CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF ALEX HOFMAIER ==================================================================== 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 Carol Tramp Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== CEDAR COUNTY NEWS NOVEMBER 24, 1927 FORDYCE RESIDENT PASSED AWAY FRIDAY DEATH DUE TO BLOOD POISONING AFTER INFECTION FROM SAND BUR Alex I Hofmaier, long time prominent citzen of Cedar county died at St. John's hospital in Hartington Friday morning at 5:45, following an illness of one week. Death was due to general blood poison following the infection caused by a sand bur. Mr. Hofmaier lived four miles southwest of Fordyce. Mr. Hofmaier was born in Germany in 1863 and camE to America over 40 years ago. He came to Cedar county in 1897 and on February 15, 1898 was married to Miss Elizabeth Kramer at Constance. For 25 years, Mr. Hofmaier taught in the Cedar county schools near Fordyce, and at Constance, Menominee, Beaver Creek, and Bow Valley. He also taught terms in Knox county and two or three years in Illnois and Wisconsin. He retired about ten years ago. He was active in community affairs and was widely known and respected. Mr. Hofmaier was a member of the Catholic church at Constance and of the Knights of Columbus lodge of Hartington, having affiliated with the latter about 15 years ago. Funeral services were held Monday at the Catholic Church at Constance with Rev. Father John Peiper officiating. Nearly every Catholic parish in the north part of the country and many school districts where Mr. Hofmaier taught school were represented at the funeral service. Nearly a hundred of former pupils from all over the county also attended the church being taxed to capacity by the people who came to pay their last tribute to their deceased friend, fellow-worker and teacher, whose whole life was a message of inspiration to the residents of the northern part of the county for nearly a third of a century.