Oliver R. DeMuth, a native of Toulon, Ill., who came to Adams county in 1883, died Tuesday at his farm home in the Ayr community where he had resided since 1915. He was 101 years old in April of this year.
He owned and resided on a number of farms in Adams county before moving to the present DeMuth farm home just south of the Blue River. In his earlier career he owned land in western Nebraska, North Dakota, Illinois, Colorado and Oregon and traveled extensively west of the Mississippi River.
His remark to a friend was characteristic of the Adams county pioneer: "I have traveled thousands of miles trying to find a place better than Nebraska, and I always came back here."
PIONEER TRAVELER
DeMuth's pioneering also encompassed transportation, and he owned one of the first automobiles in the Hastings area, and was among the first commercial airplane passengers in the country, making a trip by air to California in 1929. On one occasion he recalled that he had traveled by just about every means but with a team of oxen.
A farmer, a cattleman, a booster for his community and his state, he enjoyed wide acquaintance through more than 100 years of living.
Among DeMuth's major interests was the Blue Valley cemetery northeast of Ayr, to the development and beautification of which he devoted many years, and was instrumental in establishment of a permanent care fund for the site to which he gave it its name.
SURVIVORS
He leaves his wife Sophia; a son and daughters, Joseph DeMuth and Miss Jennie DeMuth of Ayr, Mrs. Earl Hunter of Hastings and Mrs. Lyman Fulkerson of St. Joseph, Mo., and four grandchildren.
Private services will be held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the graveside in Blue Valley cemetery with Dr. Fay C. Mills, pastor of the First Methodist Church of which DeMuth was a member, officiating. The Brand-Wilson Mortuary is in charge.
The family has suggested that memorials in his honor may be given to the Memorial Fund of the First Methodist Church.
HDT 5 Oct 1965 pg 11
He owned and resided on a number of farms in Adams county before moving to the present DeMuth farm home just south of the Blue River. In his earlier career he owned land in western Nebraska, North Dakota, Illinois, Colorado and Oregon and traveled extensively west of the Mississippi River.
His remark to a friend was characteristic of the Adams county pioneer: "I have traveled thousands of miles trying to find a place better than Nebraska, and I always came back here."
PIONEER TRAVELER
DeMuth's pioneering also encompassed transportation, and he owned one of the first automobiles in the Hastings area, and was among the first commercial airplane passengers in the country, making a trip by air to California in 1929. On one occasion he recalled that he had traveled by just about every means but with a team of oxen.
A farmer, a cattleman, a booster for his community and his state, he enjoyed wide acquaintance through more than 100 years of living.
Among DeMuth's major interests was the Blue Valley cemetery northeast of Ayr, to the development and beautification of which he devoted many years, and was instrumental in establishment of a permanent care fund for the site to which he gave it its name.
SURVIVORS
He leaves his wife Sophia; a son and daughters, Joseph DeMuth and Miss Jennie DeMuth of Ayr, Mrs. Earl Hunter of Hastings and Mrs. Lyman Fulkerson of St. Joseph, Mo., and four grandchildren.
Private services will be held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the graveside in Blue Valley cemetery with Dr. Fay C. Mills, pastor of the First Methodist Church of which DeMuth was a member, officiating. The Brand-Wilson Mortuary is in charge.
The family has suggested that memorials in his honor may be given to the Memorial Fund of the First Methodist Church.
HDT 5 Oct 1965 pg 11
Oliver R. DeMuth, a native of Toulon, Ill., who came to Adams county in 1883, died Tuesday at his farm home in the Ayr community where he had resided since 1915. He was 101 years old in April of this year.
He owned and resided on a number of farms in Adams county before moving to the present DeMuth farm home just south of the Blue River. In his earlier career he owned land in western Nebraska, North Dakota, Illinois, Colorado and Oregon and traveled extensively west of the Mississippi River.
His remark to a friend was characteristic of the Adams county pioneer: "I have traveled thousands of miles trying to find a place better than Nebraska, and I always came back here."
PIONEER TRAVELER
DeMuth's pioneering also encompassed transportation, and he owned one of the first automobiles in the Hastings area, and was among the first commercial airplane passengers in the country, making a trip by air to California in 1929. On one occasion he recalled that he had traveled by just about every means but with a team of oxen.
A farmer, a cattleman, a booster for his community and his state, he enjoyed wide acquaintance through more than 100 years of living.
Among DeMuth's major interests was the Blue Valley cemetery northeast of Ayr, to the development and beautification of which he devoted many years, and was instrumental in establishment of a permanent care fund for the site to which he gave it its name.
SURVIVORS
He leaves his wife Sophia; a son and daughters, Joseph DeMuth and Miss Jennie DeMuth of Ayr, Mrs. Earl Hunter of Hastings and Mrs. Lyman Fulkerson of St. Joseph, Mo., and four grandchildren.
Private services will be held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the graveside in Blue Valley cemetery with Dr. Fay C. Mills, pastor of the First Methodist Church of which DeMuth was a member, officiating. The Brand-Wilson Mortuary is in charge.
The family has suggested that memorials in his honor may be given to the Memorial Fund of the First Methodist Church.
HDT 5 Oct 1965 pg 11
He owned and resided on a number of farms in Adams county before moving to the present DeMuth farm home just south of the Blue River. In his earlier career he owned land in western Nebraska, North Dakota, Illinois, Colorado and Oregon and traveled extensively west of the Mississippi River.
His remark to a friend was characteristic of the Adams county pioneer: "I have traveled thousands of miles trying to find a place better than Nebraska, and I always came back here."
PIONEER TRAVELER
DeMuth's pioneering also encompassed transportation, and he owned one of the first automobiles in the Hastings area, and was among the first commercial airplane passengers in the country, making a trip by air to California in 1929. On one occasion he recalled that he had traveled by just about every means but with a team of oxen.
A farmer, a cattleman, a booster for his community and his state, he enjoyed wide acquaintance through more than 100 years of living.
Among DeMuth's major interests was the Blue Valley cemetery northeast of Ayr, to the development and beautification of which he devoted many years, and was instrumental in establishment of a permanent care fund for the site to which he gave it its name.
SURVIVORS
He leaves his wife Sophia; a son and daughters, Joseph DeMuth and Miss Jennie DeMuth of Ayr, Mrs. Earl Hunter of Hastings and Mrs. Lyman Fulkerson of St. Joseph, Mo., and four grandchildren.
Private services will be held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the graveside in Blue Valley cemetery with Dr. Fay C. Mills, pastor of the First Methodist Church of which DeMuth was a member, officiating. The Brand-Wilson Mortuary is in charge.
The family has suggested that memorials in his honor may be given to the Memorial Fund of the First Methodist Church.
HDT 5 Oct 1965 pg 11
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