Obituary Record

Neum Warrick
Died on 11/1/1934
Buried in Blair Cemetery

This obituary is taken from the collection in the Notebook of Long Obituaries. The original newspaper article can be found in the Blair Library, Genealogy Room.

Since the exact death date was not given, the date of the newspaper articles was used.

2 newspaper articles

# 1 - - printed in The Enterprise, November 1, 1934

NEUM WARRICK DIES SUDDENLY TUESDAY

LONG TIME RESIDENT HERE STRICKEN WHILE DRIVING TO BLAIR

Neum Warrick, a farmer living north of Blair, died suddenly Tuesday morning at about 8 o’clock. He was driving his children to Blair to school when just south of the Fackler farm he suddenly collapsed and immediately passed away. The cause of his death is not known. First it was thought that it was heart trouble; later, however, it was discovered that a small safety pin had lodged in his lung. Whether this was the cause will perhaps never be known.

Deceased was born in this county, the son of pioneer parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Warrick. He was reared here and has continuously made this his home. He married Miss Blanche Peck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Peck in 1898 and fourteen living children are left to console the widow.

At his death Mr. Warrick was past fifty-seven years of age. He was considered one of the most successful farmers in the county and held in high respect by his friends and associates.

Those of the immediate family who deeply grieve are Manley, Norman, Mrs. Edith Stewart, Gertrude, Bryan, Margaret, Abraham, Macy, Carol, Willard, Beulah, Opal, Gayle and Heyes and the wifes, all of whom have the greatest sympathy of the community.

Besides the immediate family he leaves four sisters, Mrs. Esther Overmeyer, Boise City, Idaho; Mrs. Lizzie Dixon, of Lincoln; Mrs. Nora Compton and Mrs. Rachael Dixon of this county.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday) at one o’clock from the home and at two o’clock from the Methodist church in Blair and interment will be made in the Blair cemetery.

# 2 - - Pilot-Tribune, November 1, 1934

NEUM WARRICK STRICKEN DEAD AS DRIVING CAR

WELL-KNOWN FARMER WAS VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK EARLY TUESDAY

FUNERAL TO BE HELD FRIDAY AFTERNOON

BORN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN 1877, MR. WARRICK HAD BECOME ONE OF MOST PROMINENT FARMERS IN NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY

Stricken while driving his children to school early Tuesday morning, Neum Warrick, 57, prominent farmer living on the bottom road four miles north of Blair, died of a heart attack. He was able to bring his auto to a stop before death came.

Mr. Warrick’s sudden demise came as a severe blow to his family, friends and many acquaintances over Washington county. A native of the neighborhood in which he resided at the time of his death, Mr. Warrick had achieved an enviable reputation as one of the county’s most progressive farmers.

Born in this county, April 14, 1877, he lived during the early part of his life in the Bench neighborhood, where he received his schooling in the early-day schoolhouse there. He assisted his father with farming operations, and later took up agriculture as his life’s work.

On January 1, 1898, he was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Peck, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Peck, county pioneers, and they moved onto his father’s old farm, where they remained until about ____ years ago, at which time they moved to their present farm.

Surviving besides Mrs. Warrick, are fourteen children: Manley, Norman; Edith Warrick Stewart, Amass, Gertrude, Bryan, Margaret, Abraham, Carol, Willard, Beulah, Opal, Gayle and Hayes. Another son, Gordon, died in infancy. Also left are four sisters: Mrs. John Compton of Blair; Mrs. Rachel Dixon of Arlington; Mrs. Elizabeth Dixon of Lincoln; and Mrs. Esther Overmeyer of Boise, Idaho. Mrs. Overmeyer will be here for funeral services.

The rites will be held Friday afternoon at one o’clock at the Warrick farm home and at 2 o’clock at the Methodist church in Blair, with Rev. T. J. Reese officiating. Interment will be in the Blair cemetery.

(typed as printed in the newspaper. Some variations in spellings and facts occur.)

(Of the fourteen children, two names are in question: Macy (first obituary) and Amass (second obituary), probably the same child, known by two names. )

Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 11/1/1934


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