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Prominent Kimball Contractor Is Dead
Charles Robert Tritt, 87, a Kimball building contractor, died Sunday in a Kimball hospital after a long career. He lived in Kimball since 1916 and built several local structures. Tritt attended the Methodist Church official board and choir, and belonged to Lions Club, Farmers Co-Op Grain, and Farmers Co-Op Oil Assn. He held membership in Kimball Lodge 294 AF&AM, recently earning a 40-year pin. Born March 10, 1870 in Olney Illinois, he lived in Sweetwater Nebraska, East St. Louis Illinois, and Shelton Nebraska before settling in Kimball County in 1916. He first married Oma Stone May 17, 1893 in St. Louis Missouri. she died in 1946. He later married Dora Walker June 20, 1948 in Sidney.
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Methodist Church Official Board
Lions Club
Farmers Co-Op Grain
Farmers Co-Op Oil Assn’s
Kimball Lodge 294
Af&am
Lodge
Olney
Ill
Sweetwater
Neb
East St. Louis
Shelton
Kimball County
Oma Stone
St. Louis
Dora Walker
Sidney