William Henry Palmer, son of William Eliher and Sarah Margaret Palmer, was born July 27, 1887 in Frontier County, Nebraska. He passed away October 14, 1964, at Gothenburg at the age of 77.

On April 6, 1910, he was united in marriage to Emma Louisa Griffis and to this union two children were born.

He was a farmer mostly in Frontier County for over fifty years. In 1955 he retired and moved to Farnam but his interest in farm problems and his convictions that a man should support the community in which he lived continued to the day of his death.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Ruby Evelyn, who died in infancy and by his wife who died in 1959. He is survived by his son Wayne C. Palmer of Washington, D.C.; one brother, Raleigh Palmer of Ogalalla, Nebr., two sisters, Elva, Mrs. Harry Roberts of Englewood, Colo., and Mrs. Sadie Lintz of Ogden, Utah; two grandchildren, Jean, Mrs. Walter E. Yergen and Martin D. Palmer both of Washington D. C. and 1 great granddaughter.