy Kepner Mead at the Methodist hospital in Omaha at 4 o’clock last Thursday morning. He was taken there just two weeks before suffering from heart trouble and had been better and worse almost every day during that time. Even Wednesday evening he seemed a little better but the tired heart finally ceased to beat at about 4 o’clock the next morning.

His three daughters from California and brother and sisters had kept long vigils near him for many days when he seemed so low the end could not be far away, yet the spark of life continued to glow, through growing gradually weaker. He was conscious most of the time and joked with those about him after a severe attack would pass.

The body was brought up to Blair soon after he passed away and prepared for burial at the Campbell undertaking rooms. The funeral service was held at the Methodist church at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. Carl G. Bader officiating. Gifford Dixon sang “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” with Mrs. Hancock at the organ, that being the only musical number.

The church was more than filled and the wealth of floral offerings was most unusual showing the high esteem in which he and his family are held in the community. He had spent about 41 years in Blair and was widely known for he had been serving the public in various ways during that time.

#2 Tribune 8 Nov 1928

Guy K. Mead died at an Omaha hospital early this morning following an attack of heart trouble of about two weeks duration. The deceased was born at Marengo, Iowa, August 12, 1867, and came with his parents to Herman in 1882.

Several years later he came to Blair and was graduated from the Blair high school after which he attended the university at Lincoln. He then associated himself with the former Haller Proprietary Company as a chemist and served in that capacity for many years.

Later he took over the management of the Blair Gas Company and also operated a tire and battery business on east Washington street. About a year ago he retired from the gas company and since that time he had confined his efforts to his tire business.

He was married in 1890 to Miss Grace Lowe and to this union four children were born, three of whom survive, a son having died in infancy.

He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ruth McLaughlin, Mrs. Glady Child and Miss Grace Mead, all of Los Angeles, Calif.; a brother, Dr. C. R. Mead, and two sisters, the Misses Ethel and Gertrude Mead, all of this city. The funeral services will be conducted on Sunday afternoon but no definite arrangements have as yet been made.

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

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