CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF WILLIAM FLEGG

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THE CEDAR COUNTY NEWS - 5-25-1922

Engineer Flegg dead

William Flegg, engineer of afternoon passenger died suddenly at Crofton

William Flegg, the engineer on the afternoon train thru Hartington 
suddenly dropped dead at his home at Crofton last Saturday morning.  His 
death was caused by a hemmorage of the brain. He was engaged in 
repairing his car in his garage just half an hour before he was to take 
his train out, when death occurred.

Mr. Flegg was one of the best known men on the Crofton branch, and had 
a host of friends in every town along the line.  He had been an engineer 
on this branch for the past six years and the news of his sudden death 
came as a shock to all who knew him.

William Henry Flegg was born at Emerson on April 24, 1882, being at the 
time of his death 40 years and 26 days old.  He was united in marriage 
on June 23, to Miss Anna McEntaffer of Emerson, and they made their home 
in Sioux City, until he was transferred to the Crofton branch six years 
ago. He had worked twenty years of the M & O at the time of his death.