Mae Wilmeth received a telegram November 28, saying her brother Rob had passed away that morning. She, in company with her brother Herb and Bessie and Mamie Perry, left for Arkansas, and were joined in Omaha by Howard Griffith, returning home Wednesday afternoon.

Robert Dilbert Griffith was born to Benjamin Franklin and Rebecca Elizabeth August 11, 1874, at Linden, Nebraska, and departed this life November 28, 1953, at his home in Berryville, Arkansas, at the age of 79 years, 3 months and 17 days. He was united in marriage to Minnie Beerman July 5, 1903, and to this union two children were born, Vern and Ruth, both of whom preceded him in death.

He leaves to mourn his passing his wife Minnie; daughter-in-law Margaret Griffith; granddaughter Maxine Williams and great grandson Bobby Williams of Birmingham, Alabama; two brothers, Frank of North Platte and Herbert W. of Cozad; two sisters, Mae Wilmeth of Farnam and Bertha Rowland of Los Angeles; and one half-sister Alice Mackey of Cozad.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Lewis Doss at the Nelson funeral home in Berryville December 1, 1953. Burial in the Farmer cemetery.

The Farnam Press, 14(11):1 Thursday, December 10, 1953