Burt E. Harwood Jr. (1900-1935)

HARWOOD, WARREN, WEBER

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Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:42

January 4, 1900 --- December 8, 1935

Obituary --- Burt Harwood, Jr.

The Monitor family is called upon this week to mourn a beloved son, whose passing was not unexpected, but nevertheless a sad wrench on the heart strings.

Burt was nearly 36 years old. In his youth and young manhood he was in fine physical trim, stalwart, energetic and capable, and should have gone far toward realizing his high hopes and ambitions. An inscrutable providence denied him this, but all was not lost, as nearly six years of total invalidism developed many beautiful traits of character, self control, patience and courage, which will long be cherished by those associated with him.

Those bereft by his passing are the wife, to whom he was fondly devoted: his aunt Miss Rilla Harwood, his father and mother, his sister, Mrs. N. J. Weber.

Burt E. Harwood was born in Clarion on January 4, 1900, the son of Burt and Ella Harwood. He attended the local schools, was graduated from high school during the war time in 1918, and that fall enrolled in the Student Army Training camp, (S. A. T. C.) at Iowa State college in Ames. When the Armistice was signed in November he at once entered upon his college course, graduating in 1924 from the electrical engineering department.

Romance flowered during his sojourn at Ames, and he was married on April 12, 1925, to Miss Ruth Ann Warren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Warren of Ames. The marriage ceremony was performed at the Little Brown church near Nashua.

After graduating Burt held positions as manager of light and power plants at Madrid and Seymour, Iowa. He next became associated with the Eastern Minnesota Light and Power company, with headquarters at Pine City, Minn. and continued in this position until his health failed.

A vacation period failed to restore him. Consultation at the Mayo clinic at Rochester revealed that a subtle and incurable malady had fastened itself upon him. Unwilling to be idle, he secured light employment with the State Highway commission, and resided with his young wife for a time at Algona. Becoming bedfast in the summer of 1930, he was removed that fall to Clarion, where his loving wife, his family and many faithful friends have tried to bring him all the comfort and companionship possible. He loved life and clung to it, but the unequal struggle ended Sunday evening, December 8th, after a week of severe illness.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Congregational church, of which Burt was a member. Rev. F. C. Lebert, the pastor conducted the same. Interment was in Clarion Evergreen cemetery.

Out-of-town friends and relatives who were present at the funeral were Mrs. J. F. Warren, Russell Warren, Wm. E. Warren and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Warren and Mrs. Frank Warren, Jr., of Ames; Mrs. Edward Genrlch, Mrs. Henry Becker, Mrs. Frank Thorpe of Algona, V. C. Crosley, Wm. Tweedie and Mrs. Murray Simpson of Webster City: Mr. and Mrs. Gale Berryhill of Livermore, W. H. Jacobs of St. Paul; Mrs. J. G. Kahl and Mrs. Glenn Maxon of Jewell; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Caster of Fort Dodge; and H. W. Barnes and Mrs. M. B. Crabbe of Eagle Grove.

Wright County Monitor --- Clarion, Iowa
December 12, 1935