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John Bernard Costello

13 Nov 1886 – 8 Dec 1927

Birth	13 Nov 1886
Death	8 Dec 1927
Cemetery	Saint Bonaventure Cemetery Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Shirley (Bruhn) Martys on 08 Nov 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17815980

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WW I - US Army ======== Grand Island (Nebraska) Herald; Thursday, 15 December 1927, page 4 Mrs. Alice Costello and daughter, Genevieve, of 1507 West Second street, attended the funeral services of John B. Costello, Union Pacific engineer, which were held from the Catholic church at Columbus Monday morning. Mr. Costello met his death while on the second engine of a double-header meat train. Mr. Costello was leaning from the fireman's steps when struck by a passing switch engine. =============== Grand Island (Nebraska) Herald; Thursday, 15 December 1927, page 8 Omaha - John P. Costello, 40, Columbus, Neb., Union Pacific engineer, was instantly killed last Thursday afternoon while enroute from Omaha to Grand Island on a meat train. Costello, who was in the second engine of the train, was leaning from the fireman's steps when struck by a passing switch engine, throwing him to the ground and fracturing his skull. The accident occurred near the viaduct at Twenty-fourth and Hickory streets. He is survived by his mother, two brothers and four sisters.

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Family

Parents

• Martin Joseph Costello 1856–1926
• Alice Ellener Caffery Costello 1867–1956

Siblings

• Martin J Costello 1889–1941
• Frank Patrick Costello 1891–1962
• Katherine Elizabeth Costello Merz 1893–1974
• Grace C. Costello Lee 1896–1990
• Ann C. Costello Mullen 1898–1974
• Baby Boy Costello 1901–1901
• Baby Girl Costello 1901–1901
• Thomas W. Costello 1903–1905
• Thomas Walter Costello 1905–1905

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