Birth: March 21, 1878
Death: April 9, 1913
Location: Lot 15, Section 3, Row 2, Old Cemetery – NW
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Thursday, 10 April 1913, page 1
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Charles Boltz, a young farmer residing seven miles southeast of Wood River along the Platte river. . . Mr. Boltz complained of nothing except that yesterday he said he was not feeling well. No cause for the act is known unless it was accidental. . . About six weeks ago the family moved from the southside to their present place, which was purchased from a Mrs. Williams. . . Coroner O’Gorman went to the home last night, returning early this morning. After a thorough investigation he found it to be a plain case and that there was no need for an inquest.
Charles Boltz was a man 35 years of age and is one of a large family which for many years has resided on the island southwest of Sand Krog. He settle on a farm on the southside where he lived happily until six weeks ago when he purchased the farm southeast of Wood River. He also owns a pool hall at Prosser. Besides the wife, there are six children, ranging in age from 14 to 2 years, who are left to mourn the sudden loss of their father. His mother, Mrs. Hann Boltz, still living at the home place southwest of Sand, two sisters and six brothers also survive him. The brothers and sisters are Mrs. Herman Kroker, Mrs. Henry Moeller, Herman Boltz, Edward, Emil, Gustav, Richard and Henry Boltz. Undertaker Johnson of Wood River took charge of the remains.