Birth: March 18, 1875
Death: February 3, 1945
Location: Lot 134, Section 6, New Addition
Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent
Thursday, 8 February 1945
Wood River, Neb., Feb. 8 – Funeral services for George Rathman, who died last Saturday at the age of 65 at his home near Alda, were held Monday afternoon from the Apfel funeral home, with the Rev. John Rupley of Grand Island officiating. (Omitted here are two long paragraphs with details of the funeral and a list of relatives attending.)
Mr. Rathman, a native of Klingenburg, Germany, and a resident of Nebraska since he was a small child, is survived by his wife and nine children: Henry Rathman, Alda; Louie and Walter Rathman and Goldie Pearson, Wood River; Mrs. Viola Runge, Denver; Mrs. Marie McAhren, Mrs. Bernice Dubbs and Mrs. Dorothy Messick, Portland, Ore.; Shirley Ann Rathman, at home; also by two brothers and three sisters, John Rathman, Harrisburg; Herman Rathman, Wood River; Mrs. Marie Haley and Mrs. Anna Speetzen, North Platte; Mrs. George Parker, Grand Island.