Wm. Byrd, 79, is Heart Victim
Was Stricken Suddenly While Working Tuesday.
William W. Byrd, a resident of Blair for the past ten years, died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon, April 24th.
He was engaged in a job of carpentry in an apartment over the Harris Shoe store when he succumbed. He was found slumped on the floor.
William W. Byrd was born January 23, 1877 at Lima, Ohio and spent much of his early manhood in the east.
On November 22, 1934 he was married to Ethel Mead, of Blair. They came to this community to make their home about ten years ago.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Dixon, of Safford, Arizona and Mrs. Margart Hefner, of Long Beach, California. There are also several nieces and nephews. His wife preceded him in death.
Funeral services are being held at the Campbell Mortuary Friday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. J. D. Johnson conducting the service. Burial under the direction of the mortuary will be made at the Blair cemetery.
~~~Obituary printed in the April 26, 1956 Enterprise and courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska~~~
d. age 79
married to Ethel Mead Byrd
There are 6 stones west of the large Mead marker.
They are, left to right:
Ethel Mead Byrd
Adda Gertrude Mead
Mother (for Ellen E Mead)
Father (for James H Mead)
Guy K Mead
Guy Stewart Mead, son of G.K. & G.A. Mead
On the large marker are James H Mead and Ellen E his wife
There are 5 stones east of the large Mead marker.
They are, left to right:
William Warren Byrd
Eda Jones Mead
Dr. Charles Ray Mead
Charles Robert Mead
James Albin Mead
James H Mead was a Civil War veteran. On his stone is a GAR symbol, and there is a military marker. On Ellen's stone is a WRC symbol and the date 1883.
Was Stricken Suddenly While Working Tuesday.
William W. Byrd, a resident of Blair for the past ten years, died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon, April 24th.
He was engaged in a job of carpentry in an apartment over the Harris Shoe store when he succumbed. He was found slumped on the floor.
William W. Byrd was born January 23, 1877 at Lima, Ohio and spent much of his early manhood in the east.
On November 22, 1934 he was married to Ethel Mead, of Blair. They came to this community to make their home about ten years ago.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Dixon, of Safford, Arizona and Mrs. Margart Hefner, of Long Beach, California. There are also several nieces and nephews. His wife preceded him in death.
Funeral services are being held at the Campbell Mortuary Friday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. J. D. Johnson conducting the service. Burial under the direction of the mortuary will be made at the Blair cemetery.
~~~Obituary printed in the April 26, 1956 Enterprise and courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska~~~
d. age 79
married to Ethel Mead Byrd
There are 6 stones west of the large Mead marker.
They are, left to right:
Ethel Mead Byrd
Adda Gertrude Mead
Mother (for Ellen E Mead)
Father (for James H Mead)
Guy K Mead
Guy Stewart Mead, son of G.K. & G.A. Mead
On the large marker are James H Mead and Ellen E his wife
There are 5 stones east of the large Mead marker.
They are, left to right:
William Warren Byrd
Eda Jones Mead
Dr. Charles Ray Mead
Charles Robert Mead
James Albin Mead
James H Mead was a Civil War veteran. On his stone is a GAR symbol, and there is a military marker. On Ellen's stone is a WRC symbol and the date 1883.
Wm. Byrd, 79, is Heart Victim
Was Stricken Suddenly While Working Tuesday.
William W. Byrd, a resident of Blair for the past ten years, died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon, April 24th.
He was engaged in a job of carpentry in an apartment over the Harris Shoe store when he succumbed. He was found slumped on the floor.
William W. Byrd was born January 23, 1877 at Lima, Ohio and spent much of his early manhood in the east.
On November 22, 1934 he was married to Ethel Mead, of Blair. They came to this community to make their home about ten years ago.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Dixon, of Safford, Arizona and Mrs. Margart Hefner, of Long Beach, California. There are also several nieces and nephews. His wife preceded him in death.
Funeral services are being held at the Campbell Mortuary Friday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. J. D. Johnson conducting the service. Burial under the direction of the mortuary will be made at the Blair cemetery.
~~~Obituary printed in the April 26, 1956 Enterprise and courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska~~~
d. age 79
married to Ethel Mead Byrd
There are 6 stones west of the large Mead marker.
They are, left to right:
Ethel Mead Byrd
Adda Gertrude Mead
Mother (for Ellen E Mead)
Father (for James H Mead)
Guy K Mead
Guy Stewart Mead, son of G.K. & G.A. Mead
On the large marker are James H Mead and Ellen E his wife
There are 5 stones east of the large Mead marker.
They are, left to right:
William Warren Byrd
Eda Jones Mead
Dr. Charles Ray Mead
Charles Robert Mead
James Albin Mead
James H Mead was a Civil War veteran. On his stone is a GAR symbol, and there is a military marker. On Ellen's stone is a WRC symbol and the date 1883.
Was Stricken Suddenly While Working Tuesday.
William W. Byrd, a resident of Blair for the past ten years, died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon, April 24th.
He was engaged in a job of carpentry in an apartment over the Harris Shoe store when he succumbed. He was found slumped on the floor.
William W. Byrd was born January 23, 1877 at Lima, Ohio and spent much of his early manhood in the east.
On November 22, 1934 he was married to Ethel Mead, of Blair. They came to this community to make their home about ten years ago.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Dixon, of Safford, Arizona and Mrs. Margart Hefner, of Long Beach, California. There are also several nieces and nephews. His wife preceded him in death.
Funeral services are being held at the Campbell Mortuary Friday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. J. D. Johnson conducting the service. Burial under the direction of the mortuary will be made at the Blair cemetery.
~~~Obituary printed in the April 26, 1956 Enterprise and courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska~~~
d. age 79
married to Ethel Mead Byrd
There are 6 stones west of the large Mead marker.
They are, left to right:
Ethel Mead Byrd
Adda Gertrude Mead
Mother (for Ellen E Mead)
Father (for James H Mead)
Guy K Mead
Guy Stewart Mead, son of G.K. & G.A. Mead
On the large marker are James H Mead and Ellen E his wife
There are 5 stones east of the large Mead marker.
They are, left to right:
William Warren Byrd
Eda Jones Mead
Dr. Charles Ray Mead
Charles Robert Mead
James Albin Mead
James H Mead was a Civil War veteran. On his stone is a GAR symbol, and there is a military marker. On Ellen's stone is a WRC symbol and the date 1883.
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