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Dietrich Harrow “Dick” Bargen

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Dietrich Harrow “Dick” Bargen

Birth
Gosen, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany
Death
4 Aug 1953 (aged 72)
Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 10, Lot 15, Space 2
Memorial ID
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Nuckolls County Herald (Nelson, NE), Thursday, October 26, 1905; pg. 4

Smyrna.

Dick Bargen and Effie Demilt were married at the brides home. We wish them a happy and prosperous voyage through life.
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The Superior Express (Superior, NE), Thursday, August 6, 1953; pg. 1

Dietrick (sic) Bargen Died Tuesday

Had Been A Resident of Nelson Community For 58 Years

Dietrick (sic) (Dick) Bargen, a resident of the Nelson community for 58 years, a passed away at Brodstone hospital (sic) in Superior Tuesday afternoon about 3 o'clock. Mr. Bargen suffered a paralytic stroke Monday night and was brought to the hospital here. He was 73.

Mr. Bargen came to this country from his native Germany when a boy, in 1895, and has lived in Nuckolls county ever since. Most of the time he farmed near Nelson.

Surviving are his wife, the former Effie Demilt, three sons, Lloyd, James and Chester of Nelson; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Yost (Ruth), Pawnee City, and Mrs. Eldon Higby (Dorothy) of Aurora; four brothers, John, Carl and Eilert of Nuckolls county (sic), and Fred in Germany; also two sisters living in Germany.

The funeral service will be held at the Presbyterian church (sic) in Nelson Friday, Aug. 7, at 10 a.m., and burial will be in the Nelson cemetery (sic).
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The Nelson Gazette(Nelson, NE), Thursday, August 13, 1953

Dietrich Harrow (Dick) Bargen, son of Eilert and Anna Gerdes Bargen, was born at Godens, Germany, Aug. 17, 1880, and passed away at Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior, Nebr., Aug. 4, 1953 at the age of 72 years, 11 months and 17 days, following an illness of a few hours.

He left his native land and parents to come to the United States at the age of 14 years and came to the Nelson community where he has since resided.

On Oct. 25, 1905, he was married to Effie DeMilt of Nelson. To this union five children were born. Their family home was south of Nelson until January, 1948, when Mr. and Mrs. Bargen retired from the farm to their present home in Nelson.

Mr. Bargen was an ever loving husband and father and a friend to all. His happiness was his family and his farming and livestock feeding activities. He was prominent within those circles.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and one brother in Germany.

He leaves in his passing, his wife; three sons, Lloyd, James and Chester, all of Nelson, Neb.; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Yost of Pawnee City, Nebr., and Mrs. Eldon Higby of Aurora, Nebr.; four brothers, John and Carl of Superior, Nebr., Eilert of Nora, Nebr., and Fred in Germany; two sisters, Mrs. Hanna Taddigs and Mrs. Lizzie Martins in Germany; three grandsons and two granddaughters; a niece, Mrs. Weston Hatfield, who came from Germany and is now living in Winston-Salem, N.C.; and other nieces and nephews in Germany and others from this community.

Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning, Aug. 7, 1953, at the Presbyterian church in Nelson, with the Reverend R.L. Williams officiating. Miss Elizabeth Wehrman sang "The Twenty-third Psalm" and "The Lord's Prayer," accompanied by Mrs. Homer Wehrman at the piano.

The casketbearers were Fred, Eilert and Donald Bargen, Ralph and Floyd Meyer, and Basil Williams, all nephews of Mr. Bargen.

Burial was in the Nelson cemetery (sic).
Nuckolls County Herald (Nelson, NE), Thursday, October 26, 1905; pg. 4

Smyrna.

Dick Bargen and Effie Demilt were married at the brides home. We wish them a happy and prosperous voyage through life.
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The Superior Express (Superior, NE), Thursday, August 6, 1953; pg. 1

Dietrick (sic) Bargen Died Tuesday

Had Been A Resident of Nelson Community For 58 Years

Dietrick (sic) (Dick) Bargen, a resident of the Nelson community for 58 years, a passed away at Brodstone hospital (sic) in Superior Tuesday afternoon about 3 o'clock. Mr. Bargen suffered a paralytic stroke Monday night and was brought to the hospital here. He was 73.

Mr. Bargen came to this country from his native Germany when a boy, in 1895, and has lived in Nuckolls county ever since. Most of the time he farmed near Nelson.

Surviving are his wife, the former Effie Demilt, three sons, Lloyd, James and Chester of Nelson; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Yost (Ruth), Pawnee City, and Mrs. Eldon Higby (Dorothy) of Aurora; four brothers, John, Carl and Eilert of Nuckolls county (sic), and Fred in Germany; also two sisters living in Germany.

The funeral service will be held at the Presbyterian church (sic) in Nelson Friday, Aug. 7, at 10 a.m., and burial will be in the Nelson cemetery (sic).
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The Nelson Gazette(Nelson, NE), Thursday, August 13, 1953

Dietrich Harrow (Dick) Bargen, son of Eilert and Anna Gerdes Bargen, was born at Godens, Germany, Aug. 17, 1880, and passed away at Brodstone Memorial Hospital in Superior, Nebr., Aug. 4, 1953 at the age of 72 years, 11 months and 17 days, following an illness of a few hours.

He left his native land and parents to come to the United States at the age of 14 years and came to the Nelson community where he has since resided.

On Oct. 25, 1905, he was married to Effie DeMilt of Nelson. To this union five children were born. Their family home was south of Nelson until January, 1948, when Mr. and Mrs. Bargen retired from the farm to their present home in Nelson.

Mr. Bargen was an ever loving husband and father and a friend to all. His happiness was his family and his farming and livestock feeding activities. He was prominent within those circles.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and one brother in Germany.

He leaves in his passing, his wife; three sons, Lloyd, James and Chester, all of Nelson, Neb.; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Yost of Pawnee City, Nebr., and Mrs. Eldon Higby of Aurora, Nebr.; four brothers, John and Carl of Superior, Nebr., Eilert of Nora, Nebr., and Fred in Germany; two sisters, Mrs. Hanna Taddigs and Mrs. Lizzie Martins in Germany; three grandsons and two granddaughters; a niece, Mrs. Weston Hatfield, who came from Germany and is now living in Winston-Salem, N.C.; and other nieces and nephews in Germany and others from this community.

Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Friday morning, Aug. 7, 1953, at the Presbyterian church in Nelson, with the Reverend R.L. Williams officiating. Miss Elizabeth Wehrman sang "The Twenty-third Psalm" and "The Lord's Prayer," accompanied by Mrs. Homer Wehrman at the piano.

The casketbearers were Fred, Eilert and Donald Bargen, Ralph and Floyd Meyer, and Basil Williams, all nephews of Mr. Bargen.

Burial was in the Nelson cemetery (sic).


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