The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1922-01-19
WORLD WAR HERO
IS LAID IN TOMB
With Impressive Services Military Flu
neral is Held in Armory for
Warner Lindberg. -
LOST HIS LIFE IN FRANCE
One of Princeton's Sturdy and Re-
spected Young Men Brought
Home From France.

On tuesday AFTERNOON IHdIly peOple
gathered at the armory to pay their
last tribute of respect to the memory
Of Warner Lindberg, Princeton boy
who sacrificed his life in France for
his country's sake. Warmers body ar
rived from France last Friday. The
armory stage was decorated with red
peoples and the standard Of the
American legion, entwined with en-
blems of the American Legion auxil-
larry, added impressiveness to the SOL
emn scene. Rev. Almer conducted the
services and quartet consisting of j..
w. Mossman, B. F. Hall, Mrs. Ed. Mel
son and Mrs. C. H. Nelson, with Mrs.
BENZ. Soule accompanist, rendered
three hymnal selections. The casket
bore many pretty floral tributes. In
his sermon, Rev. Almer said in part:
This occasion reminds us of that
supreme sacrifice when heart was torn
from heart and hardly a home was
found which was not touched when the
call for military service went forth
throughout the length and breadth OF
our beloved land. 1t is true that many
of the boys who went we're spared
and allowed to return to their own
hresides. But one here and one there
was left behind, never to return in this
life to bring cheer and gladness to
those who were waiting at home.
Among those was Warner Lindberg, IN
whose honor we are assembled here
in the last service to him who served
his country so well even unto death"
The body of this hero of the world
war, this boy who put forth every eff
fort to assist his poor widowed moth
err in her struggle to raise a family by
hard work, was conveyed to Oak Knoll
cemetery and there inferred with mill
tary honors, "taps" on the bugle clos
ing the last chapter. The pallbearers
were members of Fremont Woodcock
post, American legion.
Warner Lindberg was born on Aug
ust II, 1898, in Wadena County, Mimi.
With his parents he came to Princeton
in 1901 and made his home in and
around this village until he enrolled in
the army in February, 1918. After a
few months training he was sent, with
his company, to Europe, first to Eng
land, and a little later to France
Shortly thereafter he was ordered to
the front, where he engaged in actual
warfare in several sections. In the
latter part of September, 1918, he was
attacked with influenza and taken te
French hospital. Subsequently
pneumonia asserted itself, and hi
succumbed on October Is of the same
year. At the time of his death he wa:
% years and n months of age. HI
is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lind
berg, Princeton; three brothers, Frank
Washington; Oscar, Fergus Falls; FL
mer, Princeton; and one sister, Mrs
Eichers, Minneapolis.
Warren is but another of those loya
American boys who came back t.
Princeton from France in metalli
casket, his young life sacrificed TO
his country. He was an industriou
young man and the mainstay of hi
poor old mother, but duty called hin
and he went forth without hesitation
to later be cut down by disease in tn
flower of his young manhood. Hi
buddies in Princeton who served wit
him say he was fearless in action o.
the battlefields- no Drawer bo
ever went forth to fight for his coun
try