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Printed in Pilot-Tribune, May 2, 1946
WILLIAM RAHLFS FOUND DYING
FARMER DIES IN FIELD LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AFTER BROTHER-IN-LAW DIES
William H. Rahlfs, 71, farmer near Arlington, was found dying at his farm Friday noon while preparing his tractor for field work, and died at 7 a.m. Saturday without regaining consciousness.
His death followed by less than three weeks that of his brother-in-law, John H. Petersen, 60-year-old Spiker farmer, who was found dead from the effects of a shotgun blast.
A daughter, Alice, found Mr. Rahlfs lying unconscious beside his tractor when she approached to summon him to lunch. Near his hand was a memo book and pencil which he always carried. In the book he had managed to write: "Got dizzy, laid down." Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bendorf Funeral Home. Burial followed in Blair cemetery.
LONG AT ARLINGTON
Born Jan. 1, 1875, the son of John and Margaret M. Rahlfs, Mr. Rahlfs grew to manhood in the Arlington vicinity. He was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran church there, and had farmed in this county all his life except for two years in his youth, when he farmed in California and Oregon.
Mr. Rahlfs and Inger Marie Petersen were married Sept. 1, 1909.
He is survived by his wife, Inger; a son, William Harold Rahlfs of Blair; and two daughters, Florence and Alice at home. Other survivors include a grandson, William Harold Rahlfs, Jr. of Blair; a sister, Mrs. J.W. Holstein of Tracy, Minn.; and two brothers, Richard Rahlfs of Berwick (?), N.D. and Frank Rahlfs of Arlington.
Printed in Pilot-Tribune, May 2, 1946
WILLIAM RAHLFS FOUND DYING
FARMER DIES IN FIELD LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AFTER BROTHER-IN-LAW DIES
William H. Rahlfs, 71, farmer near Arlington, was found dying at his farm Friday noon while preparing his tractor for field work, and died at 7 a.m. Saturday without regaining consciousness.
His death followed by less than three weeks that of his brother-in-law, John H. Petersen, 60-year-old Spiker farmer, who was found dead from the effects of a shotgun blast.
A daughter, Alice, found Mr. Rahlfs lying unconscious beside his tractor when she approached to summon him to lunch. Near his hand was a memo book and pencil which he always carried. In the book he had managed to write: "Got dizzy, laid down." Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bendorf Funeral Home. Burial followed in Blair cemetery.
LONG AT ARLINGTON
Born Jan. 1, 1875, the son of John and Margaret M. Rahlfs, Mr. Rahlfs grew to manhood in the Arlington vicinity. He was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran church there, and had farmed in this county all his life except for two years in his youth, when he farmed in California and Oregon.
Mr. Rahlfs and Inger Marie Petersen were married Sept. 1, 1909.
He is survived by his wife, Inger; a son, William Harold Rahlfs of Blair; and two daughters, Florence and Alice at home. Other survivors include a grandson, William Harold Rahlfs, Jr. of Blair; a sister, Mrs. J.W. Holstein of Tracy, Minn.; and two brothers, Richard Rahlfs of Berwick (?), N.D. and Frank Rahlfs of Arlington.
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Printed in Pilot-Tribune, May 2, 1946
WILLIAM RAHLFS FOUND DYING
FARMER DIES IN FIELD LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AFTER BROTHER-IN-LAW DIES
William H. Rahlfs, 71, farmer near Arlington, was found dying at his farm Friday noon while preparing his tractor for field work, and died at 7 a.m. Saturday without regaining consciousness.
His death followed by less than three weeks that of his brother-in-law, John H. Petersen, 60-year-old Spiker farmer, who was found dead from the effects of a shotgun blast.
A daughter, Alice, found Mr. Rahlfs lying unconscious beside his tractor when she approached to summon him to lunch. Near his hand was a memo book and pencil which he always carried. In the book he had managed to write: "Got dizzy, laid down." Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bendorf Funeral Home. Burial followed in Blair cemetery.
LONG AT ARLINGTON
Born Jan. 1, 1875, the son of John and Margaret M. Rahlfs, Mr. Rahlfs grew to manhood in the Arlington vicinity. He was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran church there, and had farmed in this county all his life except for two years in his youth, when he farmed in California and Oregon.
Mr. Rahlfs and Inger Marie Petersen were married Sept. 1, 1909.
He is survived by his wife, Inger; a son, William Harold Rahlfs of Blair; and two daughters, Florence and Alice at home. Other survivors include a grandson, William Harold Rahlfs, Jr. of Blair; a sister, Mrs. J.W. Holstein of Tracy, Minn.; and two brothers, Richard Rahlfs of Berwick (?), N.D. and Frank Rahlfs of Arlington.
Printed in Pilot-Tribune, May 2, 1946
WILLIAM RAHLFS FOUND DYING
FARMER DIES IN FIELD LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AFTER BROTHER-IN-LAW DIES
William H. Rahlfs, 71, farmer near Arlington, was found dying at his farm Friday noon while preparing his tractor for field work, and died at 7 a.m. Saturday without regaining consciousness.
His death followed by less than three weeks that of his brother-in-law, John H. Petersen, 60-year-old Spiker farmer, who was found dead from the effects of a shotgun blast.
A daughter, Alice, found Mr. Rahlfs lying unconscious beside his tractor when she approached to summon him to lunch. Near his hand was a memo book and pencil which he always carried. In the book he had managed to write: "Got dizzy, laid down." Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Bendorf Funeral Home. Burial followed in Blair cemetery.
LONG AT ARLINGTON
Born Jan. 1, 1875, the son of John and Margaret M. Rahlfs, Mr. Rahlfs grew to manhood in the Arlington vicinity. He was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran church there, and had farmed in this county all his life except for two years in his youth, when he farmed in California and Oregon.
Mr. Rahlfs and Inger Marie Petersen were married Sept. 1, 1909.
He is survived by his wife, Inger; a son, William Harold Rahlfs of Blair; and two daughters, Florence and Alice at home. Other survivors include a grandson, William Harold Rahlfs, Jr. of Blair; a sister, Mrs. J.W. Holstein of Tracy, Minn.; and two brothers, Richard Rahlfs of Berwick (?), N.D. and Frank Rahlfs of Arlington.
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