THE OBITUARY OF

Lyle Deffenbaugh


Bury Deffenbaugh at Military Shrine

Funeral services with full military honors for Lt. Col. Lyle Deffenbaugh, son of Mrs. J.E. Deffenbaugh, 828 Avenue A, were held Monday afternoon at the Iowa Military Cemetery at Keokuk.

Mrs. J.E. Deffenbaugh and Mrs. Helen Deffenbaugh of Omaha, his widow, attended the service. Lt. Col. Deffenbaugh was killed May 28, 1944, in Italy. He commanded an armoured infantry battalion and saw service in Africa. His military career started at Abraham Lincoln High School, where he was named cadet colonel in 1928 by the ROTC unit.

[Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Published August 17, 1948, submitted by Ann]

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