Ralph Maurer was born in Dawson county, near Lexington, Nebr., May 5, 1890.

He spent practically the whole of his life in and near Farnam, making for himself many friends.

He heard the call of duty and answered it by entraining for Camp Dodge, Iowa, August 22, 1918, where he soon took sick and from which he never fully recovered. His illness began with the Spanish Influenza and developed into pneumonia, which finally resulted in his death.

He leaves father, mother, several sisters and brothers, one of the latter who is in France now doing military duty.

Thus an honored family is caused to mourn a loved one and the community is robbed of a useful member, yet, indebted to him for giving his life for those ideals which are precious to every American heart.

He expressed a desire for and accepted Christ as his Savior at the camp and manifested his desire for baptism into the Baptist church while in camp. A fact that gladdened the hearts of his loved ones, even in their sorrow.

Source: The Farnam Echo, Farnam, Dawson county, Nebraska; November 28, 1918; Volume 15, Number 00, page 1. Microfilm, NSHS, Lincoln, NE

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