| Since the exact death date was not given, the date of the newspaper article was used. Published in Pilot-Tribune, February 24, 1955
MR. DEMOREST DEAD, AGE 59
SNOW-SHOVELING FATAL TO JOURNAL-STOCKMAN EDITOR, BLAIR NATIVE
Byron P. Demorest, 59, editor of the Omaha Daily Journal-Stockman died unexpectedly at his home Saturday night. He had collapsed after returning to the house from shoveling snow.
Mr. Demorest was born in Blair and lived briefly in Wyoming before going to Omaha in 1908. He joined the Journal-Stockman as a messenger in 1910.
Mr. Demorest’s last public appearance in Washington County was on Feb. 10, when he was in Arlington to speak at a meeting of the Omaha National Farm Loan Association.
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