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Fred Manual Kraft

Birth
Hayes Center, Hayes County, Nebraska, USA
Death
31 Aug 1918 (aged 20)
Wolbach, Greeley County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Wolbach, Greeley County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Assumed buried in Block 4, Lot 31 with his parents, not found in cemetery records
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From The Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, September 5, 1918, transcribed by Linda Berney:

Obituary – Fred Manual – 1898-1918 –

The fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kraft was born at Hayes Center, Hayes county, Nebraska, March 22nd, 1898. Died of acute appendicitis at his home ten miles north east of Wolbach, August 31st, 1918. Age at death, twenty years five months and nine days.

In his infancy he was baptized into the Congregational church in Hayes Center, and soon afterward moved with his parents to Greeley county, locating near where the family now lives. He was a young man of exemplary habits and was respected by all who knew him.

His father and one sister preceded him in death.

He leaves to mourn his loss, a mother, one sister and five brothers: Mrs. Maggie Moser of Ashley, N. D., Jacob, of Alliance, Nebr., Chas. of Camp Dodge, Ia, Peter, Henry and Philip of Wolbach and many relatives and friends who will miss him.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. White at the Lutheran church, Wednesday, September 4th, 1918 at 3:00 o'clock p.m. after which the remains were laid to rest in Hillside Cemetery. The stricken family have sympathy of the community.

From The Wolbach Messenger, Wolbach, Nebraska, Thursday, September 5, 1918, transcribed by Linda Berney:

Obituary – Fred Manual – 1898-1918 –

The fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kraft was born at Hayes Center, Hayes county, Nebraska, March 22nd, 1898. Died of acute appendicitis at his home ten miles north east of Wolbach, August 31st, 1918. Age at death, twenty years five months and nine days.

In his infancy he was baptized into the Congregational church in Hayes Center, and soon afterward moved with his parents to Greeley county, locating near where the family now lives. He was a young man of exemplary habits and was respected by all who knew him.

His father and one sister preceded him in death.

He leaves to mourn his loss, a mother, one sister and five brothers: Mrs. Maggie Moser of Ashley, N. D., Jacob, of Alliance, Nebr., Chas. of Camp Dodge, Ia, Peter, Henry and Philip of Wolbach and many relatives and friends who will miss him.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. White at the Lutheran church, Wednesday, September 4th, 1918 at 3:00 o'clock p.m. after which the remains were laid to rest in Hillside Cemetery. The stricken family have sympathy of the community.



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