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Bessie Bell <I>Thomas</I> Achen

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Bessie Bell Thomas Achen

Birth
Thayer County, Nebraska, USA
Death
10 Aug 1962 (aged 68)
Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Chester, Thayer County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 19, Lot 6, Grave 4
Memorial ID
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The Hebron Journal-Register (Hebron, NE), Friday, December 14, 1917; pg. 7

License to wed was issued Tuesday to Ernest Leroy Achen, 28, of Chester, and Miss Bessie D. Thomas, 22, also of Chester.
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The Alma Record (Alma, NE), Friday, December 21, 1917; pg. 3

Married

Lient. (sic) Ernest L. Achen of the home guards of Chester and Miss Bessie B. Thomas were quietly married last Thursday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. Neal Johnson Captain of the Company.

Mr. Achen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Achen of this city and grew to manhood in Alma, after which he was employed in the B. M. Simms drug store in Hastings and for the past two years has been the head of the Achen Drug Co. in Chester where the young couple will make their home.

Mr. and Mrs. Achen spent several days the last of the week in Alma at the home of the formers parents.

The Record joins their many friends wishing for them a long and happy wedded life.
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The Hebron Journal-Register (Hebron, NE), Wednesday, April 25, 1945; pg. 2

CHESTER

Mrs. Bessie Achen of Ord and William Theptow (sic) of Ord were united in marriage by the Rev. James Gray at the Methodist church parsonage Wednesday, April 18. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Zikmund of Ord.

Mrs. Theptow (sic) is a sister of Mrs. John Crouse and L.L. Thomas and they visited in their homes before returning home to Oord (sic) that evening.
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Chester Herald (Chester, NE), Wednesday, August 15, 1962; pg. 1

Obituary - MRS. BESSIE TREPTOW

Death came to Mrs. Bessie Achen Treptow August 10, at 8:30 a.m. after a lingering illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joyce Goff in Alliance. A feeling of great personal loss comes to a score of people, with the passing of Mrs. Treptow, a quiet, sweet woman, sincere, hard working and dependable, a good wife and mother.

Mrs. Treptow, daughter of George and Rosa Thomas, was born in Thayer County, Neb., July 28, 1894, passing away at the age of 68 years and 12 days.

She was married to Ernest L. Achen in 1917, living in Chester, Neb. where they operated a drug store, later moved to Clay Center, then to Ord in 1924, where they made their home. Mr. Achen passed away in the winter of 1936. In 1945 she was married to Wm. Treptow at Manhattan Kans. Mr. Treptow died in 1952. Mrs. Treptow worked in a nurses capacity in the Ord Hospital until her illness in January, 1962.

Mrs. Treptow was a past matron of Mizpah Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star at Ord and at the present time held the office of Chaplin. She had the honor of receiving a 50-year membership pin in the Methodist Church and also was a member of the Woman's Society of Christian Services.

She leaves to mourn her passing one son and four daughters: Armona Beth Martin, San Angelo, Tex.; Loretta Mae Taylor, Lexington, Ky.; Patricia Ann Larsen, Tucson, Ariz.; Willa Joyce Goff, Alliance; Earl Dean Achen, Lincoln; 15 grandchildren, and one step-daughter, Ruth Haught. She was preceded in death by her parents, one infant son, Mr. Achen, Mr. Treptow three brothers and two sister (sic). A brother was L.L. Thomas and a sister, Mrs. John S. Crouse, both of Chester.

Funeral services were held Aug. 13 at the Ord Methodist Church, Rev. Richard Atherton officiating. Rites conducted by Mizpah Chapter No. 56 O.E.S. Graveside services and interment at the Chester Cemetery, Rev. Atherton officiating.
The Hebron Journal-Register (Hebron, NE), Friday, December 14, 1917; pg. 7

License to wed was issued Tuesday to Ernest Leroy Achen, 28, of Chester, and Miss Bessie D. Thomas, 22, also of Chester.
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The Alma Record (Alma, NE), Friday, December 21, 1917; pg. 3

Married

Lient. (sic) Ernest L. Achen of the home guards of Chester and Miss Bessie B. Thomas were quietly married last Thursday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. Neal Johnson Captain of the Company.

Mr. Achen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Achen of this city and grew to manhood in Alma, after which he was employed in the B. M. Simms drug store in Hastings and for the past two years has been the head of the Achen Drug Co. in Chester where the young couple will make their home.

Mr. and Mrs. Achen spent several days the last of the week in Alma at the home of the formers parents.

The Record joins their many friends wishing for them a long and happy wedded life.
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The Hebron Journal-Register (Hebron, NE), Wednesday, April 25, 1945; pg. 2

CHESTER

Mrs. Bessie Achen of Ord and William Theptow (sic) of Ord were united in marriage by the Rev. James Gray at the Methodist church parsonage Wednesday, April 18. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Zikmund of Ord.

Mrs. Theptow (sic) is a sister of Mrs. John Crouse and L.L. Thomas and they visited in their homes before returning home to Oord (sic) that evening.
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Chester Herald (Chester, NE), Wednesday, August 15, 1962; pg. 1

Obituary - MRS. BESSIE TREPTOW

Death came to Mrs. Bessie Achen Treptow August 10, at 8:30 a.m. after a lingering illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joyce Goff in Alliance. A feeling of great personal loss comes to a score of people, with the passing of Mrs. Treptow, a quiet, sweet woman, sincere, hard working and dependable, a good wife and mother.

Mrs. Treptow, daughter of George and Rosa Thomas, was born in Thayer County, Neb., July 28, 1894, passing away at the age of 68 years and 12 days.

She was married to Ernest L. Achen in 1917, living in Chester, Neb. where they operated a drug store, later moved to Clay Center, then to Ord in 1924, where they made their home. Mr. Achen passed away in the winter of 1936. In 1945 she was married to Wm. Treptow at Manhattan Kans. Mr. Treptow died in 1952. Mrs. Treptow worked in a nurses capacity in the Ord Hospital until her illness in January, 1962.

Mrs. Treptow was a past matron of Mizpah Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star at Ord and at the present time held the office of Chaplin. She had the honor of receiving a 50-year membership pin in the Methodist Church and also was a member of the Woman's Society of Christian Services.

She leaves to mourn her passing one son and four daughters: Armona Beth Martin, San Angelo, Tex.; Loretta Mae Taylor, Lexington, Ky.; Patricia Ann Larsen, Tucson, Ariz.; Willa Joyce Goff, Alliance; Earl Dean Achen, Lincoln; 15 grandchildren, and one step-daughter, Ruth Haught. She was preceded in death by her parents, one infant son, Mr. Achen, Mr. Treptow three brothers and two sister (sic). A brother was L.L. Thomas and a sister, Mrs. John S. Crouse, both of Chester.

Funeral services were held Aug. 13 at the Ord Methodist Church, Rev. Richard Atherton officiating. Rites conducted by Mizpah Chapter No. 56 O.E.S. Graveside services and interment at the Chester Cemetery, Rev. Atherton officiating.


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