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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
Jane
C. Harris
Thomas
Barton
John Petty
Mr. Bull
James O'Leary
Mrs. T. M. Slattery 
Miss Georgia Brewer
Mrs. Anna D. Devaney
Elmer Atherton
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
Jane C. Harris
94, Omaha, formerly Lincoln, died
Monday.
Former member, Southview
Christian Church.
Member OES, Starcraft 248, OES
Electra Chapter 8, Star.
Services by OES Electra, Chapter
8.
Survivors: Son, William T., Georgetown, South Carolina;
son-in-law, John H. Wilbur, Lincoln; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren;
four great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Lincoln Memorial Funeral
Home, 6800 South 14th Street.
The Rev. John Eilers, Lincoln
Memorial Park.
Visitation, until services,
funeral home.
Lincoln
Nebraska Journal, Tuesday, December 5, 1989
Contributed
by: Barbara Christen
Transcribed
by: Frances Cooley
Edward
A. Martin, Sr.
Martin, Edward A., Sr., 65 years, 1705 Laird
St.
Survived by wife, Ophella, Omaha; son, Edward A. Martin Jr., Des Moines, IA;
3 daughters, Sharon Boone, Kansas City, MO, Michelle Fowler, Gayle Moss; sister,
Mary Avant, Omaha; brother, Theodore J. Martin, Minneapolis, MN; 12
grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Wake
7-8 p.m. Friday Mortuary.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Chapel, casket will
remain closed after services.
Interment Hope Cemetery, Thomas Funeral
Home
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska,
dated September 11, 1986
Transcribed and contributed by: Denise
Hansen
Mrs.
Frank E. Moores
Services For Late Mrs. Moores
Simple Rites Will Be Conducted at
All Saints Church Tomorrow
The funeral of the late Mrs.
Frank E. Moores will take place from All Saints Church tomorrow, Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, and, in accordance with her often expressed opinions
during life, the service will be of the simplest and most unostentatious
character.
Members of the family know that
with her dislike of useless display she would so prefer, and have arranged the
funeral accordingly.
It is only on account of the
hundreds of friends who will wish to pay a last
tribute of respect to the deceased that the funeral is being held from
the church, as the family residence, though large, would be totally inadequate
to accommodate them. Rector Mackay will
conduct the services.
The Pallbearers will be four
members and two of the oldest Omaha friends of
the family: Mr. John Alber of Logansport, Indiana, a
brother-in-law; Mr. Zachary Taylor of Logansport,
Indians, a nephew; Mr. E. E. Matchett of Kansas City,
a nephew; Mr. A. W. Matchett of Cincinnati,
Ohio, a nephew; Weir D. Coffman
and Joseph Teahon.
The body will be placed
temporarily in the receiving vault at Prospect Hill
Cemetery until a family
vault can be built in the same city of the dead.
In addition to other members of
the family whose arrival has already been noted, Mrs. George Parslow of Cincinnati, a sister of Mayor Moores, and Mr. and Mrs. A.
D. Matchett of Cincinnati,
sister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Moores, will come tomorrow morning. Mrs. August Matchett of Kansas
City, Mrs. John Alber and Miss Jennie Daws of Logansport, sisters of Mrs. Moores; Mrs. Ida
Taylor and Mrs. Zachary Taylor of Logansport, Indiana, nieces of Mrs. Moores,
arrived yesterday.
A special meeting of the city
council was held yesterday. Official
notice of the death of Mrs. Frank E. Moores, wife of Mayor Moores, was conveyed
to the body, and, on motion of Mr. Mount, it was decided to close the city hall
on Wednesday, the day of the funeral.
On Motion of Mr. Lobeck, it was
ordered that the superintendent of the building drape the rotunda and entrance
of the city hall.
President Karr and Mr. Mount were
appointed a committee on carriages and flowers.
The members of the council decided to attend the funeral in a body, and
will ask the other city officials to do the same.
The fire and police board met
last night to pass resolutions of condolence and respect in memory of Mrs.
Moores, and adjourned without transacting any further business. The resolutions are as follows:
“Whereas, the hand of Providence has seen fit to
remove from our presence Mrs. Kate E. Morres, the beloved wife of our honored
mayor, Frank E. Moores, thereby bring grief and desolation to the happy home,
and depriving him of a loving wife and the children of a kind and loving
mother; there fore, be it.
“Resolved, That, by the death of
Mrs. Moores, not only the husband and children have been severed from a dear
companion, but the people of Omaha as well have cause for deep grief at the sad
death of the most respected and loved woman; and be it further
“Resolved, That the sympathy of
this board be extended to his honor, the mayor, and his family, and that this
resolution be spread upon the records of the board of fire and police
commissioners, and a copy be sent to the bereaved family.”
Omaha World Herald – June 12, 1900
Mrs. Kate E. Moores
Mrs. Moores Killed
Wife of
Omaha Mayor Dies
From
Injuries Received in a
Runaway
Returning
from Riverview Park
Wild Team on
South Tenth St. Collides With
The Carriage
and in the Rush That Follows,
Her Skull is
Fractured.
Omaha, Neb.
June 11-
Mrs. Kate E.
Moores, wife of Frank E. Moores, mayor of Omaha, died at her home at 8:55 p.m.
Saturday, the result of a terrible runaway accident, which occurred three hours
before.
She had
attended a picnic given by her daughter’s Sunday school class at Riverview Park
and was returning home in her own carriage, accompanied by Mrs. T. J. Mackay,
wife of the rector of All Saints church, and little daughter. When near St. Joseph’s Hospital, on South
Tenth street, the horses became frightened at a runaway team attached to Dr.
Porter’s buggy, which crashed into the carriage occupied by the two women. In an instant the fiery horses were beyond
control of the coachman and dashed down the street at a terrific pace. Mrs. Moore’s, weak and nervous from fright,
attempted to alight from the carriage, but fell to the pavement, striking the
back of her head on the curbstone. The
skull was badly fractured at the base of the brain.
After Mrs.
Moores fell the frightened animals galloped on down Tenth street, barely
escaping serious mishaps a number of times, until Mason street was
reached. Here the horses ran into a
wagon, throwing them from their feet and stopping the mad flight. Mrs. Mackay had clasped her little daughter
tightly to her breast and remained in the carriage until the final collision,
when they were thrown on the horses with the coachman, but fortunately all
escaped serious injury. The carriage was
wrecked and the horses came out with only a few scratches.
After a
preliminary examination and treatment by the physicians at the drug store Mrs.
Moore’s was removed in an ambulance to her home at 617 South Eighteenth
street. In the meantime the son and
daughters had arrived, but it was nearly an hour before the mayor could be
found, as he had been entertaining Envoy Wessels on behalf of the city. The mayor was finally notified and hurried at
once to his wife’s side.
Surrounded
by her family, Mrs. Moores passed away, never having regained consciousness.
Custer Co.
Republican - June 14,
1900 edition
Transcribed and contributed by: Melody Beery
Thomas
Barton
Waterloo, Neb. Feb.
9, 1900
Thomas Barton
fatally shot his father in law, Mr. Hively.
Barton and his brother in law, Dave
Hively, were fighting in the street.
Barton pulled his revolver and fired at Dave, but just at this instant
the elder Hively stepped between them and received the bullet at the side of the
nose.
The doctors say that Hively
cannot live. Barton has been put
under arrest, it is said that the quarrel between him and Dave Hively was due to
the charge that Barton had been beating his wife, formerly Emma Hively.
Custer County
Republican - Feb. 15, 1900
edition
Contributed
by: Melody Beery
To Bury Storm Victim
Body of John Petty to Be Returned from Florida
The body of John Petty, 48, killed at Miami in the hurricane, is to be
brought to Omaha for burial as soon as relatives can arrange for its return. Mr.
Petty, who lived in Omaha for 20 years prior to February, 1925, was a brother of
Robert Petty, 3915 Ames avenue, and Lincoln Petty. He was unmarried.
Mr.
Petty was a carpenter by trade, and had lived at Plattsmouth before coming to
Omaha' Efforts on the part of Robert Petty to learn the details of his death
have been fruitless. John Petty's name was included in the death reports from
Miami, giving relatives their first intimation.
Surviving Mr. Petty are his
mother, living at Plattsmouth; a sister, Mrs. Carl Wynn of Plattsmouth, and six
brothers, Hershel of Council Bluffs, Lincoln and Robert of Omaha, and three others living in scattered parts of the United States.
["The World Herald", Omaha Thursday September 23, 1926 page 4 - Sub. by a FofFG]
Mr. Bull
Mr. Bull
died at Millard Wednesday. He came toNebraska
in 1867.
Omaha
World Herald –7 Sept. 1918
Transcribed and contributed by: Dan Zwakman
James O'Leary
During a drunken quarrel in Peoria, Ill. James O’Leary of
Omaha received injuries from which he died at a hospital. His slayers, Henry Roders, J. W. Pute and
supposedly Frank Howell were arrested.
Source: Iron County Recorder, Iron County Utah, Jan.
9, 1903 edition
Submitted by: Friend of Free Genealogy
Mrs. T. M. Slattery
Magic City, Nebraska
– Mrs. T. M. Slattery, Omaha,
a sister of Frank Cress of this city, died yesterday at her home, 1136 Georgia avenue.
Funeral services at First Methodist Episcopal church, Twenty-third and N streets,
Sunday afternoon, at 2 o’clock.
Omaha Daily Bee – Omaha,
Nebraska – January 30, 1897
Transcribed as written by: D. Donlon
Miss Georgia Brewer
The funeral services of Miss Georgia Brewer will be held this afternoon at 3 o’clock at the First Baptist Church.
The funeral of Miss Georgia Brewer will occur at 2 o’clock
this afternoon from the family residence, 25 North Eighth street.
Omaha Daily Bee – Omaha,
Nebraska – September 9, 1888
Transcribed as written by: D. Donlon
Omaha, Neb.,
May 18 – Mrs. Anna D. Devaney, 67 years old, of Fort Dodge, Iowa,
and Elmer Atherton, 9 years old, were found dead in bed in the house of the
boy’s father. Mrs. Devaney had been on a visit to her daughter since Tuesday.
She was unaccustomed to the use of the gas and previous to Saturday night her
daughter had always turned it off for her.
Dallas
Morning News - 5/19/1896
Transcribed as written by: D. Donlon
Found Dead in Bed
Omaha, Neb.,
May 18 – Mrs. Anna D. Devaney, 67 years old, of Fort Dodge, Iowa,
and Elmer Atherton, 9 years old, were found dead in bed in the house of the
boy’s father. Mrs. Devaney had been on a visit to her daughter since Tuesday.
She was unaccustomed to the use of the gas and previous to Saturday night her
daughter had always turned it off for her.
Dallas
Morning News - 5/19/1896
Transcribed as written by: D. Donlon
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