Pilot Tribune, Blair, Nebraska, July 30, 1942

Miss Vanola Brunton, 55, veteran of 37 years' service in Blair print shops, died Saturday. She had suffered a heart attack while at work. She and her cousin, the late Miss Cora Stricklett, were familiar for years as a printing team. The funeral was held at the Church of Christ.

Pilot Tribune, Blair, Nebraska, July 30, 1942

Miss Brunton IS Stricken

Veteran of 37 years in Blair prints shops, Miss Vanola Brunton, 55, died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, less than two hours after suffering a heart attack while at the Enterprise office. She died at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Herman Ladwig, 309 East Nebraska Street. For years Miss Brunton and her cousin, Miss Cora Stricklett, was familiar as a printing team and were inseparable outside office hours. Both resided at the Ladwig home. Miss Stricklett, employed at the Pilot Tribune office, died four year ago. Funeral services for Miss Brunton in charge of the Bendorf funeral home were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday at the Christian Church of which she had long been a member. The Rev. Mr. Cohl, pastor of Southside Christian Church of Omaha officiated with Earl Grice, pastor of the local church, singing. Mrs. Frank Stewart played violin sections. Pallbearers were nephews of Miss Brunton. Interment was in the Blair Cemetery.

Miss Brunton, daughter of the late Mr. And Mrs. Taylor Brunton, was born in Blair November 21, 1886 and spent her entire life here. She attended the Blair High School. At the age of eighteen she joined the printing staff of the Pilot owned by late Don C. VanDeuson. When the Pilot and the late editor T. T. Osterman's Tribune were merged and she joined the Pilot Tribune staff as the leinotypist and press operator until transferring to the enterprise staff a number of years ago.

She is survived by four brothers, Palmer of Cruz, California, Clarkson of San Francesco, California, Rufus of Centralia, Washington and William of Craig and three sisters, Mrs. Elsworth Gustin of Centralia, Washington, Mrs. Joe Allen of Blair, and Mrs. Ray McConnell of Bremerton, Washington.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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