Prague resident Robert Carl "Short" Warden, 85, died Saturday, February 26, at his home south of Prague.

He was born January 4, 1920, west of Paden to Dan and Ora Baize Warden.

He attended Garden Grove Schools. At 13, he quit school to farm with his father during the depression. In 1939, he joined the Civilian Concentration Corp and worked in a camp near Yuma, Arizona building trails which are still in existence today in the Grand Canyon National Park.

Mr. Warden joined the U.S. Army in October 1941, serving in the Army Air Corps in St. Louis, Missouri, Greensboro, North Carolina and Panama City, Panama.

On October 31, 1942, he married Katherene Suggs at her parents home in Paden.

He was discharged from the Army in December 1945. He bought the family farm in January 1948 and remained there 57 years. He was a farmer, oil field worker , plumber, water well driller and a school custodian.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years in 1997; his parents and twin brothers, who died as infants in 1918.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Doug and Marty Warden of Shawnee; one daughter and son-in-law, Jenny and Jerry Pratka of Prague; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Alfred and Sibble Warden of Shawnee, Raymond and Billie Warden of Eufaula and Russell and Shirley Warden of Muskogee; three sisters and one brother-in-law, Hazel Muzny of Oklahoma City, Ida Molander of Oklahoma City, and Barbara and Dean Lane of Seminole; six grandchildren and spouses, Rob and Pattie Warden of Florissant, Missouri, Jaason and Angie Winchester of Luther, April and Carey Humphrey of Shawnee, Rob and Heather Winchester of Prague, Josh and Carrie Pratka of Prague and Marria and Doug Brydon of Mesquite, Texas; and thirteen great-grandchildren as well as numerous friends.

Service will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 1 at Little Church of Christ with Rusty Dawson officiating.

Burial will folow at Prague Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Prague.