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Harry F. Stewart
Ollie P. (Uhlig) Stewart

Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Stewart, who were injured on Tuesday of last week when their car left the road and struck a driveway bridge at the Moore farm home north of the canal on highway 47, both died without regaining consciousness the following evening at a Gothenburg hospital, where they had been taken by ambulance following the accident.

A double funeral service, with the Hugo-McVay Funeral Home in charge, and conducted by Rev. C. R. Tanner of Elwood, was held at the local school auditorium Sunday afternoon with 700 mourners and friends in attendance.

Music for the service was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hess and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pollard as singers and Mrs. Harry Saum, pianist.

Interment in Farnam Cemetery.

Harry F. Stewart, son of Alonzo A. and Laura Stewart, was born December 23, 1887, at Humboldt, Nebraska. He was the oldest son of a family of six. In 1892 he moved with his parents to Hunt, southwest of Eustis.

His pallbearers were Walter Donner, Dan McNickle, Jim Hoppes, Elmer Howat, John Oberg and Jay Rice.

Ollie P. Uhlig, daughter of Chas. And Ellen Uhlig, was born April 25, 1892, on a farm southwest of Eustis. She was one of a family of ten. Her childhood and school days were spent in this community.

Her pallbearers were Amie Guerin, Ernest Lewis, Clyde Gardner, Jake Ernest, Edgar Gewecke and Burr Parker.

They were married at Hunt March 1, 1911, and lived on a farm there until 1914, when they moved to the farm southwest of Farnam, in Frontier county, that was their home until their untimely death.

There were nine children born to this union, two preceding their parents in death. Children left to mourn are three sons, Harlan of Los Angeles, Calif., Frank and Rex at home; four daughters, Mrs. Eugene Johnson of Elsie, Mrs. Derrel Easterday of Smithfield, Mrs. Virgil Bennett of Gothenburg and Neva at home, also ten grandchildren. He leaves two sisters and two brothers, two half brothers and a half sister. She is survived by four brothers and one sister.

The departed husband and wife were devoted parents, good neighbors, active in community affairs and willing to sacrifice for the family and others.



Published: 3/28/2024 - http://www.historicfarnam.us/cemetery/obits/index.asp
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