Individual Details
Jacob Bauer
(2 Apr 1886 - 28 Apr 1975)
Printed in the Benkelman, NE Post, April 1975
Jacob Bauer
Jacob Bauer died at the Dundy County Hospital on Monday morning after an illness of a month. He was 89 years of age and had been a resident of this community since the age of six years.
He is survived by his wife Mary; two daughters, Betty Erdman and husband Paul of Benkelman and Virginia Norsworthy and husband James of Lincoln, Nebraska; one son, Dale Bauer and wife Gwen of Benkelman; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services were arranged for Wednesday afternoon at the United Methodist Church at 2:00 o'clock with the Rev. Allan Martin officiating. Interment will be in the Benkelman Cemetery.
Jacob Bauer was born on April 2, 1886 in the German community of Walter, Russia to John and Elizabeth Barthelemay Bauer. The family also was composed of two other sons, Fred and John, came to the United States to join friends at Culbertson, Nebraska to work on construction of the railroads here in 1892. His father died two years later. Mrs. Bauer remained in Benkelman to rear her children.
As a youngster Jacob Bauer worked for Frank Haskin in the Benkelman News as a printer's devil and later when Mr. Haskin went into the retail merchandising field, Jake worked for him there and learned that business.
For a short time he was affiliated with his father-in-law, Eber Styer in the retail field and then bought the Roemmich Store and operated that establishment for ten years until it was sold to the J. B. Byars Company in 1926. That firm later was a part of the J. C. Penny Co., and operated out of the same building for many years.
After leaving the retail field in 1926, .Mr. Bauer began a career of thirty years service as an agent of New York Life. He retired from that work in 1960.
He was married to Inez Slyer in Omaha, Nebraska on May 16, 1912 and to this union three children were born, Marvin Dale, Ralph Malone and Elizabeth Ann. Ralph died in infancy. Inez Slyer Bauer died on May 23, 1927. On October 22, 1930 Jacob Bauer was married to Mary Hines and one daughter, Virginia, was born to them. His parents and brothers, Fred and John, preceded him in death.
Mr. Bauer was a community booster over a long period of time. While he was a progressive merchant and devoted to the development of the service of his establishment, he was a part of the dedicated group who guided the community over the long range plans for the improvement of the community in such areas as roads, railroad service, civic development and town and county improvement. He was one of the founders of the organization which was to become the Republican Valley Reclamation Association whose achievements in flood control and irrigation involve the great dams at Enders, Trenton, Cambridge, McCook in Nebraska and Bonny Dam in Colorado. He served as a director of the association formany years and helped provide the influence that brought these good things into being.
He was a 50-year member of Justice Lodge No. 180, AF&AM and was a member of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Jacob Bauer
Jacob Bauer died at the Dundy County Hospital on Monday morning after an illness of a month. He was 89 years of age and had been a resident of this community since the age of six years.
He is survived by his wife Mary; two daughters, Betty Erdman and husband Paul of Benkelman and Virginia Norsworthy and husband James of Lincoln, Nebraska; one son, Dale Bauer and wife Gwen of Benkelman; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services were arranged for Wednesday afternoon at the United Methodist Church at 2:00 o'clock with the Rev. Allan Martin officiating. Interment will be in the Benkelman Cemetery.
Jacob Bauer was born on April 2, 1886 in the German community of Walter, Russia to John and Elizabeth Barthelemay Bauer. The family also was composed of two other sons, Fred and John, came to the United States to join friends at Culbertson, Nebraska to work on construction of the railroads here in 1892. His father died two years later. Mrs. Bauer remained in Benkelman to rear her children.
As a youngster Jacob Bauer worked for Frank Haskin in the Benkelman News as a printer's devil and later when Mr. Haskin went into the retail merchandising field, Jake worked for him there and learned that business.
For a short time he was affiliated with his father-in-law, Eber Styer in the retail field and then bought the Roemmich Store and operated that establishment for ten years until it was sold to the J. B. Byars Company in 1926. That firm later was a part of the J. C. Penny Co., and operated out of the same building for many years.
After leaving the retail field in 1926, .Mr. Bauer began a career of thirty years service as an agent of New York Life. He retired from that work in 1960.
He was married to Inez Slyer in Omaha, Nebraska on May 16, 1912 and to this union three children were born, Marvin Dale, Ralph Malone and Elizabeth Ann. Ralph died in infancy. Inez Slyer Bauer died on May 23, 1927. On October 22, 1930 Jacob Bauer was married to Mary Hines and one daughter, Virginia, was born to them. His parents and brothers, Fred and John, preceded him in death.
Mr. Bauer was a community booster over a long period of time. While he was a progressive merchant and devoted to the development of the service of his establishment, he was a part of the dedicated group who guided the community over the long range plans for the improvement of the community in such areas as roads, railroad service, civic development and town and county improvement. He was one of the founders of the organization which was to become the Republican Valley Reclamation Association whose achievements in flood control and irrigation involve the great dams at Enders, Trenton, Cambridge, McCook in Nebraska and Bonny Dam in Colorado. He served as a director of the association formany years and helped provide the influence that brought these good things into being.
He was a 50-year member of Justice Lodge No. 180, AF&AM and was a member of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Events
| Birth | 2 Apr 1886 | Walter, Saratov Oblast, Russia | |||
| Marriage | 16 May 1912 | Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska - Inez A. Styer | |||
| Marriage | 22 Oct 1930 | Mary Cordelia Hines | |||
| Census (family) | 16 Apr 1940 | Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska - Mary Cordelia Hines |  |  | |
| Death | 28 Apr 1975 | Dundy County, Nebraska | |||
| Burial | Benkelman Cemetery, Dundy County, Nebraska | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Cordelia Hines (1902 - 1989) |
| Child | Virginia G. Bauer (1934 - 2016) |
| Spouse | Inez A. Styer (1891 - 1927) |
| Child | Ralph Malone Bauer (1916 - 1916) |
| Child | Marvin Dale Bauer (1919 - 2006) |
| Child | Elizabeth Ann Bauer ( - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
Jacob Bauer Head M 54 Russia - Insurance agent, New York Life Insurance Co.Mary H Bauer Wife F 37 Nebraska
Dale M Bauer Son M 21 Nebraska - Waiter, student employment
Betty A Bauer Daughter F 12 Nebraska
Virginia G Bauer Daughter F 6 Nebraska
Cordelia G Hines Mother-in-law F 73 Iowa
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM1B-L8J : accessed 3 June 2016), Cordelia G Hines in household of Jacob Bauer, Benkelman, Benkelman Township, Dundy, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29-2, sheet 10B, family 203, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2245..
2. Find A Grave Memorial# 70600110.