Dr. O.W. Wyatt, prominent physician and surgeon, died in his sleep at his home here about 2:30 Tuesday morning February 3, 1942. He would have been 62 in March.

Dr. Wyatt, who had suffered a heart ailment for some time, had been quite ill the past two weeks. He had not been able to go to his offices for the last four months.

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning with Rev. F.C. Aldrich, minister of the Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will the in the Manning cemetery and pallbearers will be Dr. V. R. Anderson, R.G. Sutherland, P.H. Jones, E.E. Breckenridge, Julius Wehrmann, L.L. Hockett, members of Manual Lodge, No. 450, A.F. & A.M. There will be a Knights Templar escort. C.M. Johnson will sing, "Lead Kindly Light," accompanied by Mrs. Henry Hagedorn.

Dr. Wyatt, founder and owner of the Wyatt Memorial Hospital, had practiced medicine here for 31 years, having specialized in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat. His son, Dr. Merlin R. Wyatt, has been associated with him since February 1, 1930.

Dr. Wyatt was born on a farm near Nevada, Story County, Iowa, March 11, 1880, a son of William and Anna Ellen Boston Wyatt.

He received his elementary education in the schools of Sheridan County and David City, Nebraska.
He was graduated with a B.A. degree from Nebraska Wesleyan College, at Lincoln. In 1901 he received his B.S. degree from the University of Nebraska, and two years later, his M.D. degree from the University College of Medicine in Omaha. During 1909 and 1910 he served an internship in the Methodist Hospital in Omaha.

In 1910 he came to Manning with his younger brother, the late Dr. Merlin Boston Wyatt and formed a partnership for the practice of medicine, buying out the practice of Dr. A.K. Resner. They were first located in the Lewis-Reinhold block and later in the Schelldorf building.

This partnership continued Dr. M.B. Wyatt's death October 22, 1918, during the flu epidemic.
Dr. Wyatt then practiced medicine alone until 1930, when his son, Dr. Merlin R. Wyatt, joined him.
In 1926 Dr. Wyatt built the Wyatt Memorial Hospital as a memorial to his brother, Dr. Merlin B. Wyatt.

He was a member of the Iowa; State Medical Society and the Carroll County Medical Society. He belonged to the radiological Society of North America. He was formerly health physician here.

A leader in civic affairs, Dr. Wyatt had served as president of the Manning Chamber of Commerce and had headed the committee at the time of the Golden jubilee celebration here in 1931. He was a past member of the town council.
At the time of his death he was a director of the Manning Municipal Light plant.

Dr. Wyatt had joined the Baptist Church at David City, Nebr., and attended the Methodist Church here. Fraternally he was a member of Azgad Commandery No. 63, Knights Templar, which he headed as eminent commander in 1941, and Copestone Chapter and Cryptic Council of Carroll; Manual Lodge, AF & AM of Manning, which he had served as worshipful master, and the local Eastern Star Chapter, of which he was a past patron. He also belonged to the Shrine.

Active in politics, he had served as chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Carroll County.

On July 5, 1904, Dr. Wyatt was married at Lincoln, Nebr. to Miss Edna Smith, who survives. He also leaves two sons and three daughters, Dr. Merlin R. Wyatt, Lester O. Wyatt, Mrs. A.W. Martens (Clara), all of Manning; Mrs. Ray Rinderhagen (Vera) of Provo, Utah; and Edna Louise Wyatt, who teaches in the Sioux City schools.

He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Anna Ellen Wyatt, and six grandchildren. His father died May 19, 1925.
Dr. Wyatt's body was taken to the home Wednesday to remain until the time of the services.