CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Peter N. "Pete" DeBlauw

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Peter N. "Pete" DeBlauw

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Peter N. "Pete" DeBlauw, 91 Terre Haute, Ind., 
formerly of Crofton, died July 6, 1999, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute.

Services were July 10 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Le Mars, Iowa, 
with the Rev.  Jerome Cosgrove officiating.

Burial was held in Calvary Cemetery, Le Mars.  Pallbearers were Nicholas 
Nissen, Douglas Nissen, Daniel Nissen, Michael DeBlauw, Steven DeBlauw, 
Larry Huffman, Allen Huffman and Brian Huffman.

Pete was born Sept. 10, 1907, on a farm east of Le Mars in Marion Township, 
Plymouth County, the son of Gerrit and Anna (Reisch) DeBlauw.

At the age of six, he moved with his parents to a farm near Crofton.  He 
married Anna M. Bruecher Feb. 10, 1931, at St. Catherine's Catholic Church 
in Oyens.  Following their marriage, the couple farmed near Hartington for 
a few years, and then near Crofton until 1944.  They farmed for almost 40 
years just north of Le Mars and in 1983, moved into Le Mars.  Mrs. DeBlauw 
died January 1993. Since  June Of 1996, Mr. DeBlauw has lived in Terre Haute, 
Ind. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Le Mars. 

Survivors include two daughters, Jeanette Huffman and her husband, Everett, 
Terre Haute, Ind.; and Darnelle Nissen, Theodosia, Mo.; 14 grandchildren; 22 
great-grandchildren; and a brother and his wife, Joseph and Adelaide DeBlauw, 
Crofton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a son Melvin DeBlauw; a grandson Neal 
Nissen; three brothers, Anthony, Louis and Martin DeBlauw; and a sister, 
Veronica Guenther.

 

Wednesday, July 14, 1999 - CEDAR COUNTY NEWS