Death Result From Tractor and Harrow Accident Eight Weeks Ago
Clarence Wachter, 61, of Herman, died early Sunday morning at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, where he had been after suffering severe injuries as a result of a farm accident eight weeks ago.
Private funeral rites, with only Mr. Wachter's relatives attending, were held 11 a.m. yesterday at Campbell's Mortuary. Public rites were held at 2 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Blair with the Rev. Robert Wigert of Herman, assisted by the Rev. H.C. Jorgensen of Blair, in charge of services. Burial was in Orum Cemetery.
Mr. Wachter suffered severe head injuries eight weeks ago when a harrow, which he was pulling with a tractor, caught on the tractor wheels and struck him.
Clarence Wachter was born in 1889 on the farm where he had lived his entire life. He was the son of Anton and Theresa Wachter.
Mr. Wachter and Tena Petersen were married in September, 1919, in Fremont and to this union five children were born, of whom three survive.
He is survived by his widow; a son, Jack; two daughters Marilyn and Joan; a twin brother, Walter of Jackson, Nebr,; two half-sisters, Mrs. Laura Wachter of Pender and Miss Anna Fuss of Herman; and two grandsons.
Death Result From Tractor and Harrow Accident Eight Weeks Ago
Clarence Wachter, 61, of Herman, died early Sunday morning at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, where he had been after suffering severe injuries as a result of a farm accident eight weeks ago.
Private funeral rites, with only Mr. Wachter's relatives attending, were held 11 a.m. yesterday at Campbell's Mortuary. Public rites were held at 2 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Blair with the Rev. Robert Wigert of Herman, assisted by the Rev. H.C. Jorgensen of Blair, in charge of services. Burial was in Orum Cemetery.
Mr. Wachter suffered severe head injuries eight weeks ago when a harrow, which he was pulling with a tractor, caught on the tractor wheels and struck him.
Clarence Wachter was born in 1889 on the farm where he had lived his entire life. He was the son of Anton and Theresa Wachter.
Mr. Wachter and Tena Petersen were married in September, 1919, in Fremont and to this union five children were born, of whom three survive.
He is survived by his widow; a son, Jack; two daughters Marilyn and Joan; a twin brother, Walter of Jackson, Nebr,; two half-sisters, Mrs. Laura Wachter of Pender and Miss Anna Fuss of Herman; and two grandsons.
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