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Obituaries
Jas. E. Bishop
Mrs.
Hinds
Hortense
Higareda
Sterling
P. Rounds
Aaron B. Alford
Mrs. John H. Pierce
Mrs. Amelia Schmitt
Frank
Pitelka
Ralph J. Smith
Winoma L. (nee Moore)
Gardner
Fred
M. "Lone Star" Hans
Jas. E. Bishop
Former
Chicago resident. Dry goods and groceries, 131 Lake St., bds
T. Greenwood. Died, Omaha, Neb., February 27, 1895,
age 86.
(from
the Chicago 1843 Directory (which was redone and updated in 1896) Donated
by Kim Torp
Mrs.
Hinds
The
funeral of Mrs. Hinds, the colored woman who dropped dead yesterday, has
been posposed until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.
Two
of her children will arrive from Omaha tonight.
(Atchison
Globe, Atchison, Kansas, May 10, 1888). Contributed by Sara Hemp
Hortense
Higareda
72,
of 1156 S. Cedar St. died at
9:08 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17,
1995, at Galesburg Cottage
Hospital.
Born
Dec. 3, 1922, in Omaha, Neb.,
to Luis and Julia Arriola Cortez,
she married John
Higareda on
March 30, 1944, in Chicago.
He survives.
Also
surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Jerry (Victoria) Toland
and Mrs. Jamie (Irene)
Ponce,
both of Galesburg, Mrs. Victor
(Rosa) Heredia of Chicago and
Mrs. Less (Julie)
Hunter of
Ashburn, Va.; two sisters, Lupe
Sotelo of Galesburg and Elvera
Cuevas of
McHenry; 13 grandchildren; and
one stepgreat-grandchild.
She
was a member of St. Patrick's
Catholic Church and its Altar
and Rosary Society,
where
she was past president. She
also was a member of the Lulac
Club.
She
was a former Girl Scout leader.
She was named WAIK Radio Mother
of the Year
in
1977.
Services will be at 10
a.m. Friday at her church. The
Rev. Bruce King will officiate.
Visitation will be from 6 to
8 tonight at Watson Funeral
Home, with a prayer service
at
6:30
p.m. Burial will be in St. Joseph
Cemetery.
Memorials
may be made to her church or
Costa Catholic School.
(Peoria
Journal Star, January 19, 1995,
Page: D5) - Contributed by Sara
Hemp
Sterling
P. Rounds
Printer, died in Omaha,
Nebraska., December 17, 1887
Listed
in the 1843 Chicago City Directory
"Obituary" Section
for Early Chicago Settlers and
other well-known citizens
Contributed
by Kim Torp
Aaron B. Alford
In Omaha, Neb., Sept. 29, of
congestion of the stomach, Aaron B. Alford, formerly of Wenona, aged 35 years.
Henry Republican -
October 26, 1871
Transcribed
and Contributed by: Nancy
Piper
Mrs. John H. Pierce
At Omaha, Neb., March 11, of
consumption, wife of John H. Pierce, formerly of Whitefield, aged 16 years.
Henry Republican -
March 27, 1873
Transcribed
and Contributed by: Nancy
Piper
Mrs. Amelia Schmitt
Woman at Seventy Proved Up On Wyoming Ranch
Mrs.
Amelia Schmitt, a widow, who at seventy had gone to Wyoming and proved up on a
640 acre ranch, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. August Bollman,
in Omaha. She was 77 years old at the time of her death.
While on her
homestead near Moorcroft, Wyoming, Mrs. Schmitt attended night school to obtain
her citizenship papers. After being naturalized, her citizenship papers were her
prized possession, and she had been most proud of her ability to speak English.
She had lived in America only twelve years.
Four of Mrs. Schmitt's
children had come to America before her. Twelve years ago they wrote her to come
and live with them, sending her a ticket. When she got here she gave them back
her ticket having worked her way across.
Buffalo (WY) News, 11 February
1926, page 1
Submitted by a Friend of Free Genealogy
Frank
Pitelka
Wealthy Omaha Recluse is Dead; Lived in Attic
Special to the Star
Omaha, Nebraska, June 5 – Frank Pitelka, aged 76 years, and
for thirty-five years a resident of the South Side, died yesterday at his home,
2313 N Street, after an illness of more than a year.
Although reputed worth $100,000, Pitelka, lay for weeks in
an attic, refusing medical attention or any assistance from outsiders. Finally he was persuaded to move to the
cottage in which he died, and where he received the ministration of George
Kaeper, a nephew, and Mary Lissey and Anna Horkey, nieces, who came from Cleveland more than a
month ago.
Pitelka came to this country from Austria shortly after the Civil
War, without a penny to his name. By
dint of hard work and close living he accumulated the fortune which during his
life was more of a burden to him than a blessing.
The Lincoln
Daily Star – Tuesday, June 5, 1917
Ralph J. Smith
46, Springfield, was found dead in his bed in
a Sterling Motel at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
His body was discovered by the
motel manager after a maid was unable to get into the room Wednesday afternoon.
Smith had registered Tuesday night at the motel. He was listed as a
representative of the Master Craft Furniture Co., Omaha, Neb.
Whiteside
County Coroner John Ardapple said death was apparently due to natural causes. A
later autopsy revealed that death was caused by a fatal heart attack.
The body
was returned from the Grennan and Son Funeral Home to Springfield this morning
by the Staab Funeral Home of that city, where funeral services will be held
Saturday morning.
The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois
- August 10, 1967 - Thursday, pg 2 Transcribed and contributed by Melva L. Taylor/ Christine
Walters
Winoma L. (nee Moore)
Gardner
Winoma L.Gardner, age 61
years, 7001 S. 38th Street.
Survived by sons, John J., Patrick J.,
Danny P., Michael W., Timmy R., Kim T; daughters, Mrs. Vance (Sandra) White,
Mrs. Ray (Tamara) Pierce, Mrs. John (Pam) Donovan, Mrs. Robert (Candace) Wolf;
19 grandchildren; sisters, Mildred Meyers, Etta Marie Wertz; brother Melvin
Moore.
Services were held Friday, Dec.
23, at 1 PM at the South Omaha Chapel with interment at St. John’s
Cemetery.
Omaha World-Herald
- Saturday, December 24,
1983
Transcribed
and Submitted by: Kathie
Marynik
Fred
M. "Lone Star" Hans
Obit:
"Famous Indian Fighter Killed in Elevator Shaft"
Omaha, Neb., April
17.--Fred M. (Lone Star) Hans, the west's last great Indian fighter and probably
the last of the old time "lightning draw" men, was crushed to death here tonight
in an elevator shaft of the building where he was night watchman.
Hans
was former chief scout of Gen'l Phil Sheridan. He was credited with having
killed twenty men, among them fourteen Indians. He was the official investigator
of the Custer massacre for the war department." end of obit
Chicago
Tribune - Apr 18, 1923
Transcribed and Contributed by: Dan Brown
NOTE added
by the submitter-Dan Brown--
I have a lot of other articles, records, info,
photos, etc., for Fred Hans and his descendants, but I'm always looking for
more. Please contact dadbrown_99@yahoo.com or call 503
434-1215
Fred M. "Lone Star" Hans
Obit: "Famous Scout Dies Boots
On; Lift Kills Him"
Omaha, April 17: Gray-haired old Fred M. ("Lone Star")
Hans, former chief scout of General Phil Sheridan, and perhaps the last of the
"two gun, cross arm draw" experts, died here Tuesday night with his boots on.
But not on a battlefield did death come to him, nor on the wings of a bullet. He
was crushed to death in an elevator shaft at the World-Herald plant where he was
night watchman.
Hans, who had never been beaten on the draw, was credited with
killing 20 men, among them 14 Indians. He was the official investigator of the
Custer massacre for the war department. Formerly, he was chief special agent of
the Northwestern railroad." end of obit
Billings Gazette
- Apr 18, 1923
Transcribed and Contributed by: Dan Brown
Dan Brown, the submitter, has a
collection of over 30 obituaries for Fred Hans from various papers in various
cities and states
Fred M. "Lone Star" Hans
“Echoes of Fort Calhoun”
Resume of
Important Historical Events and Cheery News Items, edited by W. M.
Woods.
Our dear friend Lone Star Hans is dead. Died, not as he wished no
doubt, but in an accident in the World-Herald Building. Perhaps two years
before he tried to be a farmer at DeSoto, someone told him that I was collecting
Indian relics with E. E. Blackman and Dr. R. F. Gilder and he came to from Omaha
to bring copies of his large bound volume of Indian History and later as our
friendship increased he gave me ten copies to give to my friends. He was not
cut out to be a farmer and strange tales were told of him, but the worst we knew
of him was his tendency to boast of past deeds, something we to often do, as it
is not always considered a serious crime. From him we learned why so many flint
arrow heads and stone equipments were scattered all over our hills, and why when
they destroyed everything they could at the Fort, and failed to carry things
away that would have been good use to them. It seemed that any impliment that
failed them in an emergency became bad medicine and they discarded them, and
things that they got from whitemen that they had not got in a legitimate way was
white man’s bad medicine, and the quicker it was disposed of the better. We
found him congenial, always ready to answer our questions and a good companion
and we are sorry to learn of his untimely death.”
The Tribune
- Blair,
Nebraska - Apr 26,
1923
Submitters Name: Dan Brown
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