PAUL COMPTON RITES HELD HERE LAST SATURDAY

Paul Compton, Past Commander of the V.F.W. of Blair, died at noon Thursday of last week in the Methodist Hospital in Omaha where he had been a patient for the past several weeks. Deceased was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Compton on a farm east of Lyons on July 11, 1904. When he grew to manhood he enlisted in the Marines where he served for eight years. He saw service in the tropics and was in active service in the Nicaraguan campaign where the fighting was intense.

It was during his service in the tropics that he picked up a germ which was destined to cause him much suffering, and in the end cause his death. Several operations for this trouble proved to be only temporary aids and each operation left him in worse condition than before.

He was an active member of the local V.F.W. chapter of which he served as commander for three years, and he did his job well. He took a great interest in helping the boys overseas in the present war and through his efforts shipment after shipment of cigarettes were sent to them.

Paul never married, but made his home with his widowed mother. He took a great interest in the home, and his main object seemed to be to make his mother comfortable.

He leaves to mourn him his mother; one sister, Mrs. John Reeh; and two brothers, William of Blair and Clyde in the armed forces.

He was a member of the Episcopal Church, of the Masonic Order of Nevada, Montana, and of the local V.F.W. organization.

Funeral services were conducted at the Episcopal Church last Saturday with Rev. A. J. Smith of the local church officiating, and interment was made in the Blair cemetery under the auspices of the V.F.W. of which he had been an enthusiastic member.

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

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