OBITUARY: Robert D. Warrington, 1887-1980, Mitchell County, Iowa

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, 9 OCT 1980]



          Robert D. Warrington Funeral Held Saturday, October 4

  Funeral services for Robert D. Warrington, 93, of Mitchell, who died at
the Mitchell County Memorail hospital October 1, were held October 4 at the
Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with the Rev. Jack Cahill, pastor of the
United Church of Christ of Osage, officiating.

  Robert Dixon Warrington was born January 16, 1887 on a farm near St.
Ansgar, the son of Samuel and Mary Jane (Attlesey) Warrington. He attended
Mitchell high school and S.M.N.C. College in Austin, Minn. He was a member
of the United Church of Christ.

  Mr. Warrington married Nettie Koch in 1910, and two children were born to
them. He held several bookkeeping positions, and also farmed for a time. He
worked at the carpentry trade and owned and operated his nursery in
Mitchell until his retirement. He was president and sexton of Oak Grove
cemetery in Mitchell for 40 years. Mr. Warrington served in the U.S. Army
in World War I and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received at the
Battle of St. Mihiel and Argonne Forest. He was a life member of the Walter
T. Enneberg Post No. 358 of the American Legion in St. Ansgar. Also he was
a member of the World War I Barracks and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
7920, Osage.

  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Warrington; a sister, Mrs. Ada
Gavier; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Leona Warrington; cousins, nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Leonard; a sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Skuster and a brother, Herbert.

  Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery with Rev. Cahill in charge of the
committal services.






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