STOWE, MERLE J.

Funeral services for Pfc. Merle John Stowe, 20, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Brailey & Dorrance Mortuary.

Private Stowe was killed July [24], 1944, while serving with the Fourth Marines, first Divisional [Provisional] Brigade in Guam. In the South Pacific for nearly a year, he served at New Guinea and Saipan.

Before entering the service he attended Central Grade School and Tech High School.

Surviving are a son, Larry John, Great Falls, Mont.; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stowe, 1563 North Nineteenth Street; sister, Luan Pospichal, Omaha.

Graveside services will be held at Forest Lawn Cemetery.