Obituary

Monroe J. Combs

Buried at Peru

Passed away at Home of Daughter

in Clay Center

M. J. Combs for many years a resident of this vicinity passed away

Monday, July 5, 1926, at the home of his daughter at Clay Center. He

had been in extremely poor health for several months, and death was

not unexpected. He was brought to Peru Wednesday morning and the

funeral was held at the Methodist church at ten o'clock.

The funeral was under the direction of the Masonic Lodge of Peru.

The services at the church were conducted by Reverend R. A. Trowbridge, and the music was furnished by a Masonic quartet, composed of Professors V. E. Chatelain, S. L.  Clements, C. A. Spacht, and E. C. Beck.

The burial services at the cemetery were conducted by

the lodge, and the funeral address was made by Past Master

H. W. Bedell.  The six remaining members of the Peru G. A. R.

also attended the funeral in a body.

Monroe J. Combs was born at Peru, Illinois January 18, 1844,

and was 82 years, five months and seventeen days of age,

being preceded in death by his wife in September, 1825.

He is survived by six children, Mrs. J. L. Adcock, Silver Creek;

Homer L. Combs, Auburn; E. C. Combs, Huntley; Mrs. C. A. Davis,

Brush, Colorado; and Mrs. Davis, Clay Center;  with whom he

made his home at the time of his death. All the children were

present at the funeral.

One brother, W. F. Combs, of El Reno, Oklahoma, one sister,

Mrs. A. M. Hoblitzell of Skidmore, Missouri, Eighteen grandchildren;

and five great-grandchildren also survive him.

In 1855 he came with his parents to Nebraska and settled on a

homestead near Peru. Seven years later he enlisted in

Company C, Second Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry and was

assigned to the frontier at Fort Kearney, Nebraska. After being

mustered out of the Army service he resided in Peru neighborhood

until 1898, when he with his family moved to Huntley, Nebraska,

and remained there until March 1926, after which he made his

home with Mr. and Mrs. Davis at Clay Center, where he resided

until death.

In early days he united with the M. E. Church at Peru, he was also

a member of Dick Oglesby Post G. A. R. No. 284, of Huntley.

He was made a Mason at Peru, and was a past master of Peru

lodge, No. 14; and after locating at Huntley, he took active

part in organizing Huntley Masonic Lodge No 270 of which

he was a charter member.

Mr. Combs was a man of the highest type, a man who held the

esteem of all who knew him. His long residence here gave him a

host of friends in Peru and vicinity, who always welcomed him on

his visits to the old home. The relatives have the sincerest

sympathy of these friends in their bereavement.

Peru Pointer

Friday

July 9, 1926