The 9th of the 12 children of Carl August Traeger and Emilie Fandrei Traeger, he was born March 12, 1893 at Fairbury, NE.
He was reared at Fairbury and attended school at District #79 west of town.
Traeger farmed all his life, living east of Gilead form about 1920 to 1952, and then moved to a farm northwest of Fairbury. In 1982 he went to Crete Manor, the move necessitated by prior illness.
On Jan. 17, 1917 he married Mary C. Schmidt and to them one son was born. His wife died in 1952.
He was confirmed in Zion United Church of Christ near Gladstone in 1907 and had been a member of the Untied Methodist Church in Fairbury for many years.
Surviving are his son, Marvin and family and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held April 9 in the Nuckolls-Meyer Chapel with the Rev. Dwight Ganzel officiating. LeRoy Bast organist. Pallbearers were Walter Hoeting, Erle Houser, Ernest Dux, Marvin Seggeman, Armin Dux, Gilbert Luehring. Interment was in the Fairbury Cemetery.
The 9th of the 12 children of Carl August Traeger and Emilie Fandrei Traeger, he was born March 12, 1893 at Fairbury, NE.
He was reared at Fairbury and attended school at District #79 west of town.
Traeger farmed all his life, living east of Gilead form about 1920 to 1952, and then moved to a farm northwest of Fairbury. In 1982 he went to Crete Manor, the move necessitated by prior illness.
On Jan. 17, 1917 he married Mary C. Schmidt and to them one son was born. His wife died in 1952.
He was confirmed in Zion United Church of Christ near Gladstone in 1907 and had been a member of the Untied Methodist Church in Fairbury for many years.
Surviving are his son, Marvin and family and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held April 9 in the Nuckolls-Meyer Chapel with the Rev. Dwight Ganzel officiating. LeRoy Bast organist. Pallbearers were Walter Hoeting, Erle Houser, Ernest Dux, Marvin Seggeman, Armin Dux, Gilbert Luehring. Interment was in the Fairbury Cemetery.
Family Members
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Julius Gottlieb Traeger
1878–1948
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Gustave Adolph Traeger
1880–1881
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Clara Wilhelmina Traeger Ridder
1882–1923
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Alma Ottella Traeger Feith
1884–1963
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Antonia Christiane Traeger Feith
1886–1981
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Albert Otto Traeger
1888–1910
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Henrich August Traeger
1888–1888
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Arthur Ernest Traeger
1890–1952
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Elizabeth Agnes Traeger Ritzhaupt
1895–1972
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Carl William Traeger
1897–1962
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Edwin Paul Traeger
1899–1899
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