Charles Granville Dorn1 
M, (2 May 1887 - 26 March 1968)
- Relationship
- 8th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
Charles Granville Dorn was born on 2 May 1887 at Carl Junction, Jasper County, Missouri.1 He was the son of George Franklin Washington Dorn and Barbara Ellen VanBebber.1 Charles Granville Dorn married, at age 22, Mary Lulu Swager, age 19 on Thursday, 20 January 1910. Charles Granville Dorn died on 26 March 1968 at age 80 years, 10 months and 24 days.1 He was buried in the Tekamah Cemetery, located in Burt County, Nebraska.
SERVICES FRIDAY FOR AREA RESIDENT
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Tekamah on March 29 for Charlie Dorn. He died suddenly March 26 at his home in Tekamah.
The Rev. John Akers officiated at the services.
Mr. Dorn was born in Carl Junction, Mo., on May 3, 1888. His parents were George and Barbara Dorn and he was the second son in a family of six. He grew to manhood in the Carl Junction area.
On January 20, 1910, he was married to Mary Swager. They had three children. In July of 1917 the family moved to a farm east of Tekamah and in 1940 they moved to Tekamah.
He had been employed at a number of Tekamah business places.
A daughter, Mrs. Almeda Hawkins, preceded him in death in January, 1968.
He is survived by his wife; a son, Granville of Tekamah; a daughter, Mrs. Ralph Edson of Omaha; sister, Edythe Frye of San Diego, Calif., eight grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J. W. Muhs, Dale Ray, Robert Mayberry, Elmer Sheets, Don Howard and Floyd Burrell.
Honorary pallbearers were Carl Carlson, Dean Anderson, Elmer Georgeson, Louis Petersen, Cliftus Anderson and Henry Georgeson.
Burial was in the Tekamah Cemetery.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Donna Hawkins, comp., 'Obituaries - Services Friday for Amera Resident,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 12 (October 2001), pp. 11-12.
SERVICES FRIDAY FOR AREA RESIDENT
Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Tekamah on March 29 for Charlie Dorn. He died suddenly March 26 at his home in Tekamah.
The Rev. John Akers officiated at the services.
Mr. Dorn was born in Carl Junction, Mo., on May 3, 1888. His parents were George and Barbara Dorn and he was the second son in a family of six. He grew to manhood in the Carl Junction area.
On January 20, 1910, he was married to Mary Swager. They had three children. In July of 1917 the family moved to a farm east of Tekamah and in 1940 they moved to Tekamah.
He had been employed at a number of Tekamah business places.
A daughter, Mrs. Almeda Hawkins, preceded him in death in January, 1968.
He is survived by his wife; a son, Granville of Tekamah; a daughter, Mrs. Ralph Edson of Omaha; sister, Edythe Frye of San Diego, Calif., eight grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were J. W. Muhs, Dale Ray, Robert Mayberry, Elmer Sheets, Don Howard and Floyd Burrell.
Honorary pallbearers were Carl Carlson, Dean Anderson, Elmer Georgeson, Louis Petersen, Cliftus Anderson and Henry Georgeson.
Burial was in the Tekamah Cemetery.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Donna Hawkins, comp., 'Obituaries - Services Friday for Amera Resident,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 12 (October 2001), pp. 11-12.
Children of Charles Granville Dorn and Mary Lulu Swager
- Almeda Catherine Dorn+ (17 Feb 1909 - 12 Jan 1968)
- Granville Dorn (c 1912 - )
- [—?—] Dorn (c 1915 - )
Last Edited=18 Jul 2011
Citations
- [S2148] Beverly Junge Cline, Beverly Junge Cline Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16269663/ (Richmond, Virginia: page last updated 2011) viewed on 17 July 2011.