CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - MORTEN Henry Jr. ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Gary N. Morten ====================================================================== Dakota Republican, November 18, 1920, Page 5 VETERAN ANSWERS FINAL CALL Henry Morten Dies at Home of Daughter in Sioux City on Thursday Morning Last It was a severe shock to the large circle of friends and acquaintances of Henry Morten in this city, and especially to his old G.A.R. comrades, when the word reached Vermillion on last Thursday that he had passed away very suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Olson, at 1621 Summit Ave., Sioux City, at an early hour that morning. It had been but the matter of a few weeks since Mr. and Mrs. Morten had gone to the home of their duaghter at Sioux City after spending the summer in Vermillion, and at that time he appeared to be in the very best of health for a gentleman of his years. Since going to Sioux City, Mr. Morten had been in unusually good health, and he and Mrs. Morten had arranged to go to California to spend the winter, their plan being to leave for the west immediatley after Thanksgiving. Mr. Morten's death was due to a sudden attack of heart failure. Last Thursday morning he left the house to go on an errand to a nearby grocery store. Returning at 8:30 he dropped on the doorstep of the home. Members of the family rushed to his assistance, but he was beyond the possibility of human aid, death having been instantaneous. Henry Morten was a Civil War veteran, and had been a resident of this western country since 1858. He was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1844, and came to America with his parents in 1849, settling in Madison, Wis. In 1858 he removed to Cedar county, Neb., where he resided until 1891, when he removed with his family to Vermillion. This place had ever since been his home up to two years ago when Mr. and Mrs. Morten went to Sioux City to make their home with their daughter, Mrs. Oscar Olson. They still retained their Vermillion property, and were frequent visitors to this city, generally spending the summer months here. Mr. Morten was well known and highly regarded among his circle of more intimate acquaintances here. He was of a quiet, retiring disposition, but of a public spirited nature, and always interested in public matters. He was a member of the G.A.R., and always took great pleasure in meeting with his old comrades on the Civil War days. The remains were brought to Vermillion on Tuesday morning, and were met at the depot by a delegation of his old G.A.R. comrades who escorted the body to the Methodist church where the funeral services were held. The sermon was preached by Rev. Earl Hoon, pastor of the First Methodist church of Sioux City. Beautiful bouquets and wreaths of flowers covered the casket, the sympathetic tributes of friends and loved ones. The burial was in Bluff View cemetery, where the Grand Army had charge of the services at the grave. Left to mourn his loss are his aged wife, a brother, Joseph Morten of Hartington, Neb., a sister, Mrs. Donald McDonald of Vermillion, and five children, Fred Morten of Long Beach, Calif., Henry B. Morten of Hartington, Neb., Dr. C.A. Morten of Laurel, Neb., Mrs. Oscar C. Olson of Sioux City, and Mrs. Paul Wendt of Akron, Ia. And to these sorrowing ones the sympathy of a host of friends and acquaintances is extended in their hour of bereavement." NOTE: the G.A. R. was in charge of his funeral.