Funeral service for Lyman Oscar Warner of Manning will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 28, 2005, at Ohde Funeral Home in Manning.

Mr. Warner, 71, died Sunday, April 24, 2005, at Manning Regional Healthcare Center.

The Rev. Daniel Vogel of Zion Lutheran Church in Manning will officiate the service.

Casket bearers will be Mr. Warner's grandchildren: Bryan Muhlbauer, Brenda Muhlbauer, Adam Warner, Beth Muhlbauer, Bradley Muhlbauer, Shannon Warner, Shane Warner, Kimberly Warner, Jennifer Warner, Brandon Long, and Kayla Miller. Honorary casket bearer will be great-grandchild Hunter Muhlbauer.

Burial will be in Manning Cemetery.

A son of Oscar Martin and Leona Anna Emilie (Monter) Warner, he was born February 18, 1934, on a farm near Holbrook, Nebraska, baptized March 18, 1934, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Arapahoe and confirmed there June 1, 1947. He attended rural school near the Warner family farm and later attended a Lutheran school in Arapahoe before graduating from Holbrook High School in 1951. He then worked as a heavy equipment operator.

He and Darlene Decker were married October 14, 1955. They had five children. The Warners resided south of Holbrook until 1960 when they purchased a home in Holbrook. Mr. Warner continued farming until 1964 when he took a job as district manager for Archer Petroleum Co. This led the family to Culbertson, which was located in the center of his territory. In 1967, he moved the family to Manning and continued with Archer for several years. He then started driving truck, mostly for agricultural businesses. He moved back to Nebraska in 1985 and continued to drive truck there.

Mr. Warner enjoyed planting and caring for flowers. When his health began to fail in 2000, he returned to Manning to be near his children. After a short stay in the hospital in August 2003, he moved to Manning Plaza.

Survivors include five children and their spouses: Paula-and Allen Muhlbauer of Manning, Richard "Rick" arid Vicki Warner of Vail, Kevin and Barbara Warner of Carroll, Michael "Mike" and Joni Warner of Manning and Sheryl Miller and special friend John Koester of Manning; 14 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two brothers: Rodney Warner and wife, Audrey, of Holbrook, Nebraska, and Larry Warner and his wife, Vicky, of Funk, Nebraska; a brother-in-law, Dennis Barnett, Holbrook, Nebraska; two aunts: Viola Monter of Elwood, Nebraska, and Irene Monter of Denver, Colorado; and an uncle, Oscar Ziebell, of Lexington, Nebraska.

Mr. Warner was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Carolyn Barnett; and a grandchild, Shaun Warner.