# 1. Pilot-Tribune, June 9, 1975
SERVICES FOR ALBERT RATHJEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Albert Rathjen were scheduled to be held at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., with Reverend Sanford Sorgen officiating. Sievers Funeral Home was in charge of services, with burial to be in the Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews Don Rathjen, Mel Rathjen, Jack Lund, Jim Taylor, Louie Taylor, and Glenn Lund.
Albert Rathjen was born October 4, 1907, at Fort Calhoun to Emil and Anna Rathjen and passed away June 4, 1975, at the Blair Hospital after a short illness.
He grew to manhood in the Fort Calhoun area, where he farmed for his father. On January 27, 1937 he was united in marriage to Wilma Lund and they took up farming in the Fort Calhoun area.
In 1968 he retired and moved to his present home in Blair.
Mr. Rathjen was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Wilma; one brother, Ray of Blair; three sisters, Mrs. Selby (Clara) Taylor, Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Voss, both of Omaha; and Mrs. Jim (Lucille) Knag of Fort Calhoun; six nieces and six nephews. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Amanda Lund of the Good Shepherd Home in Blair, also survives him, as well as a host of relatives and friends.
#2 Funeral Leaflet
In Memory of Albert Rathjen
October 4, 1907 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska ~ June 4, 1975 Blair, Nebraska
Services 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 7, 1975 Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church. Officiating: Rev. Sanford D. Sorgen. Music by Clara Butterfield, Organist; Shirley McNew, Soloist. “In The Garden”, “Going Home”
Pallbearers: Don Rathjen, Mel Rathjen, Jack Lund, Jim Taylor, Louie Taylor, Glenn Lund
Concluding Service: Fort Calhoun Cemetery
~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~
SERVICES FOR ALBERT RATHJEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Albert Rathjen were scheduled to be held at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., with Reverend Sanford Sorgen officiating. Sievers Funeral Home was in charge of services, with burial to be in the Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews Don Rathjen, Mel Rathjen, Jack Lund, Jim Taylor, Louie Taylor, and Glenn Lund.
Albert Rathjen was born October 4, 1907, at Fort Calhoun to Emil and Anna Rathjen and passed away June 4, 1975, at the Blair Hospital after a short illness.
He grew to manhood in the Fort Calhoun area, where he farmed for his father. On January 27, 1937 he was united in marriage to Wilma Lund and they took up farming in the Fort Calhoun area.
In 1968 he retired and moved to his present home in Blair.
Mr. Rathjen was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Wilma; one brother, Ray of Blair; three sisters, Mrs. Selby (Clara) Taylor, Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Voss, both of Omaha; and Mrs. Jim (Lucille) Knag of Fort Calhoun; six nieces and six nephews. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Amanda Lund of the Good Shepherd Home in Blair, also survives him, as well as a host of relatives and friends.
#2 Funeral Leaflet
In Memory of Albert Rathjen
October 4, 1907 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska ~ June 4, 1975 Blair, Nebraska
Services 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 7, 1975 Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church. Officiating: Rev. Sanford D. Sorgen. Music by Clara Butterfield, Organist; Shirley McNew, Soloist. “In The Garden”, “Going Home”
Pallbearers: Don Rathjen, Mel Rathjen, Jack Lund, Jim Taylor, Louie Taylor, Glenn Lund
Concluding Service: Fort Calhoun Cemetery
~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~
# 1. Pilot-Tribune, June 9, 1975
SERVICES FOR ALBERT RATHJEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Albert Rathjen were scheduled to be held at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., with Reverend Sanford Sorgen officiating. Sievers Funeral Home was in charge of services, with burial to be in the Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews Don Rathjen, Mel Rathjen, Jack Lund, Jim Taylor, Louie Taylor, and Glenn Lund.
Albert Rathjen was born October 4, 1907, at Fort Calhoun to Emil and Anna Rathjen and passed away June 4, 1975, at the Blair Hospital after a short illness.
He grew to manhood in the Fort Calhoun area, where he farmed for his father. On January 27, 1937 he was united in marriage to Wilma Lund and they took up farming in the Fort Calhoun area.
In 1968 he retired and moved to his present home in Blair.
Mr. Rathjen was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Wilma; one brother, Ray of Blair; three sisters, Mrs. Selby (Clara) Taylor, Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Voss, both of Omaha; and Mrs. Jim (Lucille) Knag of Fort Calhoun; six nieces and six nephews. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Amanda Lund of the Good Shepherd Home in Blair, also survives him, as well as a host of relatives and friends.
#2 Funeral Leaflet
In Memory of Albert Rathjen
October 4, 1907 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska ~ June 4, 1975 Blair, Nebraska
Services 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 7, 1975 Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church. Officiating: Rev. Sanford D. Sorgen. Music by Clara Butterfield, Organist; Shirley McNew, Soloist. “In The Garden”, “Going Home”
Pallbearers: Don Rathjen, Mel Rathjen, Jack Lund, Jim Taylor, Louie Taylor, Glenn Lund
Concluding Service: Fort Calhoun Cemetery
~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~
SERVICES FOR ALBERT RATHJEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral services for Albert Rathjen were scheduled to be held at the Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., with Reverend Sanford Sorgen officiating. Sievers Funeral Home was in charge of services, with burial to be in the Fort Calhoun Cemetery.
Pallbearers were nephews Don Rathjen, Mel Rathjen, Jack Lund, Jim Taylor, Louie Taylor, and Glenn Lund.
Albert Rathjen was born October 4, 1907, at Fort Calhoun to Emil and Anna Rathjen and passed away June 4, 1975, at the Blair Hospital after a short illness.
He grew to manhood in the Fort Calhoun area, where he farmed for his father. On January 27, 1937 he was united in marriage to Wilma Lund and they took up farming in the Fort Calhoun area.
In 1968 he retired and moved to his present home in Blair.
Mr. Rathjen was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Wilma; one brother, Ray of Blair; three sisters, Mrs. Selby (Clara) Taylor, Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Voss, both of Omaha; and Mrs. Jim (Lucille) Knag of Fort Calhoun; six nieces and six nephews. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Amanda Lund of the Good Shepherd Home in Blair, also survives him, as well as a host of relatives and friends.
#2 Funeral Leaflet
In Memory of Albert Rathjen
October 4, 1907 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska ~ June 4, 1975 Blair, Nebraska
Services 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 7, 1975 Fort Calhoun Presbyterian Church. Officiating: Rev. Sanford D. Sorgen. Music by Clara Butterfield, Organist; Shirley McNew, Soloist. “In The Garden”, “Going Home”
Pallbearers: Don Rathjen, Mel Rathjen, Jack Lund, Jim Taylor, Louie Taylor, Glenn Lund
Concluding Service: Fort Calhoun Cemetery
~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~
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