Henry Bredthauer
Death came yesterday (Sept. 8, 1948) to one of central Nebraska's most prominent and best known citizens when Henry Bredthauer, 60, Scotia car dealer, died at the Lutheran hospital in Grand Island where he had been taken earlier in the day following a heart attack.
Mr. Bredthauer had not been well for several days. He arose Wednesday morning at about 3:30 when he became ill. He fell to the floor when he suffered a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital by the Ashley ambulance. An embolism which developed was the immediate cause of death.
With a numerous acquaintance over a large area, his death came as a shock to a wide circle of friends who had known him through the years for his enthusiastic support of every worthwhile civic and regional enterprise. At the time of his death he was taking an active interest in movements to bring the construction of the Davis Creek dam to reality, as well as energetically seeking good roads for this locality. He had long been an advocate of better roads for central Nebraska. He was leader of the movement designed to bring natural gas to Scotia and the North Loup valley. He attended a meeting of the Scotia community club the night before his death.
The Scotia municipal airport was purchased and made possible largely through Mr. Bredthauer's efforts.
He had given many years of service to the village of Scotia as a member and chairman of the village board. He was never in better spirit than when he was reciting the merits of his home town, Scotia.
In addition to his interests in automobile businesses at Scotia, Burwell and Broken Bow, he was a director of the Nebraska-Wyoming oil development company and had an interest in producing oil wells in Kansas and Wyoming. A few years ago he and his associates drilled two test wells in the Scotia vicinity.
Henry Bredthauer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bredthauer, was born west of Ord on May 4, 1888. In 1903 he moved with his parents to the farm south of Scotia now owned by his brother, Wm.
In 1908, Henry and his sister, Mrs. P. J. Seefus, opened a general store in the building on the east side of main street recently occupied by the Bredthauer Motor Co. and used by the company now for storage purposes. The next year their brother, Albert, joined them in the business. In 1933 Henry took over the car dealerships which he and Albert jointly managed and Albert continued with the store.
Mr. Bredthauer had business interests at Lusk, WY, and resided there for a few months a number of years ago. He also owned a store in Loup City many years ago and made his home there for about a year.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cecil Bredthauer; three sons, Dale of Burwell, Dean and Wm. D. of Scotia; a sister, Mrs. P. J. Seefus of Scotia, four brothers, Herman D., Wm., and Albert of Scotia and Ed of Pasadena, CA; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Lena Sommer in 1939, and by a brother, David, in December 1944. His father died in 1914 and his mother died in 1926.
[The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska, Published Sept. 9, 1948
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Death came yesterday (Sept. 8, 1948) to one of central Nebraska's most prominent and best known citizens when Henry Bredthauer, 60, Scotia car dealer, died at the Lutheran hospital in Grand Island where he had been taken earlier in the day following a heart attack.
Mr. Bredthauer had not been well for several days. He arose Wednesday morning at about 3:30 when he became ill. He fell to the floor when he suffered a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital by the Ashley ambulance. An embolism which developed was the immediate cause of death.
With a numerous acquaintance over a large area, his death came as a shock to a wide circle of friends who had known him through the years for his enthusiastic support of every worthwhile civic and regional enterprise. At the time of his death he was taking an active interest in movements to bring the construction of the Davis Creek dam to reality, as well as energetically seeking good roads for this locality. He had long been an advocate of better roads for central Nebraska. He was leader of the movement designed to bring natural gas to Scotia and the North Loup valley. He attended a meeting of the Scotia community club the night before his death.
The Scotia municipal airport was purchased and made possible largely through Mr. Bredthauer's efforts.
He had given many years of service to the village of Scotia as a member and chairman of the village board. He was never in better spirit than when he was reciting the merits of his home town, Scotia.
In addition to his interests in automobile businesses at Scotia, Burwell and Broken Bow, he was a director of the Nebraska-Wyoming oil development company and had an interest in producing oil wells in Kansas and Wyoming. A few years ago he and his associates drilled two test wells in the Scotia vicinity.
Henry Bredthauer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bredthauer, was born west of Ord on May 4, 1888. In 1903 he moved with his parents to the farm south of Scotia now owned by his brother, Wm.
In 1908, Henry and his sister, Mrs. P. J. Seefus, opened a general store in the building on the east side of main street recently occupied by the Bredthauer Motor Co. and used by the company now for storage purposes. The next year their brother, Albert, joined them in the business. In 1933 Henry took over the car dealerships which he and Albert jointly managed and Albert continued with the store.
Mr. Bredthauer had business interests at Lusk, WY, and resided there for a few months a number of years ago. He also owned a store in Loup City many years ago and made his home there for about a year.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cecil Bredthauer; three sons, Dale of Burwell, Dean and Wm. D. of Scotia; a sister, Mrs. P. J. Seefus of Scotia, four brothers, Herman D., Wm., and Albert of Scotia and Ed of Pasadena, CA; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Lena Sommer in 1939, and by a brother, David, in December 1944. His father died in 1914 and his mother died in 1926.
[The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska, Published Sept. 9, 1948
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Henry Bredthauer
Death came yesterday (Sept. 8, 1948) to one of central Nebraska's most prominent and best known citizens when Henry Bredthauer, 60, Scotia car dealer, died at the Lutheran hospital in Grand Island where he had been taken earlier in the day following a heart attack.
Mr. Bredthauer had not been well for several days. He arose Wednesday morning at about 3:30 when he became ill. He fell to the floor when he suffered a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital by the Ashley ambulance. An embolism which developed was the immediate cause of death.
With a numerous acquaintance over a large area, his death came as a shock to a wide circle of friends who had known him through the years for his enthusiastic support of every worthwhile civic and regional enterprise. At the time of his death he was taking an active interest in movements to bring the construction of the Davis Creek dam to reality, as well as energetically seeking good roads for this locality. He had long been an advocate of better roads for central Nebraska. He was leader of the movement designed to bring natural gas to Scotia and the North Loup valley. He attended a meeting of the Scotia community club the night before his death.
The Scotia municipal airport was purchased and made possible largely through Mr. Bredthauer's efforts.
He had given many years of service to the village of Scotia as a member and chairman of the village board. He was never in better spirit than when he was reciting the merits of his home town, Scotia.
In addition to his interests in automobile businesses at Scotia, Burwell and Broken Bow, he was a director of the Nebraska-Wyoming oil development company and had an interest in producing oil wells in Kansas and Wyoming. A few years ago he and his associates drilled two test wells in the Scotia vicinity.
Henry Bredthauer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bredthauer, was born west of Ord on May 4, 1888. In 1903 he moved with his parents to the farm south of Scotia now owned by his brother, Wm.
In 1908, Henry and his sister, Mrs. P. J. Seefus, opened a general store in the building on the east side of main street recently occupied by the Bredthauer Motor Co. and used by the company now for storage purposes. The next year their brother, Albert, joined them in the business. In 1933 Henry took over the car dealerships which he and Albert jointly managed and Albert continued with the store.
Mr. Bredthauer had business interests at Lusk, WY, and resided there for a few months a number of years ago. He also owned a store in Loup City many years ago and made his home there for about a year.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cecil Bredthauer; three sons, Dale of Burwell, Dean and Wm. D. of Scotia; a sister, Mrs. P. J. Seefus of Scotia, four brothers, Herman D., Wm., and Albert of Scotia and Ed of Pasadena, CA; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Lena Sommer in 1939, and by a brother, David, in December 1944. His father died in 1914 and his mother died in 1926.
[The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska, Published Sept. 9, 1948
Thanks to Lori for obit
Death came yesterday (Sept. 8, 1948) to one of central Nebraska's most prominent and best known citizens when Henry Bredthauer, 60, Scotia car dealer, died at the Lutheran hospital in Grand Island where he had been taken earlier in the day following a heart attack.
Mr. Bredthauer had not been well for several days. He arose Wednesday morning at about 3:30 when he became ill. He fell to the floor when he suffered a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital by the Ashley ambulance. An embolism which developed was the immediate cause of death.
With a numerous acquaintance over a large area, his death came as a shock to a wide circle of friends who had known him through the years for his enthusiastic support of every worthwhile civic and regional enterprise. At the time of his death he was taking an active interest in movements to bring the construction of the Davis Creek dam to reality, as well as energetically seeking good roads for this locality. He had long been an advocate of better roads for central Nebraska. He was leader of the movement designed to bring natural gas to Scotia and the North Loup valley. He attended a meeting of the Scotia community club the night before his death.
The Scotia municipal airport was purchased and made possible largely through Mr. Bredthauer's efforts.
He had given many years of service to the village of Scotia as a member and chairman of the village board. He was never in better spirit than when he was reciting the merits of his home town, Scotia.
In addition to his interests in automobile businesses at Scotia, Burwell and Broken Bow, he was a director of the Nebraska-Wyoming oil development company and had an interest in producing oil wells in Kansas and Wyoming. A few years ago he and his associates drilled two test wells in the Scotia vicinity.
Henry Bredthauer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bredthauer, was born west of Ord on May 4, 1888. In 1903 he moved with his parents to the farm south of Scotia now owned by his brother, Wm.
In 1908, Henry and his sister, Mrs. P. J. Seefus, opened a general store in the building on the east side of main street recently occupied by the Bredthauer Motor Co. and used by the company now for storage purposes. The next year their brother, Albert, joined them in the business. In 1933 Henry took over the car dealerships which he and Albert jointly managed and Albert continued with the store.
Mr. Bredthauer had business interests at Lusk, WY, and resided there for a few months a number of years ago. He also owned a store in Loup City many years ago and made his home there for about a year.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Cecil Bredthauer; three sons, Dale of Burwell, Dean and Wm. D. of Scotia; a sister, Mrs. P. J. Seefus of Scotia, four brothers, Herman D., Wm., and Albert of Scotia and Ed of Pasadena, CA; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Lena Sommer in 1939, and by a brother, David, in December 1944. His father died in 1914 and his mother died in 1926.
[The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska, Published Sept. 9, 1948
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