Geo. Lantry, 70, Is Dead

Blaire Died Of Heart Attack At Farm Home East Of Blair Bridge

George Lantry, 70, former Blairite and well-known here, was found dead outside his home east of the Blair bridge in Harrison County, Ia., Tuesday morning. Victim of heart disease for several years, Mr. Lantry apparently collapsed as he left his car and walked toward his house. The body was found on the front doorstep.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Campbell Mortuary here, the Rev. Sidney L. McCaig of the First Methodist Church officiating and interment will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Mr. Lantry was born in Pennsylvania Dec. 25, 1875.

He is survived by three sons, George Lantry, Jr. of Blair, Charles of Omaha and Gerald of Detroit, Mich. There are two daughters, Mrs. Elsie Fair of Omaha and Stella in Los Angeles.

#2-10 Oct., 1946 - The Enterprise

GEORGE LANTRY RITES FRIDAY

George Lantry, residing west of Missouri Valley in Iowa, died Sept. 30, 1946 of heart trouble. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut December 25, 1875, and the family moved to Blair when he was but a small boy. Here he grew to manhood and attended the Blair schools.

Five children are left to mourn him: Mrs. Stella Van Sant of Los Angeles; Chas. of Omaha; George, Jr. of Blair; Elsie Fair of Omaha and Gerald of Detroit, Michigan.

George had been a farmer all his life and owned his own farm on which he lived.

Funeral services were held in Blair last Friday at 2 pm. under the auspices of the Campbell Mortuary, and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

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

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