Amanda Jane Haws
1870 - 1956 (85 years)
Generation: 1
1. Amanda Jane Haws was born on 4 Oct 1870 in Victory, Cayuga County, New York; died on 24 Sep 1956 in Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska; was buried in Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska. Notes:
Aged Resident Dies at Hastings Hospital
Arapahoe – Mrs. John A. Billesbach died at a Hastings hospital Monday morning after being seriously ill only a few days. Failing in health after the death of her husband in 1951, Mrs. Billesbach left her home here and was cared for in nursing homes in Holbrook and Beaver city before going to Hastings last November. She would have been 86 years of age October 4.
Born in New York state, she came to Heartwell with her family at the age of eight. She also lived there several years following her marriage, the couple moving to Arapahoe in 1905, and with the exception of two years at Yuma, Colo., and two more at Heartwell, had maintained their residence here. The couple observed their 64th wedding anniversary on September 14, 1951.
Immediate survivors are two sons, Harvey of Holbrook, and Elbert of Alta Loma, Calif., and two daughters, Mrs. George Honeyman of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Ray Gonzales of Denver, Colo.
Rosary was at the Andrews Funeral Home Tuesday evening and funeral services were held Wednesday morning at St. Germanus Catholic church with the Rev. Henry Denis officiating. Burial was made in the Arapahoe cemetery.
The Public Mirror, Arapahoe, Nebraska. Thursday, 27 September 1956.
Name:
daughter of Sylvester B. Haws
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Block 14, Lot 4, Space 7-8Amanda married John A. Billesbach on 14 Sep 1887 in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska. John was born in 1864 in Illinois; died on 30 Oct 1951 in Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska; was buried in Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Harve Lee Billesbach was born on 11 Jan 1890 in Heartwell, Kearney County, Nebraska; died on 8 Mar 1981 in Furnas County, Nebraska; was buried in Arapahoe Cemetery, Arapahoe, Furnas County, Nebraska.