CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF EARL DEAN GRAY
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BURNS FATAL TO WYNOT MAN
Rites held for Earl D Gray

	Funeral services were held here Friday afternoon for Earl D Gray, 
62, who died of burns received January 10, when he dropped a lighted 
kerosene lamp and flames spread over his entire body.
	He was taken immediately to the Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls. 
He died there January 12, 1959.
	Mr. Gray lived a few miles northeast of Wynot. However the accident 
occurred at the home of Henry Schurmann. Mr. Gray was helping Mr. Schurmann 
who was injured when a tree fell on him.
	Funeral rites were held at the Methodist Church here. Rev. Schoessler 
officiated. Burial was in the Wynot Cemetery under the direction of the Smith 
Funeral Home.  Pallbearers were George Bowder, Clarence Hochstein, Joe 
Wieseler, Axel Anderson, Steve Klug and C.H. Newman.
	American Legion Post 31 conducted military rites.
	Mr. Gray is survived by his step-father, G.A. Snowe of Wynot, a 
sister, Mrs. Jess (Myrtle) Gregg of Hartington, and two half brothers, Frank 
Snowe of Wynot, and Fred Snowe of Maskell.
	Earl Dean Gray, son of the late Mrs. G.A. Snowe and John A. Gray was 
born May 10, 1896. He was a farmer and lived in this vicinity most of his 
life. He was a veteran of the First World War.
	Persons attending the funeral from a distance included Mr. and Mrs. 
Millard Thompson, Tress Ferber, Doll Brown, Mrs. Iverson and Claude, Loyal 
Larson of Vermillion. Mrs. Fred Ritter and Harry of Spencer, SD., Mr. and Mrs. 
Jess Gregg Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Merle Gregg of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Rex 
Gregg, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gregg of Colorado, Mrs. Rex Ritter and Eldon 
Gregg of Lincoln.

JANUARY 1959  CEDAR COUNTY NEWS