Gleo Lee Warner

Gleo was born in Willow Lake, South Dakota. He was one of five brothers born to Letha Arlene Mudgett and Chester Odean Warner.

After high school, he married Carol Kuhns (1962 – 1972). He worked for his father-in-law’s plumbing business, then in 1966 moved to Roseville, California, to work for the Bureau of Reclamation as a Federal Land Surveyor in support of the Auburn Dam Project. He was an avid outdoorsman and was known to pedal 20 miles to and from work, daily. If Gleo wasn’t hiking and camping in the National Forests, he spent his free time snow-skiing in the snowy hills of northern California.

In 1982 he moved to Nebraska with the Bureau in support of the Calamus Reservoir Project. He retired from the government in 1992 with 30 years of Federal Service. Gleo settled in Ord, Nebraska, or what he affectionately called, Ord-America. He came out of retirement to work for the State of Nebraska road department and Ord Housing, working another 20 years.

In Ord, he purchased property, horses, and mules. He was passionate about his horses, long trail rides with his friends, his mules, and also enjoyed a little faster pace and long rides on his motorcycle, making it a tradition to attend the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally with his friends. He also loved snow skiing, hunting and fishing. Gleo was always the kindest man in the room. In Ord, he met and married Joann Duda (2014 – 2024).

He was preceded in death by his parents Letha and Chester Warner, brother Royal, and granddaughter Erin Mara Warner.

Gleo is survived by his sons Kurtis Warner (Cathleen), Brent Warner (Yvonne), and daughter Michele Sanders (Curtis); brothers Gerald Warner (Karen (D)), Milo Warner (Mary), and Gareth Warner; grandchildren Sarah Zetz (Joe), Cody Warner, Jordan Sanders, Ellie Warner, Gabriel Warner, Michael Warner, and Luke Warner.

Gleo spent the last year of his life living in Yuma, Arizona, with Brent, Yvonne, and the family pet, Nixon, where he loved taking rides through Yuma’s farmlands. He captivated his new family and friends with his stories of Sturgis, ski slopes, dam projects, and long trail rides. While in Yuma, he embraced a relationship with Jesus, attended or watched church regularly, and was baptized.

A viewing will be held on Thursday, January 9th, 2025, at Johnson’s Mortuary at 1415 S First Avenue, Yuma, Arizona, at 9:00 a.m., with burial immediately following at Desert Lawn Memorial Park at 11:00 a.m.