Obituary Record

Warren Brunton
Died on 2/1/1930
Buried in Blair Cemetery

Brunton, Warren, 53

Died 1 February 1930

Burial in Blair Cemetery

Published in Enterprise on 6 February 1930

Warren Brunton, well-known in this county, passed away at his home in west Blair, on last Saturday, Feb. 1, following a protracted illness caused by heart trouble.

Deceased was a native of Blair, having been born in Blair, April 26, 1876, and grew to manhood in Blair. He was married to Miss Marian Carter of this city on July 3, 1910. To this union five children were born, three of whom are still living: Mrs. Lucile Herschel Lowe of Arthur, Illinois, and two sons, Carter and Jay, at home.

He was a member of the Christian church and of the Odd Fellows lodge and of the Blair Fire Department.

The funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the Christian church with Rev. Hargett and the Odd Fellow lodge officiating and interment was made in the Blair Cemetery.

Besides the wife and three children, he leaves to mourn him four brothers, Clarkson and Palmer of San Francisco, Calif., Rufus of Centralia, Wash., and Wm. of Craig, Neb., and four sisters, Miss Vanola Brunton, Mrs. Joel Allen and Mrs. Ellsworth Guston of this city, and Mrs. Gladys McConnell of Centralia, Wash.

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Brunton, Warren Norman

Published in Pilot Tribune on 6 February 1930

WARREN BRUNTON BURIED TUESDAY

Warren Norman Brunton was born in Blair April 26, 1876, and died at his home on west Colfax street last Saturday evening. He had been ill with leakage of the heart for about a year. Warren was the oldest of fifteen children born to Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Burton. He was married to Marian Carter in Fremont on July 3, 1901, and to this union five children were born, two of whom died in infancy.

He was engaged in various industry and for the past few years he had conducted a house-moving business. He was an active member of the Blair Fire Department and of the Odd Fellow lodge and had a wide acquaintance of friends all of whom though highly of him.

Surviving him are his bereaved wife; a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Lowe of Arthur, Ill., and two sons, Carter and Jay, both of this city; also four brothers and four sisters, Clarkson and Palmer of San Francisco, Calif., Rufus and Mrs. Gladys McConnell of Centralia, Wash., William of Craig, and Mrs. J.T. Allen, Mrs. E. Gustin and Miss Vanola Brunton of this city.

Funeral services were conducted from the Christian church at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. A. J. Hargett, officiating, after which interment was made in the Blair cemetery. The Odd Fellows had charge of the services at the grave.

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

Find a Grave # 75374359

Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 2/6/1930


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