Chester Grain Manager Dies

Henry Freÿtag Will Be

Buried Tuesday

Chester, Nebr., September 19 --- Mr. Henry Freÿtag, fifty-five, former grain elevator manager of Chester, Byron and Odell, and for the past

10 years, connected with the Grain Buyers Union

at Sidney, passed away on September 17.
Funeral services will be held

Tuesday, September 20. 

Mr. Freÿtag died in an Omaha hospital, Saturday

following an operation for appendicitis.

Mr. Freÿtag, the son of Frederick H. and

Catharine (Rohrs) Freÿtag, was born in Ohio on

December 15, 1871, and his boyhood days were spent

at Auburn, Nebraska, and later the family

moved to Bryon.

Mr. Freÿtag is survived by his wife Georgia,

 a brother; Fred Freÿtag,

of Winner, South Dakota; and five sisters: Mrs.

William J. (Matilda) Dankenbring, of Bryon; Miss Lydia Freÿtag and Mrs. Vernon V. ( Lala) Gregg, of Culver City, California; Mrs. J. B. (Ida) Swartz, of Lincoln; and Mrs. William L. (Helena) Brown 

of Hebron.

Deshler Rustler

Wednesday

September 28, 1927

Mrs. Henry Freytag

Georgia May Freÿtag was born April 8, 1878 at Craig, Missouri.

She died March 15, 1964, at the age of 85 years, 11 months and

7 days. Georgia was the youngest child of Stephen and Malisa

(Davenport) Forsdik. She was preceded in death by her

six brothers and two sisters.

She was a graduate of the Chester High School and a dress

designing school. She followed this profession until her marriage

to Henry Freÿtag on March 1, 1898.

There were no children born to this union.

She was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Freÿtag were in commercial business in Sidney,

Nebraska for many years. After his death she moved to Denver,

Colorado in 1944. She lived here until her death.

During her time in Denver she traveled in Europe and made two

trips to Alaska. She gave several talks about her travels before

Rotary and numerous other clubs.

Her nearest survivors are a niece, Mrs. Thelma Riggs of

Wildeo, Idaho; two nephews, Kermit Forsdick of Lubbock, Texas,

and Donald Suedmeier of Norfolk, Nebraska.

Funeral services were held at the Chester Methodist Church on

Wednesday afternoon, March 18, the Rev. Loren J. Silsby

officiating. Mrs. W. W. Aspegren of Republic, Kansas, sang,

accompanied by Mrs. Dolan Frye. The pallbearers were

 W.W. Aspegren, Harold Swartz and Earl Erkenbrack of

Republic; Clay Davenport, J. F. Gausman and T. E. Boyer.

Interment was in the Chester Cemetery with

Bachelor-Faulkner-Dart Funeral Service in charge.

The Chester Herald

Front Page - Wednesday

March 26, 1964