CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF ROBERT CHARLES PUNTNEY

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Puntney Rites Held Monday
Died in Sioux City Hospital December 29  [1954]
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	Funeral Services were held for Robert Charles Puntney, 37, at 
the First Congregational church Monday afternoon.  Rev. Arden Wild officiated.
	Mr. Puntney died at St. Joseph's hospital in sioux City December 29 
from injuries received in an auto accident December 26 northeast of here on 
Highway 12.
	Mr. Puntney was born in the East Bow community August 12, 1917, the son 
of Willie Bennett and Julia Puntney.  Puntney lived in Hartington most of his life.  
He enetered the US Army February 10, 1941 and was discharged Ocotber 19, 1945.
	He married Viola Margaret Woodard in Hartington May 24, 1943.  He farmed 
until 1953 when he moved into town.  He was employed by the Nebraska Department of 
Roads and Irrigation.
	He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Judy Ann, 10, and Denise Marie, 
5,; six brothers, Edward, Floyd and William of Laurel; Ralph of Randolph, and Raymond 
and Wendell of Hartington; three sisters, Mrs. Lucille Heitman of Belden, Mrs. Helen 
Vock of Coleridge and Miss Viola Puntney of John Day, Ore.
	Military rites were conducted at graveside by the Hartington V.F.W. and the 
American Legion.
	Members of the V.F.W. military escort were Vernon Meyerott, squad commander; 
Maurice Gardner, bugler; Joseph and Marvin Noecker, color bearers; Eugene Christensen a
nd Floyd Christensen, color guards; and Joseph Desmont, Wendell Haahr and James Sterling.
	The American Legion escort included Olof Klanderud, F.W. Spangenberg, Clarence 
Truhlar and Frank Schaffer, Sr.
	Pallbearers were Harvey Lentz, Herman Schrieber, Elmer Christensen, Alphonse 
Riibe, Ervin Ebsen and Harold Hansen.  Burial was in the Hartington cemetery under the 
direction of the Smith Funeral Home.

JANUARY 1955   CEDAR COUNTY NEWS