CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF PHILIPP HENRY BERGMANN ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Kristi Bergman Lam. kristi.lam@home.com ====================================================================== FRONT SIDE OF OBITUARY CARD IN ENGLISH: "They that instruct others unto justice, shal shine likes stars for all eternity." [Cross with a crown of thorns and the word PATIENCE in the center.] "Let us weep for the dead rather as for one absent than as for one lost; let us look for him where he is, near the throne of God." -- St. Jerome BACK SIDE OF OBITUARY CARD IN GERMAN: Bum frommen Andenken an den wohlachtbarn herrn Philipp Bergmann, zu St. James, Nebraska. Geboren den 16ten Marz 1830, zu Jaden- bach, Pfarrei Eitorg, verheirathet mit Anna Kath. Satorius 1870, feit Fruhjarh 1871 in Amerika, farb er nach zweijahrigem Leiden, unermartet dursh einen Herzishlag am 27ten September 1891. Seine 15 Geschwister find ihm bereits in die Emigteit vorangegangen. Er hinterlaft eine trauvernde Mittme mit 10 Kindern. Bedenfet jeiner bein hl. Opfer und Bebet. Moge er ruhen in Frieden. TRANSLATION: For Pious (religious) rememberance of the respectable Mister Philipp Bergman of St. James, Nebraska Born the 16th of March 1830 in Jackenbach Parish Eitorf, married to Anna. Kath. Satorius in 1870, coming to America in 1871. He died after two years of sickness from an unexpected heart attack on September 27, 1891. He was preceded into eternity by his 14 siblings. He leaves behind a mournful widow with 10 children. Think of him during the holdy sacrifice and prayers. May he rest in peace. FROM OBITUARY CARD - ORIGINAL IN GERMAN