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Funeral at Early Sunday. - Other News Items From Early.

(Mrs. G. W. Hamm)

  Early - Funeral services were held Sunday at 1:30 p. m. at the Methodist Episcopal church of Early for George Edward Armogast, a well known old resident of Sac county. The services were in charge of Rev. W. N. Baker, pastor, and burial was made in the Early Union cemetery under the direction of a Girard, Kansas, funeral home.
  The pallbearers were well known friends of the deceased, namely: Wesley Hirons, Ed Marvin, Beryl Baker, Arba Marquess, Harold Pullen and Charles DeGarmo. Appropriate music was furnished by Arla Wadsley and Jeanette Hiersche, with Mrs. Charlotte McDermitt pianist.
  Mr. Armogast was born at Milan, Ill., Feb. 18, 1870, and died July 22, 1938, aged 68 years 5 months and 4 days. He is the last survivor of the Armogast family. The parents and three brothers proceeding him in death a number of years ago.
  He came here when he was a young man of 16 and made this his home at intervals for a number of years, where he engaged in farming.
  In 1892 he was united in marriage to Alice E. Thorpe, and to this union five boys and one girl were born. One boy died in infancy. Mrs. Armogast died February 1911. The living children by this union are Clair and Frank of Liberty, Mo., Ed of Farlington, Kas., Walter of Dows, and Mrs. Del Wolford of Early.
  In 1914 he was married to Bertha May Cornell and to this union three children were born, Deward and Peter of Kansas City and Lawrence of Liberty, Mo. His wife died in 1923.
  Mr. Armogast's illness began five years ago when he suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he never fully recovered. Numerous strokes since affected his already weakened condition and for some time of late he has been helpless, and has been confined to his bed since August a year ago, at his son's home, and where his death occurred.
  Relatives and friends from away who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armogast, Claire and Lawrence Armogast, Liberty, Mo.; Deward and Peter Armogast, Kansas City; Ed Armogast, Farlington, Kan.; Walter Armogast, Dow; Eunice Corness, Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thorpe and son Dick, Storm Lake; Wilbur Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Love, Sac City; Aubrey Sanders, Nemaha; Betty Cornell, Auburn, Everett Vanscoy, Auburn; Mr. and Charles Wolford and daughter Anna Marie and Miss Lusher of Newell.
(July 1938)