Milton Clifford Warner was born March 8, 1917, the son of Albert and Bertha (Reisberg) Warner in Thief River Falls, MN. He was raised in Park River, ND where he graduated from the Walsh County Agricultural and Training School. He was a member of the Lettermen's Club, football, track, and captain of the basketball team. He attended college at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. He married Leone Arneson of Fairdale, ND on May 10, 1939. He served in the United States Army entering at Fort Snelling in 1942.
In 1946, Stub and Leone gave birth to their only child, Catherine "Cathy". They resided in Grafton until moving to Grand Forks in 1981. He was an active member of the Masonic Lodge in Grafton and the Kem Shrine in Grand Forks.
Stub was nationally recognized in the potato industry. He worked as a State Seed Inspector for the North Dakota State Seed Department for eight years. In 1947, he joined the L. E. Tibert Company where he was a potato broker for 36 years until he retired in 1983. Stub was instrumental in developing and bringing the Kennebec potato variety to the Red River Valley. In 1986, following his retirement, the National Agriculture Department sent him to Honduras to teach them how to use their soil to raise strong potato crops. The people of Honduras thanked him with a parade in his honor.
Stub was an active golfer and made a hole-in-one on Ray Richards Golf Course in 1991. Stub loved spending time with his family and grandchildren and wintering in Gulf Shores, AL. He was preceded in death by his wife Leone; parents, and sister, Eunice and brother, Bartley.
He is survived by his daughter, Cathy (Lambert) Svir, Grand Forks, ND; granddaughters, Trina Scholler, Priscilla Wagner and Caye Wagner and his beloved companion, Rosemary Arneson, all of Grand Forks, ND. He also was survived by eight great-grandchildren; Marquise, Bryan and Justine Scholler; Callie and Keaton Hjelmstad; and Andre, Xavier, and Jamaree Smith.
Milton Clifford Warner was born March 8, 1917, the son of Albert and Bertha (Reisberg) Warner in Thief River Falls, MN. He was raised in Park River, ND where he graduated from the Walsh County Agricultural and Training School. He was a member of the Lettermen's Club, football, track, and captain of the basketball team. He attended college at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. He married Leone Arneson of Fairdale, ND on May 10, 1939. He served in the United States Army entering at Fort Snelling in 1942.
In 1946, Stub and Leone gave birth to their only child, Catherine "Cathy". They resided in Grafton until moving to Grand Forks in 1981. He was an active member of the Masonic Lodge in Grafton and the Kem Shrine in Grand Forks.
Stub was nationally recognized in the potato industry. He worked as a State Seed Inspector for the North Dakota State Seed Department for eight years. In 1947, he joined the L. E. Tibert Company where he was a potato broker for 36 years until he retired in 1983. Stub was instrumental in developing and bringing the Kennebec potato variety to the Red River Valley. In 1986, following his retirement, the National Agriculture Department sent him to Honduras to teach them how to use their soil to raise strong potato crops. The people of Honduras thanked him with a parade in his honor.
Stub was an active golfer and made a hole-in-one on Ray Richards Golf Course in 1991. Stub loved spending time with his family and grandchildren and wintering in Gulf Shores, AL. He was preceded in death by his wife Leone; parents, and sister, Eunice and brother, Bartley.
He is survived by his daughter, Cathy (Lambert) Svir, Grand Forks, ND; granddaughters, Trina Scholler, Priscilla Wagner and Caye Wagner and his beloved companion, Rosemary Arneson, all of Grand Forks, ND. He also was survived by eight great-grandchildren; Marquise, Bryan and Justine Scholler; Callie and Keaton Hjelmstad; and Andre, Xavier, and Jamaree Smith.
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