CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF JULIA WOHLMAN PECK

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Mrs. Nelson Peck Went to Eternal Home

	Last Thursday afternoon, at half past four o'clock, the Angel of 
Death again entered a home in our community, summoning to her final rest, 
Mrs. Julia Peck, one of our respected citizens.  Mrs. Peck was stricken 
with a heart attack on Monday, from which, she partially recovered, but 
only for a time, as she became worse, and while her condition was not 
favorable, her passing was unexpected and came as a shock to her family.
	Julia Wohlman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wohlman, first saw 
the light on April 18, 1856, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and departed this life 
in her home in COleridge, March 17, 1932 at the ripe age of 75 years, 10 
months and 29 days.  Mrs. Peck was the last member of her famiy.
	She came with her parents to Cedar county in the year 1872, thus was 
familiar with hardships and history of pioneer life in the county.
	At Vermillion, SD on November 4, 1875, she was united in marriage to 
Henry Merrick, who died December 3, 1877.  This union was blessed with two 
daughters:  Sarah, Mrs. Frank Specht, and Mary, Mrs. Elmer Miller, who passed 
away in 1918 in Texas.
	She was married to Nelson Peck on January 10, 1881, and to them were 
born six children:  four sons and a daughter; one child dying in infancy and 
Stephen, the second son passed on in 1907.  For a little more than half a century, 
they traveled together down the pathway of life.  Mrs. Peck was a devoted mother, 
giving unstintedly of her time and strength to her home and family.  She had 
failed noticeably since the demise of her husband on February 1, 1931.  No doubt, 
she felt, after caring for her aged companion through his last illness, that her 
work was almost finished--life didn't mean as much to her.
	Mr. and Mrs. Peck retired from farm life and moved to Coleridge March 1, 
1910, and enjoyed as a compensation for their years of labor, a well-earned rest.
	surviving her are:  three sons, Truman of Geddes SD, Eugene of Coleridge, 
and Henry of Hartington, and two daughters, Mrs. Frank Specht of Coleridge and Mrs. 
Forrest McMann of Saskatchewan, Canada, also three stepchildren:  Mrs. A.L. Jones 
of Geddes SD, Herman and Fred of Steel, SD., besides several grandchildren, great 
grandchildren and a large circle of other relatives and friends.
	Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Congregational church 
and Rev. McKeen assisted by Rev. Rowden, officiated, speaking from the text: "Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it 
abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."
	The pallbearers were:  Chas Fleener, Anton Brodersen, John Bauer, Frank 
Hirschman, Anthony Hirschman, and Henry Hirschman--all old friends, or at one time, 
neighbors of the deceased.  The friendship of the Hirschman families and Mrs. Peck's 
folks has extended down through the years.  They came together to this country from 
Germany and settled in Wisconsin, later all came to Cedar county and located.  
Friendship that is cherished and nurtured goes on and on, strengthening as time passes.
	Burail was made in the family lot in the Hartington Cemetery.
	Relatives from a distance who came to attend the funeral were:  Mr. & Mrs. 
Truman Peck and Mrs. A.L. Jones of Geddes SD and Miss Lucy Peck, a granddaughter of Omaha.

17 MARCH 1932  CEDAR COUNTY NEWS