George Conrad Ahlschwede, son of Frederich and Louise Fluegel Ahlschwede,
was born December 13, 1849, in Hagen, on the banks of the River Weser,
Province of Hanover, Germany.
He came with his parents to America, arriving at Fort Wayne,
Indiana, October 13, 1851.
Twenty-eight days were, spent on the ocean and that part of the trip from
Toledo, Ohio to Fort Wayne, Indiana was made on the old Wabash and Erie Canal,
there being no railroad there at that time. Following the custom of that time,
he mastered trade in his youth, his being that of a wagon maker, which trade
he plied for a number of years in the city of Huntington, Indiana.

He married Mary Elizabeth Roller of Huntington, Indiana, July 28, 1873,
and came to Beatrice, Nebraska in October of 1877. In 1882, he moved to Seward
County, where he engaged in farming until November, 1903, when he moved to
his farm two miles north of Hebron. Three years later he retired from the farm
and located in Hebron, where he has resided until the time of his death, December
24, 1933, at the age of 84 years, 11 days.

In infancy he was baptized, in the Lutheran Church, and remained a member there until October 3, 1906, when he joined the First Presbyterian Church of Hebron, Nebraska, being a member at the time of his death. He gloried in the
wonders of nature—flowers, trees and growing crops being chief among the things affording him delight.

He was preceded in death by his wife, March 1, 1915, and his daughter, Bertha Velte, July 26, 1923. Left to mourn his loss are the following children; Emma Reynolds of Hebron; Katherine Reynolds of Seward; William R. and Fred J. of L. C. and Louise E. of Hebron; George M. of Green Bay, Wis.; C. W. of Springdale, Arkansas, and Mary W. Barbee of Hebron; twenty-two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother, C. Ahlschwede, 82, and one sister, Mrs. Martin Trier, both of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and many other relatives and friends in Indiana and Nebraska.

He was carried to, his last resting place by six of his grandchildren; L, D.. Green, G. H. Gillan, Clarence and Robert Ahlschwede, Joe Ahlschwede and Jack Barbee.

Honorary, pallbearers were: Victor Anderson, H. L. Boyes, C. C. Nacke, W. L. Bozarth, W. G. Apley, C. E. Green, and Elliott, Wm. Houck, J.N. McDowell, A. L. Scott, James Bryan, W. D. Galbraith, M.G. Corliss, H. F. Othling, C. Gottschalk, T.A. Willmore, J. P. Balwin and Ben Ross.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from the First Presbyterian Church conducted by Dr. Geo. E. Chapman, and interment made in Rose Hill Cemetery, at Hebron.
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APPRECIATION
We sincerely thank all who so kindly assisted us in any way during the illness and death of our father.

The Ahlschwede Family.