 1920 - 1938 (18 years)
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| Name |
George BLECHA [1, 2, 3] |
| Born |
16 Oct 1920 |
Burchard, NE  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1930 |
Haigler, Dundy County, Nebraska, USA [1] |
| Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son |
| Died |
26 Dec 1938 |
Haigler, Dundy County, Nebraska, USA [2, 3] |
Printed in the Benkelman, NE Post, December 1938
George Blecha
George Blecha, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blecha, who reside north of Haigler, took his own life Monday morning at near nine o'clock after completing his chores in the barn. His body was discovered by a sister who was sent to look for him when he did not return to the house at the usual time. He was found lying in an alleyway in the barn with a twenty-two caliber rifle between his knees and a bullet hole in his forehead. Investigation by County Attorney Victor Westermark and Deputy Sheriff Garnett Hoover revealed that the young man had finished his milking chores, let the cows out of the barn, hung up the milk bucket and then placing the against his forehead, discharged the bullet into his brain. No reason could be found for the rash act, the youth having attended a movie in Wray the night before with several neighborhood boys and seemed to be in his usual good spirits. He was an industrious, good natured lad and everybody liked him.
The Blecha family are well known and highly respected farmers of the section about 12 miles north of Haigler and the sympathies of hundreds of friends go out to them in their hour of deep sorrow and loss.
(Researcher note: Burial was in the Haigler, NE cemetery. Dates shown are October 16, 1920 and December 26, 1938).
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| Buried |
Haigler, Dundy County, Nebraska, USA [2, 3] |
| Person ID |
I375313 |
Blecha/McDaniel |
| Last Modified |
25 Jun 2016 |
| Father |
Joseph Frank BLECHA, Sr, b. 07 Dec 1878, Steinauer, Pawnee CO, NE , d. 15 Aug 1946, Benkelman, Dundy, NE (Age 67 years) |
| Mother |
Mary DEZORT, b. 22 Feb 1882, Crab Orchard, NE , d. 17 Feb 1941, Benkelman, Dundy, NE (Age 58 years) |
| Married |
31 May 1905 |
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, USA [4] |
| Family ID |
F136041 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 16 Oct 1920 - Burchard, NE |
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 | Residence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1930 - Haigler, Dundy County, Nebraska, USA |
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| Died - 26 Dec 1938 - Haigler, Dundy County, Nebraska, USA |
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| Buried - - Haigler, Dundy County, Nebraska, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S3809] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Haigler, Dundy, Nebraska; Roll: 1280; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0006; Image: 70.0; FHL microfilm: 2341015.
- [S3802] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S3801] Web: Nebraska, Find A Grave Index, 1854-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S1599] Teri Blecha Rogers provided this information in November 2015.
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