NOTE: These obits are in no particular order. You must use the index to find a particular individual.
Mrs. Wayne Dickson, nee Miss
Clee Applegate of Lincoln, died at the home which she and her
mother, Mrs. Ida Applegate have maintained at Lincoln during the
summer, she having with her the little daughter, Louise, five years
of age, have maintained since last spring. Mrs. Dickson will be
remembered as the wife of Wayne Dickson, who died in Omaha on
January 27th and whose remains rest in the Oak Hill cemetery west
of town. Mrs. Dickson has not been in the best of health for some
time, but the immediate cause of death was due to the rupture of a
blood vessel, she departing life at Lincoln last Saturday evening
about seven o'clock. Mrs. Dickson had many friends in this city
and throughout the county who mourn her death, she having lived
during her youth at Union and was a teacher of much ability in the
public schools in Plattsmouth before her marriage to Wayne Dickson,
and lived in this city for some time before the bisiness which was
demanding the energies of her husband called them to Omaha to make
their home. The funeral will be in Plattsmouth and the last resting
place of all that is mortal of this excellent woman will be
besides(sic) her husband in Oak Hill cemetery.
As to the time of the funeral
services nothing is as yet known but will be published
later.
Born Sept. 6, 1886, in Fremont county,
Iowa. Died at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning, Jan. 7, 1904, at the
home of her father, Mathew G. McQuin, southeast of Union.
At an early hour yesterday morning the people
of this village were startled by a telephone message from the home
of Mr. McQuin, announcing the sudden and unexpected death of his
daughter, Mrs. Dow Anna Ashlock. Few people knew of her illness,
therefore the news of her death made the shock the more severe. Her
first complaint of illness was last Friday, but there were no
indications of any serious attack, and she, felt much better until
Wednesday morning, when an attack of la grip developed. At about 3
o'clock yesterday morning she became much worse and failed so
repidly that she passed away before medical aid could be summoned.
The funeral service will be held at the McQuin home at 1
o'clock this (Friday) afternoon conducted by Rev. R. S. Cook,
and the remains will be laid to rest by the side of her mother in
the Eaton cemetery east of Union.
The maiden name of the deceased was Dow Anna
McQuin, and she was married on last Christmas evening to Mr.
Caloway Ashlock. They were making their home temporarily with her
father. She was the oldest daughter of Mathew G. McQuin, and grew
from childhood in this vicinity, where she was loved and respected
for her kind and gentle disposition. She united with the Baptist
church in this village eighteen months ago, and so lived that a
short time before her death she was able to say that she was
prepared to meet her Maker. Her death takes away a young wife who
was adored by the husband, a daughter who was the idol of her
father, and a sister who was the dearly loved by her brothers and
sister. But the relatives have the consolation of knowing that Anna
has gone to that Heavenly home where her mother went March 24,
1902, and where she will know no more sickness, sorrow nor death.
The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of this whole
community.
The message that came this
morning from Omaha announcing the death in that city at 4 o'clock
this morning of Wayne F. Dickson brought to this community a sense
of the deepest grief at the taking away of this splendid young man
in the full flush of his young manhood. Wayne had been sick for
only a short time but was taken with an attack of pneumonia and his
condition had gradually grown worse until the end came despite all
that skill and tender care could do to stay the visitation of the
death messenger.
Wayne F. Dickson was born in
Plattsmouth July 28, 1892, and up until a few years ago made his
home here where his noble character and bright genial disposition
won for him a host of friends whose friendship is terminated only
by sad call of the young man to his eternal reward. Mr. Dickson was
educated in the schools here and after leaving school was for a
numbers[sic} of years employed in the lumber business of his
grandfather, F.M. Richey, and later associated with his uncle, E.J.
Richey, in this line of work. On Christmas day, 1914, Wayne was
united in marriage to Miss Clee Applegate of Union, who with the
little daughter, Louise, aged five years, are left to mourn the
death of the kind and loving husband and father. The young man
leaves to share the grief of thewife and child, Mrs. Fannie
Dickson, aunt, who had reared him to manhood, thre brothers, Marion
Dickson of Valley, Neb., Norman and Donald Dickson of this city,
and C.A. Richey of Omaha, E.J. Richey and Miss May Richey of this
city and Mrs. Will Mordock, uncles and aunts of the departed.
Since his removal from Plattsmouth
Mr. Dickson has been employed as sales manager of the Lyman-Richey
Sand Co. and had a very lucrative position with splendid prospects
of a great business future when he was stricken down with the last
sickness.
The funeral arrangements have not
been announced as yet owing to the condition of Mrs. Dickson who is
in very poor health at the present time.
In the passing of Wayne Dickson the
world has lost a splendid figure of young manhood and his calling
away is not only a bitter loss to those whom he loved within the
family circle but to the community at large.
Born Feb. 22, 1831, in Westmead,
Ireland died at 7 p. m. on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1910, at his home in
Wyoming precinct, Otoe county, Nebraska.
The death of John C. Roddy was sad
news to the people of this vicinity, as he was quite well known
here and highly esteemed. He had been failing in health since last
August, having heart trouble along with other ailments incident to
old age. During the two weeks prior to his death he was confined to
the bed much of the time and he and the family realized that the
chance for his recovery was very slight. He retained consciousness
until the moment of his death and the close of life came as though
he had passed into peaceful slumber. The funeral services were held
in the St. Mary's Catholic church in Nebraska City at 10:30
Saturday forenoon and interment was made in the Catholic cemetery
near that city. The pall bearers were six of Mr. Roddy's most
intimate friends of Nebraska City.
John C. Roddy was one of the wealthy
and influential citizens of Eastern Nebraska. Born in Ireland, he
remained there until early manhood and received education, leaving
there at the age of 20 years and locating in Canada, going from
there to Wisconsin where he spent about six years. In 1862 he
became a resident of this state, locating in Wyoming precinct, in
Otoe county, several miles south of this village. There he bought a
small farm, and by his industry and good business ability he added
to his land until the "old home place" consisted of 420 acres of
Otoe county's fine land. He also owned a large amount of other land
in Otoe and Cass counties, as well as a good sum of cash and
securities. August 15, 1866, he was married to Miss Rose O'Donnell,
sister of the late John O'Donnell, and they resided on the Otoe
county farm ever since. They were the parents of nine children, of
whom the following six are living -- Mrs. Anna Heafey of Nebraska
City; Mrs. Mary Witherow of Thurman, Iowa; Mrs. Rose Shanahan of
South Omaha; James C. and John B., of Union, and Michael of
Nebraska City.
John C. Roddy was a man of strict
integrity, a man whose word was as good as his bond in any
transaction, and much of his financial success was due to the fact
that every man who knew him had full confidence in his honesty and
fairness, and he proved a loyal good friend to every man that he
deemed deserving.
Another fatal accident occurred
here at about 10:30 last Saturday night [probably March 8, 1913],
when Willard Applegate, a boy little more than 14 years old, lost
his life on the Missouri Pacific tracks at the switches a short
distance north of main street(sic) crossing. The wounded boy's
cries for help attracted the attention of a companion, Clarence
Armstrong, who ran to his assistance, and found him beside the
tracks, mangled but yet conscious. Armstrong, with the aid of Jesse
McKean and John Chidester, carefully carried the boy to the
restaurant of Will C. Hopkins who hastily arranged his room for the
physicians by the time Drs. Walker and Barritt arrived. The first
examination was sufficient to convince the physicians that the boy
could live but a short time, and they endeavored to alleviate the
pain as much as possible. The left thigh and abdomen were torn and
mashed to a pulp, and the physicians could do nothing more than
adjust the parts to the proper positions and make the injured boy
as comfortable as possible during the short time he had to live. He
was then removed to the home of his sister Mrs. William Cogdill, in
north part of town, where he died at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
morning.
The manner in which Willard lost his
life is no reflection upon the character or intelligence of the
boy, as he was the youngest of the four who were riding on the
trains in the switch yards that night - a practice that somebody
should have stopped long ago. Saturday night Willard, along with
his brother Jimmie, Allen Vincent and Clarence Armstrong, went down
to the tracks to enjoy the riding back and forth as the freight
trains were doing the switching, and it is asserted that a brakeman
gave the boys permission to ride the train. The generally accepted
theory is that when Willard rode as far as he desired he dropped
off and in so doing he struck one of the low switch-stands, the
impact throwing him back on the track, with the fatal result above
stated. The circumstances under which the accident occurred
indicated at that time that an official inquest was unnecessary,
and none was held.
The Ledger recently published a
brief report of the death of Winnie McNamee's little son Harold,
and we reprint below a report taken from the Huntington Park (Cal.)
Sentinel, as follows:
"Harold Stacey was born at Union,
Nebraska, April 20, 1904, and was therefore but three years, eight
months and one day old when he passed beyond [on Dec. 21,1907. Mr.
and Mrs. McNamee moved to California from Nebraska in February
1906, and have resided ever since at Spaulding Station, where they
have many sympathizing friends.
"Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at the home and the interment was at Evergreen
cemetery, Los Angeles, at 2 o'clock the same afternoon. Many
friends of Mr. and Mrs. McNamee attended the services and expressed
their sympathy in offerings of beautiful flowers. One of the
loveliest floral offerings was that sent by the San Antonio florist
company. Rev. W.G. Palmer, pastor of the Presbyterian church,
officiated at the services, and the pall bearers were friends from
Spaulding Station.
"Little Harold was well known and
much loved by all who knewhim, a bright eyed, sunny natured little
one, who was like a ray of sunshine."
Obituary of William G. Meisinger,Plattsmouth Journal, November 16, 1936 |
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