Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1920 — PIONEER MOTHER CALLED TO REST [ARTICLE]

PIONEER MOTHER CALLED TO REST

MRS. NORMAN WARNER DIED AT SON’S HOME AT 9:30 THIS MORNING. ‘ . ■ \ x - Mrs. Norman Warner, for a period of almost seventy years one of the most highly respected and prominent citizens of Jasper county, peacefully sank to her last rest at the home of her son, Hale, at’9:3o o>’clock this Tuesday morning after an illness of several weeks at the age of eighty-four years, her death resulting from a complication of diseases. Mrs. Warner came from the colof Rensselaer’s very first settlers, her parents having come to this county as early as 1850, and through the suceeding years she saw Rensselaer grow from a mere trading station to the present Ijttle thriving city, she saw the wilderness give way before the progress of white man and the acres upon acres of dense undergrowth converted into productive farm lands and witnessed the passing of the Indian from the land he had so long roamed. Her’s was an interesting career and she played no small part in the progress of the community in which she long dwelt, taking an active part through the long span of years in the social and church life and aiding every worthy enterprise that was for the betterment of the community in which she resided. • Mrs. Warner was the daughter of Daniel Grant, who came to Jasper county in the spring of 1850, and was fourteen years of age at the thne she came to’ Jasper county from Wabash county to make her home. With the exception of a very brief time which was spent',in Montgomery county with her husband, she had made this city her home since that time. The deceased was born in Wabash county, Indiana, May 6, 1836, and on February 24, 1857, her marriage to Norman Warner, of this city, occurred, and for a period of sixty-one years she, and her husband traveled life’s path together, Mr. Warner passing away Septem-. ber 16, 1918. To this union were born three children, all of whom survive her and are residents of this city, Daniel Grant Warner, Norman Hale Warner and Charles Crittenden Warner. One brother, Shelby Grant, of this county, three grandchildren snd twb great grandchildren also survive. » Mrs. Warner was a member of the Church of God*for a great many years and her work and influence in the community were important factors in the development of the church life of „ the community. A kind, loving, generous wife and mother, a friend to all and a power for good in the sphere in which she dwelt, her life stands as an example for others to follow. • The funeral services will be held at the home of her son, Hale, at two-thirty o’clock Thursday afternoon and interment will be made beside the grave of her husband in Weston cemetery.