Arthur Ilo Myhre 1901-1974

MYHRE, WARNER, SKOR, KIDDER, CORBIN, MORISON, BLACK

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 6/5/2013 at 23:54:28

Former Graettinger Man Dies
Cedar Rapids – Arthur I. [Ilo] Myhre died April 4 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.

He was born May 28, 1901 at Graettinger, son of Martin and Mathilda Skor Myhre. He graduated from the Graettinger High School and St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minn. He married Margaret Warner in June 1928 at Clarinda.

They made their home in the Chicago area for the first few years as Mr. Myhre was employed as an engineer at Western Electric. Later they moved to Iowa. He was superintendent in charge of Materials Inspection for the Iowa Highway Commission of the S.E. Iowa area until his retirement. Their home is at 2166 C. St. S.W. Cedar Rapids.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister Mrs. Merle (Arline) Kidder. He is survived by his wife, one son, Ted Myhre, a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Sandra) Corbin, six grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. James (Dorothy) Morison and Mrs. Robert (Serene) Black.

Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at a Lutheran church in Cedar Rapids, where he has been a very active member, singing in the choir and other activities. He also was active in Senior Citizen affairs in the state of Iowa. His picture was in the Des Moines Register in February.

Burial will be at the Riverside Lutheran Cemetery east of Wallingford, where his parents are buried. Interment at the cemetery is to be about 4 p.m. on Monday, April 8. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, April. 5, 1974)