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Herman Frank Virus

17 Dec 1904 – 10 Jul 1980

Birth	17 Dec 1904
Death	10 Jul 1980
Cemetery	Rose Hill Cemetery Hebron , Thayer County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Becky Martin on 14 May 2017
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105261450

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Bellevue Telescope (Kansas) Thursday - July 24, 1980 Possible Heat Related Death Takes Hubbell, Neb., Farmer Herman Virus, 75, of rural Hubbell, Nebr., was found dead near his farm in a wheat stubble field July 10 after he was reported missing and search parties were formed. The Thayer County Law Enforcement Center was notified by Roger Virus, a nephew, at 10:42 p.m. July 10 that Virus was missing from his home. He had been seen that morning on his tractor. Thayer County Sheriff Carl Forrest, two deputies and State Patrolman Al Wise notified the Chester Rescue Unit and firemen and a search was organized. The Tractor was found in the wheat stubble 3/4 of a mile west of the home and officers and volunteers fanned out in a spiral search pattern. The battery cover was off the tractor indicating Mr. Virus had a problem with the tractor, Sheriff Forrest stated. The searchers found his body in the wheat stubble about 150 years from the tractor within one hour of when the search began. Although the cause of death was not determined, it was possibly heat-related, Sheriff Forrest said. Herman Frank Virus was born December 17, 1904, near Deshler, the son of Frank and Dora Hoffmeyer Virus. The Belleville Telescope (Kansas) Thursday - July 17, 1980 Herman Virus Herman Virus, a retired Hubbell farmer, died Thursday, June 10. He was 75. Survivors include brothers, Henry, Walter, Ernest and Louie of Hebron and one sister, Mrs. Augusta Engel of Hebron. Funeral services were held July 14 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Hubbell with Rev. Benson officiating. Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery Hebron.

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