obituary-s Category

The body of Pfc. Mike Sergo came home from the wars last night, arriving in Wautoma on the 8:40 train with a military escort. Pfc. Sergo (Mike to his friends) was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Sergo of Lohrville. Mike would have been pleased last night if he could have seen his veteran […]

Corp. Edward J. Shanahan II, 20, a former Hirsch High School football player, was killed in action on July 28 [1944] while fighting with the Marines on Guam, it has been learned by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Shanahan II, 8823 Bennett Ave.

Details of the deaths of the Selby brothers have come to their mother, Mrs. Leta Selby, of 211 McKee Street, in the form of letters from officers and buddies alike, within the last few days, but the following are the most complete. Both boys died in the South Seas. Dear Mrs. Selby, Your son, Bob, […]

Bound Brook—Funeral services for Pvt. Joseph Sheridan, a native of Somerset County, who was killed July 26, 1944, while fighting with the Fourth Marine Regiment on the island of Guam, will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Conroy Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Church when a Requiem Mass will […]

Pfc. Gerald Steward, age 20 years. Killed at Guam, July 25, 1944. 132 N. 40th St., Council Bluffs, Ia. Survived by father, Arlie Steward, Council Bluffs, Ia.; Ethel B. Kotroczo, Omaha; 3 brothers, S1/c Arlin, San Francisco, Cal.; S1/c Robert, San Diego, Cal.; Eugene of Council Bluffs, Ia; 1 sister, Mrs. Arlene Burns, Highland, Cal.; […]

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. […]

Sgt. Frank S. Swetland, 28, husband of Mrs. Robbye Rainey Swetland, 106 Park Circle, has died [July 24, 1944] of wounds received in action in the Pacific, his wife was notified yesterday. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Swetland, 5104 Delaware Avenue, Sergeant Swetland was a native of Nashville and a graduate of […]

WASHINGTON—(AP)—The Navy Department today included the names of 11 Michigan men—six dead, three wounded and two missing—in an announcement of 247 casualties of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel. The entire list included 80 dead, 151 wounded and 16 missing. The Michigan dead [July 21, 1944]: Sergt. Francis S. Scheffer, Marine Corps, South Lyon.

The body of Marine Corp. William F. Schulz, Jr., who was killed in action July 21, 1944, on Guam, will arrive Wednesday morning for services in the Hill & Fredericks Chapel at 3 p.m. Thursday, followed by burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Upon arrival in Davenport, the body will be taken to the home of […]

Pfc. Charles Irvin Simmers 20, USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Simmers, Waynesboro, R. R. 3, has been killed in action [July 21, 1944] in the Southwest Pacific, according to a telegram to the parents from the Marine Corps. The telegram did not divulge the date of the young Marine’s death nor indicate […]