Beckham County, OK - Obits: Fred Blouenblust, 1927
29 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) 

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BLOUENBLUST, FRED
(26 May 1927, Thursday, Erick Democrat, Erick Beckham Co, OK):
Fred Blouenblust of Sweetwater died Thursday and funeral services were
conducted by a Hilton, Kansas minister, and burial at Salem Cemetery
Sunday at 10:00 A. M.  He had been in ill health the past 10 years, had
made all arrangements, selected his pall bearers, and the minister for the
funeral.  Fatheree and Wallace, undertakers were called from Erick.
(29 Dec 1904, Thursday, Erick Enterprise, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Fred Blouenblust, whose farm lies 12 miles north across North Fork in
Roger Mills county and in the famous Sweetwater valley, was born in
Switzerland 43 years ago.  His father afterwards moved to the United
States, settling in Kansas when it was yet a frontier, where he raised a
family of twelve children and where Frederich (sic)  received his training
and education and where he lived until four years ago when he came to
Oklahoma to look for a new home.  The subject of this sketch spent much
time and money looking over Oklahoma to find a location where he could
settle a colony of German people, he having married a Miss Forier, who was
German.  Having located and filed where he now lives, he has lost no
opportunity to locate one of his nationality near him until now he has
quite a colony of Germans living around him, who are among our best and
most enterprising citizens.  They have built up a nice church house in
which they worship, every one of whom is very devoted to their creed and
religion.  Mr. Bohnenblust (sic)  is a very pious man and is doing all he
can to elevate humanity, is a leader in the church and superintendent of
their Sunday school and does everything in his power to improve the morals
of the young.  He is a good citizen and will sacrifice anything for the
benefit of his community and his people.  He has a valuable piece of land
and says that it is not for sale, but if he should sell he would not take
less than $3,000 for it.