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Wilhelmina <I>Hobbie</I> Blessen

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Wilhelmina Hobbie Blessen

Birth
Germany
Death
30 Jan 1962 (aged 76)
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA
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The Daily Telegram, January 31, 1962
BLESSEN--Funeral services for Wilhelmina Blessen on Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilhelmina Blessen, 76, of 2309 Sixth street, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gass Funeral chapel with burial in Roselawn Memorial cemetery.
The Rev. J. N. Slice of Trinity Lutheran church will officiate. The body will lie in state at the Gass chapel after 11 a.m. Friday.
Mrs. Blessen, a longtime resident of this community, died unexpectedly of a heart attack about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at her home.
Nee Wilhelmina Hobbie, she was born March 22, 1885 in Westerstede, Germany, where she spent her early life. Coming to the United States in 1905, she was married to Fred G. Blessen in 1906 at Zion Lutheran church, Grand Prairie. They farmed north of Columbus several years, then moved to town.
Mr. Blessen died in 1955. Also preceding her in death were an infant son and two infant daughters.
She is survived by nine sons, Otto, Walter and Carl of Columbus, Henry of Oildale, Cal., Ernest of Humphrey, Fritz, Elmer, Albert and Robert of Chicago; two daughters; Mrs. John (Emma) Pensick of Columbus and Mrs. Anthony (Lillian) Yandik of Chicago; 37 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Web site: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1962.html
The Daily Telegram, January 31, 1962
BLESSEN--Funeral services for Wilhelmina Blessen on Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilhelmina Blessen, 76, of 2309 Sixth street, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Gass Funeral chapel with burial in Roselawn Memorial cemetery.
The Rev. J. N. Slice of Trinity Lutheran church will officiate. The body will lie in state at the Gass chapel after 11 a.m. Friday.
Mrs. Blessen, a longtime resident of this community, died unexpectedly of a heart attack about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at her home.
Nee Wilhelmina Hobbie, she was born March 22, 1885 in Westerstede, Germany, where she spent her early life. Coming to the United States in 1905, she was married to Fred G. Blessen in 1906 at Zion Lutheran church, Grand Prairie. They farmed north of Columbus several years, then moved to town.
Mr. Blessen died in 1955. Also preceding her in death were an infant son and two infant daughters.
She is survived by nine sons, Otto, Walter and Carl of Columbus, Henry of Oildale, Cal., Ernest of Humphrey, Fritz, Elmer, Albert and Robert of Chicago; two daughters; Mrs. John (Emma) Pensick of Columbus and Mrs. Anthony (Lillian) Yandik of Chicago; 37 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

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  • Created by: Don
  • Added: Jan 6, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23786401/wilhelmina-blessen: accessed ), memorial page for Wilhelmina Hobbie Blessen (22 Mar 1885–30 Jan 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23786401, citing Roselawn Memorial Park, Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Don (contributor 46558676).