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The Columbus Journal, April 13, 1904
Reinhard Benda, an old settler in Nebraska who has lived in Columbus the past four years, died at his home in the northeast part of town Wednesday evening after six weeks illness caused from a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Benda was born November 29, 1832 in Eisenburg, Austria, and came to America directly to Columbus in 1879, settling on a farm fourteen miles south of Columbus, where he lived until 1900, when he came to this city. Mr. Benda was married February 21, 1860 to Miss Maria Body, in Neustradt, Austria, whom he leaves together with five children to mourn his departure. Three children have passed on before him. One son is a physician in Omaha, another is a teacher in Polk county, one daughter resides in Wyoming and another in Shelby, and one son has remained with his parents. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the German Reform church at 2 o'clock, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Columbus cemetery.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/platte/vitals/vitals1904b.html
The Columbus Journal, April 13, 1904
Reinhard Benda, an old settler in Nebraska who has lived in Columbus the past four years, died at his home in the northeast part of town Wednesday evening after six weeks illness caused from a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Benda was born November 29, 1832 in Eisenburg, Austria, and came to America directly to Columbus in 1879, settling on a farm fourteen miles south of Columbus, where he lived until 1900, when he came to this city. Mr. Benda was married February 21, 1860 to Miss Maria Body, in Neustradt, Austria, whom he leaves together with five children to mourn his departure. Three children have passed on before him. One son is a physician in Omaha, another is a teacher in Polk county, one daughter resides in Wyoming and another in Shelby, and one son has remained with his parents. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the German Reform church at 2 o'clock, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Columbus cemetery.
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