Kracht-Zimmerman
Sullivan, Ill., December 16 [1918]
Mrs. Emily Kracht, widow of Ben Kracht, Sullivan soldier who was killed in France September 19, was married in Vandalia about a week ago to Charles Zimmerman of that city. She had known of the death of her soldier husband only about a month when she made her second entrance into matrimony. She was the beneficiary of the $16,000 insurance which Ben Kracht carried, but this will now go to an adopted child of the couple, it is said. If this is the case, Mrs. Zimmerman will draw but one month's pay from the government on the policy. [December 16, 1918 - The Mattoon Journal ~ Gazette - Contributed by Bev Dobbins]