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Cedar Valley Daily Times; 17 Oct. 1941
URBANA WOMAN DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE
Ione Casner Aurner
Urbana, Oct 17. Funeral services for Mrs. Oscar Aurner of Urbana who died at the Vinton city hospital this morning will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Alcorn- Guenther funeral home at Vinton. Burial will be at the cemetery here. Ione Aurner was born here June 1, 1873, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Casner, pioneer residents of Polk township. All of her life was spent in this community. She was a member of the auxiliary of the Walter Meyocks post and of the Helping Hand community club. Surviving are her husband and five children, Mrs. Robert Bruce of Vinton, Mrs. Ervin Johnson and Mrs. A. J. Hurst of Waterloo, Fred of Center Point, and Mrs. Charles Hoffman of Walker. Nine grandchildren, one brother, Frank Casner of Urbana, and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Bell of Waterloo and Mrs. Frank Harrison of Stockton, Calif., also survive.
{Submitter comment: Her parents were Enoch Wilson and Elizabeth Lapp Casner who came to Urbana from PA. Her children were Etta Lucille Bruce, Retha May Johnson, Lela Faye Hurst, Vena Marie Hoffman, and Fred L Aurner. She was preceded in death by a stepson Clifford and a son Clarence.}
Cedar Rapids Gazette; 8 Sep 1999
Milllie Maxine Aurner
Millie Maxine Aurner
Millie Maxine Aurner, 83, died Tuesday morning, SKept. 7, 1999, in Virginia Gay Annex, Vinton, following a short illness. Celebration of Life service: 1 p.m. Friday, Toddville Free Methodist Church, by the Rev. Del Bear. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Murdoch Funeral Home, Center Point. Burial: Urbana Cemetery, Urbana. Survivors include three daughters, Joyce Schultz and husband Lyle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Freda Cook and husband Bill of Central City and Beth Seltrecht and husband Dave of Center Point. Also surviving are nine grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; two great- grandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Gary "Bud" Railsback of Palo. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; five sisters, Esther Niemeir, Ruth Nissen, Dorothy Thomas, Helen Railsback and Marguerite Musil; and an infant brother, Kenneth. Born Aug. 29, 1916, in Fairfax, Iowa, to Elmer and Alice Meakins Dodge, she married Fred L Aurner on Feb. 2, 1935, in Burlington. He died Oct. 25, 1964. For 22 years, she was a cook in restaurants in Center Point. She was an active member of the Free Methodist Church and Center Point Senior Citizens Group. She was also a member of WMS Missionary Society and Open Arms and was a delegate to the annual church conference for many years. Her unique talents and wonderful sense of humor will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
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