Married 30 September 1902
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Walter Thurber was killed at 2 A.M. December 3d, on Highway No. 3, three miles east of Fairbury, when he was returning to Fairbury from Jansen, in company with Mervin E. Stednipz and his brother Bernie Stednipz. A passing motorist found them a few minutes after the accident. According to the highway patrolman, the car skidded 618 feet before plunging down a 20-ft. embankment, leaving the three occupants pinned under the wreckage. Thurber dead and the two Stednipz brothers unconscious.
Walter A. Thurber, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Edgar Thurber, was born at Unionville, Missouri, July 15, 1881; departed this life near Fairbury, Nebraska, December 3, 1944, being 63 years, 4 months and 18 days of age.
While still a young man he moved to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and has been a resident of Nelson for many years. Here in 1902 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Stichka. His wife preceded him in death in 1937.
To this union four children were born. They are: Albert F. of Nelson, Viola Molloy of Belleville, Kansas, Pauline of Deshler, and Ruth an infant daughter who preceded him in death.
He leaves to mourn his death, the three living children, five grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Cora Zeiger (sic) of Hastings, one brother, Oscar of Nelson. There are four half-brothers, Roy of Clay Center, Nebr., Thomas, Orville, and Glenn of Van Nuys, California; two half sisters, Fern Ruhga of Oak, Nebr., and Myrtle Sperry of Superior, Nebr.; and also many friends.
Mr. Thurber worked at several trades: a mason, carpenter, and farmer.
I would be ready, Lord,
My house in order set,
None of the work thou gavest me
To do unfinished yet
I would be waiting, Lord,
Because I cannot know
If in the night or morning watch
I may be called to go.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, and were in charge of Rev. Clarence V. Powell. Music was furnished by a quartet: Mrs. Pearl Clem, Mrs. Bertha Portwood, James Murphy and Ed Portwood, with Mrs. Ruth Powell presiding at the piano.
The body was laid to rest in the Nelson cemetery (sic).
The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, December 7, 1944; pg. 1
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Walter Thurber was killed at 2 A.M. December 3d, on Highway No. 3, three miles east of Fairbury, when he was returning to Fairbury from Jansen, in company with Mervin E. Stednipz and his brother Bernie Stednipz. A passing motorist found them a few minutes after the accident. According to the highway patrolman, the car skidded 618 feet before plunging down a 20-ft. embankment, leaving the three occupants pinned under the wreckage. Thurber dead and the two Stednipz brothers unconscious.
Walter A. Thurber, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Edgar Thurber, was born at Unionville, Missouri, July 15, 1881; departed this life near Fairbury, Nebraska, December 3, 1944, being 63 years, 4 months and 18 days of age.
While still a young man he moved to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and has been a resident of Nelson for many years. Here in 1902 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Stichka. His wife preceded him in death in 1937.
To this union four children were born. They are: Albert F. of Nelson, Viola Molloy of Belleville, Kansas, Pauline of Deshler, and Ruth an infant daughter who preceded him in death.
He leaves to mourn his death, the three living children, five grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Cora Zeiger (sic) of Hastings, one brother, Oscar of Nelson. There are four half-brothers, Roy of Clay Center, Nebr., Thomas, Orville, and Glenn of Van Nuys, California; two half sisters, Fern Ruhga of Oak, Nebr., and Myrtle Sperry of Superior, Nebr.; and also many friends.
Mr. Thurber worked at several trades: a mason, carpenter, and farmer.
I would be ready, Lord,
My house in order set,
None of the work thou gavest me
To do unfinished yet
I would be waiting, Lord,
Because I cannot know
If in the night or morning watch
I may be called to go.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, and were in charge of Rev. Clarence V. Powell. Music was furnished by a quartet: Mrs. Pearl Clem, Mrs. Bertha Portwood, James Murphy and Ed Portwood, with Mrs. Ruth Powell presiding at the piano.
The body was laid to rest in the Nelson cemetery (sic).
The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, December 7, 1944; pg. 1
Married 30 September 1902
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Walter Thurber was killed at 2 A.M. December 3d, on Highway No. 3, three miles east of Fairbury, when he was returning to Fairbury from Jansen, in company with Mervin E. Stednipz and his brother Bernie Stednipz. A passing motorist found them a few minutes after the accident. According to the highway patrolman, the car skidded 618 feet before plunging down a 20-ft. embankment, leaving the three occupants pinned under the wreckage. Thurber dead and the two Stednipz brothers unconscious.
Walter A. Thurber, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Edgar Thurber, was born at Unionville, Missouri, July 15, 1881; departed this life near Fairbury, Nebraska, December 3, 1944, being 63 years, 4 months and 18 days of age.
While still a young man he moved to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and has been a resident of Nelson for many years. Here in 1902 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Stichka. His wife preceded him in death in 1937.
To this union four children were born. They are: Albert F. of Nelson, Viola Molloy of Belleville, Kansas, Pauline of Deshler, and Ruth an infant daughter who preceded him in death.
He leaves to mourn his death, the three living children, five grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Cora Zeiger (sic) of Hastings, one brother, Oscar of Nelson. There are four half-brothers, Roy of Clay Center, Nebr., Thomas, Orville, and Glenn of Van Nuys, California; two half sisters, Fern Ruhga of Oak, Nebr., and Myrtle Sperry of Superior, Nebr.; and also many friends.
Mr. Thurber worked at several trades: a mason, carpenter, and farmer.
I would be ready, Lord,
My house in order set,
None of the work thou gavest me
To do unfinished yet
I would be waiting, Lord,
Because I cannot know
If in the night or morning watch
I may be called to go.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, and were in charge of Rev. Clarence V. Powell. Music was furnished by a quartet: Mrs. Pearl Clem, Mrs. Bertha Portwood, James Murphy and Ed Portwood, with Mrs. Ruth Powell presiding at the piano.
The body was laid to rest in the Nelson cemetery (sic).
The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, December 7, 1944; pg. 1
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Walter Thurber was killed at 2 A.M. December 3d, on Highway No. 3, three miles east of Fairbury, when he was returning to Fairbury from Jansen, in company with Mervin E. Stednipz and his brother Bernie Stednipz. A passing motorist found them a few minutes after the accident. According to the highway patrolman, the car skidded 618 feet before plunging down a 20-ft. embankment, leaving the three occupants pinned under the wreckage. Thurber dead and the two Stednipz brothers unconscious.
Walter A. Thurber, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Edgar Thurber, was born at Unionville, Missouri, July 15, 1881; departed this life near Fairbury, Nebraska, December 3, 1944, being 63 years, 4 months and 18 days of age.
While still a young man he moved to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and has been a resident of Nelson for many years. Here in 1902 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Stichka. His wife preceded him in death in 1937.
To this union four children were born. They are: Albert F. of Nelson, Viola Molloy of Belleville, Kansas, Pauline of Deshler, and Ruth an infant daughter who preceded him in death.
He leaves to mourn his death, the three living children, five grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Cora Zeiger (sic) of Hastings, one brother, Oscar of Nelson. There are four half-brothers, Roy of Clay Center, Nebr., Thomas, Orville, and Glenn of Van Nuys, California; two half sisters, Fern Ruhga of Oak, Nebr., and Myrtle Sperry of Superior, Nebr.; and also many friends.
Mr. Thurber worked at several trades: a mason, carpenter, and farmer.
I would be ready, Lord,
My house in order set,
None of the work thou gavest me
To do unfinished yet
I would be waiting, Lord,
Because I cannot know
If in the night or morning watch
I may be called to go.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock, and were in charge of Rev. Clarence V. Powell. Music was furnished by a quartet: Mrs. Pearl Clem, Mrs. Bertha Portwood, James Murphy and Ed Portwood, with Mrs. Ruth Powell presiding at the piano.
The body was laid to rest in the Nelson cemetery (sic).
The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, December 7, 1944; pg. 1
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