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CE Palmatier, Oldest Pioneer of All, Laid to Rest
Ord Resident Dies After Illness of 10 Days; Friends Mourn
Charles Palmatier, Valley county pioneer and one of the county's eldest and most highly respected citizens, passed away at the Ord Cooperative hospital early June 1st, at the age of 95 years, three months and twenty-three days. His death was the result of a stroke which he suffered May 23. He was born in New York state, at Youngsville, Sullivan county, March 9, 1856.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his beloved wife Ettie, whom he married in 1884; three sons, Marshall of Wilmington, Calif., Edmund of Boise, Ida., and Ellery of Chicago; four daughters, Stella Grindey, Loretta Frazier [sic] and Grace Rowe [sic] of Chicago and Alice [sic] Reed of North Hollywood, Calif.; eleven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, besides his many friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Palmatier came to Nebraska in 1878, homesteaded at Geranium in 1879. He was a mail carrier of the early days, and ran the post office at Geranium for 17 years. Leaving the farm in 1910, he was a resident of Ord until the time of his death. A man of absolute integrity, he will long be remembered by the old friends and neighbors who knew him best.
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CE Palmatier, Oldest Pioneer of All, Laid to Rest
Ord Resident Dies After Illness of 10 Days; Friends Mourn
Charles Palmatier, Valley county pioneer and one of the county's eldest and most highly respected citizens, passed away at the Ord Cooperative hospital early June 1st, at the age of 95 years, three months and twenty-three days. His death was the result of a stroke which he suffered May 23. He was born in New York state, at Youngsville, Sullivan county, March 9, 1856.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his beloved wife Ettie, whom he married in 1884; three sons, Marshall of Wilmington, Calif., Edmund of Boise, Ida., and Ellery of Chicago; four daughters, Stella Grindey, Loretta Frazier [sic] and Grace Rowe [sic] of Chicago and Alice [sic] Reed of North Hollywood, Calif.; eleven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild, besides his many friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Palmatier came to Nebraska in 1878, homesteaded at Geranium in 1879. He was a mail carrier of the early days, and ran the post office at Geranium for 17 years. Leaving the farm in 1910, he was a resident of Ord until the time of his death. A man of absolute integrity, he will long be remembered by the old friends and neighbors who knew him best.
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Family Members
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Chester Arthur "Chet" Palmatier
1885–1933
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Marshall Jarvis "Mike" Palmatier
1889–1959
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Edmund Ernest Palmatier
1892–1973
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Arvilla Lauraka Palmatier
1896–1896
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Hazel Dell Palmatier
1899–1916
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Clara Etta Palmatier Bartley
1901–1929
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Alyce Adilyn Palmatier Reed
1903–1995
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Theodore Roosevelt Palmatier
1904–1905
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Mabel Lillian Palmatier
1908–1924
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Ellery Leroy Palmatier
1912–1974
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