CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF IRVEN HARRY WARNER

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Wynot - Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from Bethany Lutheran 
Church for Irven Harry Warner, 78, who died at his home here Wednesday, May 7, 
[1952] following a stroke and heart trouble. Rev. C.M. Grindland officiated 
at the service. Pallbearers were Fred Snowe, Frank Snowe, Eldon Gregg, Albert 
Pearson, Melvin Pearson, and Eugene Pearson. Burial was in the Bow Valley 
Cemetery, at Wynot under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home.
      Mr. Warner had been in ill health for about two years but had been 
bedfast since last September. 
      He was born April 8, 1874, near Elk Point, SD, the son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Elias Warner. As a very young child he came with his parents to Nebraska and 
lived east of Newcastle near Iona until he came to Cedar County where he 
farmed seven miles east of Wynot for many years.
      He was married November 6, 1901 to Miss Mae Smith at Ponca, Dixon 
County, NE. They lived on their farm until 1940 when they moved to Wynot, 
where they have since resided. Mr. Warner was a member of the Lutheran Church.
      Survivors include his wife, and one sister, Mrs. Katie Johnson of Sioux 
Falls; also several nieces and nephews.
     Relatives and friends came from a distance attending the funeral included 
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Brown, Harry Sargent and Mrs. Brown of Vermillion, Mr. and 
Mrs. Eugene Pearson of Coleman, SD., Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Pearson of Hendricks, 
MN, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pearson of Elkton, SD., Mrs. Erick Moeller and Mr. and 
Mrs. Wilbur Nord of Pipestone, MN., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ritter of Wood, SD., Mr. 
and Mrs. Barney Pearson and Charles Pearson of Newcastle.

MAY 1952  CEDAR COUNTY NEWS