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The Daily Telegram, February 24, 1962
BLESSEN--Mrs. Minnie Blessen dies, funeral services Tuesday
Mrs. Minnie Blessen, 86, Platte Center, died at 5:45 a.m. today in the Lutheran hospital. She had been in failing health the past month, but was hospitalized only one day.
Funeral rites will be conducted by the Rev. D. Lee Grace at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Baptist church in Platte Center. Burial will be in the Baptist cemetery there.
The body will lie in state at the McKown Funeral home after 1 p.m. Monday and at the church after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Blessen was born March 26, 1875 in Ihren, Osfriesland, Germany, the daughter of Fred and Evangeline Meyer. She began her education in Germany, and after coming to the United States in 1884 she attended District 35 school in Platte county.
She lived on a farm northeast of Platte Center and was a member of the Baptist church and Ladies Aid.
Her marriage to John Fred Blessen took place April 8, 1896. He preceded her in death July 27, 1919.
Surviving are three sons, Chris of Portland, Ore., George and William of Platte Center; three granddaughters, Karen and Katherine Blessen of Denver and Mary Blessen of Platte Center; one brother, William Meyer of Corvallis, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Scheidel and Mrs. Martha Rowell, both of Portland, Ore.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, the Rev. John Meyer and Fred Meyer; three sisters, Mrs. Senna Treinies, Mrs. Anna Wilbur and another who died in infancy.
Memorials may be given to the Baptist church at Platte Center.
Info donated by: Find A Grave contributor Don
The Daily Telegram, February 24, 1962
BLESSEN--Mrs. Minnie Blessen dies, funeral services Tuesday
Mrs. Minnie Blessen, 86, Platte Center, died at 5:45 a.m. today in the Lutheran hospital. She had been in failing health the past month, but was hospitalized only one day.
Funeral rites will be conducted by the Rev. D. Lee Grace at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Baptist church in Platte Center. Burial will be in the Baptist cemetery there.
The body will lie in state at the McKown Funeral home after 1 p.m. Monday and at the church after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Blessen was born March 26, 1875 in Ihren, Osfriesland, Germany, the daughter of Fred and Evangeline Meyer. She began her education in Germany, and after coming to the United States in 1884 she attended District 35 school in Platte county.
She lived on a farm northeast of Platte Center and was a member of the Baptist church and Ladies Aid.
Her marriage to John Fred Blessen took place April 8, 1896. He preceded her in death July 27, 1919.
Surviving are three sons, Chris of Portland, Ore., George and William of Platte Center; three granddaughters, Karen and Katherine Blessen of Denver and Mary Blessen of Platte Center; one brother, William Meyer of Corvallis, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Scheidel and Mrs. Martha Rowell, both of Portland, Ore.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, the Rev. John Meyer and Fred Meyer; three sisters, Mrs. Senna Treinies, Mrs. Anna Wilbur and another who died in infancy.
Memorials may be given to the Baptist church at Platte Center.
Info donated by: Find A Grave contributor Don
Web site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1962.html
The Daily Telegram, February 24, 1962
BLESSEN--Mrs. Minnie Blessen dies, funeral services Tuesday
Mrs. Minnie Blessen, 86, Platte Center, died at 5:45 a.m. today in the Lutheran hospital. She had been in failing health the past month, but was hospitalized only one day.
Funeral rites will be conducted by the Rev. D. Lee Grace at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Baptist church in Platte Center. Burial will be in the Baptist cemetery there.
The body will lie in state at the McKown Funeral home after 1 p.m. Monday and at the church after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Blessen was born March 26, 1875 in Ihren, Osfriesland, Germany, the daughter of Fred and Evangeline Meyer. She began her education in Germany, and after coming to the United States in 1884 she attended District 35 school in Platte county.
She lived on a farm northeast of Platte Center and was a member of the Baptist church and Ladies Aid.
Her marriage to John Fred Blessen took place April 8, 1896. He preceded her in death July 27, 1919.
Surviving are three sons, Chris of Portland, Ore., George and William of Platte Center; three granddaughters, Karen and Katherine Blessen of Denver and Mary Blessen of Platte Center; one brother, William Meyer of Corvallis, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Scheidel and Mrs. Martha Rowell, both of Portland, Ore.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, the Rev. John Meyer and Fred Meyer; three sisters, Mrs. Senna Treinies, Mrs. Anna Wilbur and another who died in infancy.
Memorials may be given to the Baptist church at Platte Center.
Info donated by: Find A Grave contributor Don
The Daily Telegram, February 24, 1962
BLESSEN--Mrs. Minnie Blessen dies, funeral services Tuesday
Mrs. Minnie Blessen, 86, Platte Center, died at 5:45 a.m. today in the Lutheran hospital. She had been in failing health the past month, but was hospitalized only one day.
Funeral rites will be conducted by the Rev. D. Lee Grace at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Baptist church in Platte Center. Burial will be in the Baptist cemetery there.
The body will lie in state at the McKown Funeral home after 1 p.m. Monday and at the church after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Blessen was born March 26, 1875 in Ihren, Osfriesland, Germany, the daughter of Fred and Evangeline Meyer. She began her education in Germany, and after coming to the United States in 1884 she attended District 35 school in Platte county.
She lived on a farm northeast of Platte Center and was a member of the Baptist church and Ladies Aid.
Her marriage to John Fred Blessen took place April 8, 1896. He preceded her in death July 27, 1919.
Surviving are three sons, Chris of Portland, Ore., George and William of Platte Center; three granddaughters, Karen and Katherine Blessen of Denver and Mary Blessen of Platte Center; one brother, William Meyer of Corvallis, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Scheidel and Mrs. Martha Rowell, both of Portland, Ore.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, the Rev. John Meyer and Fred Meyer; three sisters, Mrs. Senna Treinies, Mrs. Anna Wilbur and another who died in infancy.
Memorials may be given to the Baptist church at Platte Center.
Info donated by: Find A Grave contributor Don
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