CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF GARY JOHN KONKEN

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Rites  Sunday for Gary, Infant Son of Marvin Konken

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	COLERIDGE-Funeral services were held Sunday for Gary John, 
fourteen-month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Konken of Hartington, 
who died at 1:00 p.m. at his home December 28.
	Melvin Wittler, interim pastor of the West Point Congregational 
Church, conducted services at the home at 2:00 p.m. and Rev. H. 
Niederwimmer officiated at the services at the Immanuel Lutheran Church 
in Coleridge at 2:30.  Burial was made in the Lawnridge cemetery under 
the direction of the Mohr Funeral Home.
	Pallbearers were Kenneth Brodersen, Roger Brodersen, James 
Bottolfson and Harlan Shope.
	Gary John, son of Marvin and Loretta Konken, was born November 3, 
1949 at Norfolk and was baptized in the Lutheran faith.
	On November 14, 1950 a foreign object lodged in his lung and he 
was taken to St. Vincent's hosptal in Sioux City where he was a patient 
for four weeks.
	He is survived by his parents; twin brothers, Gail and Galen 
Konken; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Konken of Hartington, John 
Patent of Randolph and Mrs. Marie Patent of Wakefield; a great grandmother, 
Mrs. Meta Konken of Coleridge; and a great grandfather, Henry Wittler of 
Cook.
	Out of town relatives who attended the funeral were John Patent, 
Raymond and Glen, Mrs. and Mrs. Chris Patent and Connie, Mrs. and Mrs. 
Richard Patent, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hickey and Alfred Patent of Randolph; 
Mrs. Sena Bohlken and LaVerle, Mrs. Meta Riechel and Mr. and Mrs. George 
Riechel, all of LeMars, Ia.; Mrs. and Mrs. George Patent of Creighton; 
Mrs. Marie Patent and Gleason of Wakefield; Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Broers of 
Cook; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Konken of Louisville, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. Ervin 
Wittler of Carroll; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wittler of Spirit Lake, Ia., and 
Rudolph Hickey of Norfolk.

December 1950  Cedar County News