WILLIAM HARVEY KEYSER'S OBITUARY

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Harvey Keyser Dies at his Miller Home August 16, 1916

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PIONEER GETS CALL AT AN EARLY HOUR

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Had nine children and here over thirty years ago Harvey Keyser born June 10, 1854 at Percival, Iowa aged 62 [and] one of the sturdy builders of Buffalo County, Nebraska, and a pioneer of thirty-five years is gone.

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Death relieved his suffering yesterday morning shortly after 4:00 at his home in Miller, Nebraska, where surrounded by his sons and daughter and with his wife at the bedside he passed away.

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While not of an advanced age, had not been well for three years and had gradually weakened during that time. The last acute illness began about two weeks ago. A nervous breakdown was given as cause of demise.

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Harvey Keyser was truly a pioneer of this community, He still owned the homestead which he and his wife helped to make yieldings nearly thirty years ago.

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Nine stalwart children have come to this union and all of these children are still living near Miller, Nebraska, or Litchfield, Nebraska, near where the family was raised.

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The old homestead is about five miles from Miller in a northern direction and slightly east.

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Five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Keyser went to Miller to live from their farm home. They have since resided in that city and it will from their home there that the funeral services will be held August 17, 1916 at 2 o’clock.

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Interment will be held in the Miller cemetery.

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Besides the wife [Mary F. Keyser], the following nine children survive and mourn the loss of their father: Charles, Jesse, Lester, Harvey, Emmet, Lawrence, Mrs. Nell Brown, Mrs. Gladys Anderson and Mrs. Fern Daugherty.

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The deceased had long been prominent in the affairs of his community. He was a good farmer and amassed considerable property during the years of his life. He was considered as wealthy and no one in the county was perhaps better known than he. Members of the family are sharing their grief with their many friends and the sympathy of the community is with them.