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John Joseph Nestor

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John Joseph Nestor

Birth
Greeley, Greeley County, Nebraska, USA
Death
29 Jan 1955 (aged 63)
Vale, Malheur County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Vale, Malheur County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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The following was contributed by Mary Alice Vampola

Farmers in Nebraska, as elsewhere, suffered from the Great Depression when prices plunged. This was combined with a period of drought. The price of grains was so low that there was no market for the crops they were able to grow. There was so little corn that they could not afford to feed what they had to the pigs. John had a large number of pigs (perhaps as many as 3000) that had to be killed. They could not even sell the meat. Then in 1935 the house (a six bedroom frame building) caught fire and burned to the ground. By the fall of 1936 the family decided to move to Idaho where John and Yarda worked on a ranch outside of Rexburg while their younger children stayed in Sugar City with their older brother, Joe. The homestead that had been in the family since 1877 was turned over to Yarda's sister, Nona Bingston. She had the house rebuilt over the site of the old one and it still stands today. Nona turned the farm over to her great nephews, who continue to farm the land today. by JoAnn Nestor
Children:
Gertrude L
John Joseph
Leona
Raymond Michael
Gerald Lee
Geraldine
one other daughter.


The following was contributed by Linda Berney

John Nestor, 64, Dies At Vale, Oregon, Jan 29

Mr. John Nestor, 64, of Vale, Oregon, a former resident, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home a week ago Saturday afternoon, according to word received here by his daughter, Mrs. Bart Anderson. Mrs. Anderson and Josie left the same evening for that place.

The Wolbach (Nebraska) Messenger, February 10, 1955, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
The following was contributed by Mary Alice Vampola

Farmers in Nebraska, as elsewhere, suffered from the Great Depression when prices plunged. This was combined with a period of drought. The price of grains was so low that there was no market for the crops they were able to grow. There was so little corn that they could not afford to feed what they had to the pigs. John had a large number of pigs (perhaps as many as 3000) that had to be killed. They could not even sell the meat. Then in 1935 the house (a six bedroom frame building) caught fire and burned to the ground. By the fall of 1936 the family decided to move to Idaho where John and Yarda worked on a ranch outside of Rexburg while their younger children stayed in Sugar City with their older brother, Joe. The homestead that had been in the family since 1877 was turned over to Yarda's sister, Nona Bingston. She had the house rebuilt over the site of the old one and it still stands today. Nona turned the farm over to her great nephews, who continue to farm the land today. by JoAnn Nestor
Children:
Gertrude L
John Joseph
Leona
Raymond Michael
Gerald Lee
Geraldine
one other daughter.


The following was contributed by Linda Berney

John Nestor, 64, Dies At Vale, Oregon, Jan 29

Mr. John Nestor, 64, of Vale, Oregon, a former resident, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home a week ago Saturday afternoon, according to word received here by his daughter, Mrs. Bart Anderson. Mrs. Anderson and Josie left the same evening for that place.

The Wolbach (Nebraska) Messenger, February 10, 1955, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney

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