Warner, Chandos Claude – 1902-1937

CORRY, LEWIS, ROSS, ROUSH, WARNER

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:40

C. C. Warner Killed by Falling Tree
Mingo Laborer, in WPA Employ, Dies Instantly
Was Grubbing Out Tree in Rushville Neighborhood North of Kellogg
Tree Caught Him Before He Could Get Away; Working For County in Clearing Out Highway
Chandos C. Warner, 35-year-old WPA worker from Mingo, Ia., was crushed to death beneath a tree fellow workmen were felling about 11 o’clock this morning on the Hugh Adams farm in the Rushville neighborhood north of Kellogg. Dr. E. A. McMurray of Newton, county coroner, said the worker died of a crushed chest soon after he was struck by the tree. No inquest was held.
Mr. Warner was one of a party of several workmen grubbing out brush and trees along a county road to make way for widening of a county road.
When the tree started to fall workmen rushed from the pit which had been dug around the roots, but Mr. Warner was caught by the trunk of the tree before he could get clear of the hole.
The Adams home is located about five miles north of Kellogg.
Mr. Warner, a WPA worker for about 12 months, is survived by his wife and three children. His children are 10, eight and three years old. It was reported here that the body was taken to a Baxter funeral home.
Source: Newton Daily News; Monday, April 19, 1937

To Hold Warner Rites At Baxter
Family Await Word From Relatives Before Completing Funeral Arrangements
[BAXTER, IA – Funeral services for Chandos C. Warner will be held from the Baxter Congregational church Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, relatives said this afternoon. Burial will be in the Bethel cemetery near here.]
BAXTER, IA – Relatives of Chandos C. Warner, Mingo, Ia., WPA worker killed by a falling tree in the Rushville neighborhood north of Kellogg Monday morning, were awaiting word from a sister who lives in Knoxville this morning before completing plans for the funeral service.
The body was at the Boyd Funeral home. Ted Warner, brother of the accident victim, said that the family was awaiting word from his sister, Mrs. Edgar Ross of Knoxville, before announcing plans for the final rites. Services and burial will be held here.
Mr. Warner was instantly killed late Monday morning when a tree about a foot and a-half in diameter he and other WPA workers were grubbing from the Hugh Adams farm fell, crushing him in the pit dug around the roots. He was a native of Jasper county, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Warner.
Born Dec. 2, 1902, on a farm near here, he worked as a farm hand in Jasper county for several years before becoming a WPA workman about a year ago. His wife, the former Mary Lewis of Mingo, and three children, Francis, 11, Harold, 8, and Donald, 3, his brother, Ted, and four sisters survive. Sisters are Mrs. Art Corry of Collins, Mrs. Edgar Ross of Knoxville, Mrs. Kenneth Roush of Nevada and Iliene Warner of Baxter.
Source: Newton Daily News; Tuesday, April 20, 1937

Warner, Chandos Claude; born: 02 Dec. 1902; in Iowa; died: 19 Apr. 1937; Mother’s maiden name: Belt; Death Cert # H50-0052