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Williams County Military News & Obituaries
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The Bryan Press, Bryan, Ohio, May
11, 1944
NOTES FROM THE SERVICE
Pfc. Strobel Helping Evacuate Wounded
Pfc. Robert P. Strobel, formerly of Bryan, is
reported performing one of the most novel jobs on the personnel
officer's classification list with the ninth air force troop carrier
command station in England. Pfc. Strobel is a member of the
Medical Air Evacuation squadron and accompanies the flight nurses
aboard troop carrier C-47's to evacuate sick and wounded frontline
fighters from combat zones.
Pfc. Strobel, the son of Mrs. Dorothy Shoemaker,
458 Evans St., Jonesville, Mich., is a graduate of Bryan high school.
He entered the service June 22, 1942.
Pfc. Michael Thiel, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Thiel of Blakeslee, is home on furlough after being wounded in Italy
last October. He has recently been at Butler, Pa., army
hospital.
S/Sgt. George C. Ray who was wounded in the New
Georgia battle and is at Percy Jones hospital, Battle Creek, Mich.,
visited in the L. C. Betts home Monday.
Jack Ewan of Bryan graduated Tuesday from naval
training school at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., receiving
the rank of radioman third class.
The was department this week officially confirmed
that Lt. Doyle Zimmerman of Montpelier, is missing in action.
Pfc. Joseph Minarik, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alois
Minarik, Stryker, Rt. 1, has been awarded the Army's newest award for
infantrymen, the Combat Infantryman Badge. The medal which is a
silver rifle on a blue field eliptical silver wreath, was awarded for
exemplary conduct in combat. Pfc. Minarik went overseas on May
26, 1942 and has been in the South Pacific.
Technical Sergeant Homer J. Cooley is a
prisoner-of-war in Germany, according to information received by his
mother, Mrs. Alda Cooley of northwest of Bryan. Sergeant Cooley
was reported missing in action after a bombing mission over Europe.
He was a gunner on a bomber of the 8th U.S. air force.
A Purple Heart medal and certificate of merit has
been received from the War department by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson
of Edgerton, whose son Lemuel died in action with the U. S. fleet in
the southwest Pacific, Feb.4, 1942.
Pvt. Bob Timmons, former Bryan grade school
teacher, has graduated from Camp Grant, Ill., medical replacement
training center clerical school.
Staff Sergeant Chas. R. McClure, grandson of Mrs.
Hurcy Purdy of Montpelier, is a prisoner of war in Germany after his
plane was brought down.
Staff Sergeant Woodrow Wirick, a former Bryan
resident has been ill in a London hospital several weeks. His
wife is staying in Toledo.
Nelson F. "Kelcey" Boylan has been
promoted to sergeant. He is a mechanic in the 9th echelon
automotive shop in England.
Pvt. Ted Ihrig has been transferred from Ft.
Benjamin Harrison to Battle Creek, Mich., for basic training in
military police.
Harlan Wineland left Friday for Terminal Island,
Calif., after a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reo Wineland.
Bernice Gunn S 3/c, stationedat Atlanta, Ga., is
spending a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gunn.
Lt. Dewey Johnson, of Edgerton, a physical training
director at Bradl;ey Field, Conn., has been promoted to captain.
A cable has been received from Sgt. Clark Aumend,
formerly of Bryan, stating he has arrived safely overseas.
Pvt. James Dohm of Bryan is in the hospital at Camp
Claiborne, La., with a fractured leg received on a march.
William Buda, 18, Bryan, has graduated from
the Kingman, Ariz., army air force flexible gunnery school.
Pfc. Harry Humbarger is home on furlough, and
expects to return to camp Monday.
Sgt. Dick Westerman arrived home this week on
11-day furlough.
A detachment of Sea Bees of a battalion which
included H. Krohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Krohn of Bryan,
distinquished themselves in combat against the Japs in the invasion of
Bougainville, according to a navy report.
SOLDIERS ADDRESSES
A/S Duane Alexander, 15345179, 2608th A.A.F., Base Unit College
Training (Aircrew), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati 21, Ohio
S/Sgt. Richard C. Bernath, 433 A/A.F. Base Unit, "B"
Squadron, Army Air Field, Chico, Calif.
Pfc. Herbert Alexander, 35284463,Co. D, 1st Bn, 104th Inf. A.P.O. 26,
Ft. Jackson, North Carolina.
Pvt. T.W. Ihrig, A.S.N. 35836990, Bldg. 29-15, D-Co. 30 Bn., M.P.R.T.C.,
Fort Custar, Mich.
Charles A. Levy, 2nd Army Rep'l Depot, 3562nd Ord. Med. Auto Maint.
Co., Tullahoma, Tenn.
Sgt. Denver Strait, H. & S. Co. 14th Inf. A. P. O. 360, Camp
Roberts, Calif.
Pvt.Theron J. Betts, 973083, Pit.507 R.D.M.C.B., San Diego, Calif.
(Submitted by Kate Watson)
The Bryan Times
Thursday, October 2, 1958
Harvey Bowman Rites Saturday
West Unity - Harvey H. Bowman, 63, of Rt. 1, West
Unity, died Wednesday afternoon at his home just north of the
turnpike.
Mr. Bowman, a farmer, was born near Orangeville,
Pa. Aug 22, 1895, but had resided in this area for many years.
He was a member of the West Franklin Methodist Church, the Fulton
County Methodist Mens Brotherhood, and West Unity barbershop quartet
organization. He was a veteran of World War I, having served 10
months in France with the army.
Surviving are his wife, Vera,; two daughters, Mrs.
Orville (Geneva) Rueger, Archbold, and Mrs. Richard (Dorothy) Meier,
Wauseon; six grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sam C. Rupp, Archbold,
and Mrs. Mary King and Mrs. Edward Meier, Swanton; and four brothers,
Frank Bowman of West Unity, the Rev. Clyde Bowman of Lakewood, Orville
Bowman, Findlay, and the Rev. Floyd Bowman, a missionary in Africa.
Services will be conducted at 2 pm Saturday in the
West Franklin Methodist Church with the Rev. E.E. Roberts of Fayette
officiating. Burial will be in the West Franklin Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Hollingshead Funeral Home
in West Unity.
(Submitted by Kate Watson)
The Edgerton Earth
Edgerton, Williams County, Ohio, Friday, July 21, 1916
Death of Lewis Yackee
Lewis Yackee, eldest son of Henry and Sophia
Yackee, and one of the best known residents of Williams county, died
at his home near Edgerton, Thursday, July 13, 1916, aged 72 years, 8
months, and 5 days. He had been ill a long time and his death
was not unexpected.
The funeral services were held at the home
Sunday, July 16, at 2 o'clock, Rev. SW McClelland officiating, and
the remains were interred in the Edgerton cemetery.
Lewis Yackee was born November 8, 1843, on a farm
near Bryan, Ohio, where his youth was spent. Near the close of
the Civil war he enlisted as a volunteer, but served only a few
months.
He was united in marriage to Rachael Heineman,
December 30, 1867, who together with five daughters survives him.
Georgiana, the fourth daughter dying in infancy. Those living
are: Flora, now Mrs. A.J. Schaeffer, of Ida Grove, Iowa; Sophia, now
Mrs. Wm. Schultz, of Toledo; Eugenie, now Mrs. H.J. von Dohren, of
Ida Grove, Iowa; Millie, now Mrs. O.N. Vincent, Dayton, Ohio and
Bertha, of Toledo. Two brothers survive him, August, of
Roberts, Ill., and Christian, of Barberton, Ohio. A sister,
Magdeline, dying years ago, and a brother, Philip, who died last
July, preceding him in death. He also leaves three
grandchildren, Mrs. Geo. D. Lawson, Omaha, Nebr., Miss Helen
Schaeffer, Ida Grove, Iowa, and Miss Doris Daykin, of Dayton, Ohio.
Forty-five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Yackee moved to
Edgerton where, in company with his brothers, he engaged in
blacksmithing and wagon making for some years, later entering other
lines of business.
He was an ardent democrat and for years was one
of the local leaders of that party. He was appointed
postmaster at Edgerton by President Cleveland in the early nineties,
serving in that office for four years.
During his residence of nearly half a century in
Edgerton he made many warm friends, most of whom have preceded him
in death, but many yet remain to mourn his departure.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the many
friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and sympathy
extended during our late bereavement.
Mrs. L. Yackee and Daughters
(Submitted by Kate Watson)
THE EDGERTON EARTH
Thursday, December 2, 1954
Don Siebenaler Dies
Suddenly
Donald M.
Siebenal, who would have observed
his 46th birthday anniversary
Monday, suffered a fatal heart
attack about 8 pm Sunday while
working in the garage at his home
here. Surviving are the
widow, Dorothy, and two daughters,
Julia and Dolores and a son,
Donald at home.
Mr. Siebenaler
served in the Navy in World War
II. The body was taken to
the Krill Funeral Home where
services were held at 2:30 pm
yesterday. Father John H.
Flynn, Pastor of St. Mary's
Catholic Church, officiated.
Interment was in Maple Grove
Cemetery.
SERVICE NEWS
The Bryan Press, May 18, 1944
REPORTER JIM BOUCHER
MISSING IN GERMANY
Bryan Air Force Sergeant
Lost During Bombing Mission 29th
of April
Staff Sgt.
James Russell Boucher, 20, of
Bryan has been reported missing in
action over Germany, according to
a telegram received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S.
Boucher from the war department
Monday.
S/Sgt. Boucher
was a gunner on an American
airforce bomber stationed in
England. He was listed as
missing after a bombing mission
over Germany, April 29. None
of the crew of this bomber
returned. His parents had
received a letter from him dated
April 26.
He graduated
from Bryan high school in 1942.
He was prominent in athletics,
full back on the football team in
track two years. He entered
the army January 29, 1943.
Mr. and Mrs.
Boucher have another son, Robert,
also in the armed services, and
one son and two daughters at home.
Mr. Boucher is employed at the Aro.
The family lives at 416 South
Walnut street.
Bryan Brothers Are
Reunited in England
Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Lovejoy have received
information that two of the three
sons they have in the aremed
services have recently met in
England. They are Sergeant
Jack Lovejoy and Corporal Edward
Lovejoy, who is quartermaster in
the air corps. The third
brother, Pfc. Richard Lovejoy, is
stationed at Reno, Nev.
Sent Helmets Home
Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Eager have received two army
helmets as trophies from their son
Richard Eager, who is in Italy.
One is a German helmet. The
other is the one their son was
wearing when he was wounded
several months ago. A piece
several inches square was torn out
of the front of the helmet.
Dick is now back on duty, and
writes that if that is the way to
get a Purple Heart he doesn't care
for any more.
Yank Falls Into Pillbox
And Captures Germans
Italian Command
Post - An Alice-in-Wonderland
tumble by an American soldier
through the ventilation shaft of a
camouflaged Axis pillbox so
surprised the Germans that the
American single-handedly captured
the entire staff, an American
officer revealed.
The pillbox was
an exceptionally well camouflaged
post fortified with 18-inch
concrete backed with steel
girders. It had withstood
three direct hits and was still
holding up the Allied advance in
the Cassino sector when it was
unexpectedly reduced by one Yank.
NOTES FROM THE SERVICE
First Lieut.
Robert E. Ensign, 22, has been
awarded the Air Medal "For
meritorius achievement in aerial
flight while participating in
sustained operational activities
against the enemy." Lt.
Ensign is a pilot on a B-24
Liberator of the Fifteenth Army
Air Force in Italy. He is
the son of Mrs. Alma Ensign, 447
East Wilson.
Denver H.
Peterson 1/c Seaman, Coast Guard
came home Wednesday accompanied by
his wife of Philadelphia to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.Vermer
Peterson and sister Betty.
They were here for Mother's Day
and attended Baccalaureate at
Stryker, Miss Betty being one of
the graduates. His address
is Amphibian Base, Camp Lejenne,
New River, North Carolina.
Burnell Cox S
1/c has been released form the U.
S. Naval hospital at New River,
North Carolina. He had
scarlet fever. He has two
brothers overseas, S/Sgt, Gaylord
Cox in New Guinea and Cpl. Ervin
Cox in North Africa.
Edgar Allison
A/S returned to Camp Perry, Va.,
Saturday after a 15 day leave with
his wife and children and other
relatives.
Clifford
Blosser of Melbern has been
transfered to Ft. McClellan,
Alabama.
Word from the
European Theatre of Operations
states that Cp. Rex Eschhofen of
Bryan and Pfc. Herbert P. Rockey,
Route 3, Montpelier, are among
members of the United States
anti-aircraft unit, standing guard
over important military
installations in Great Britain,
patiently waiting to get a shot at
Nazi bombers.
Mrs. Charles
Notestine, Ney, received a
cablegram Friday from her son,
Staff Sergeant Delmar Notestine,
reminding her that Sunday was
Mother's Day. S/Sgt.
Notestine has been overseas seven
months, stationed in New Guinea.
In the near future he will attend
another radio school in Australia.
Sgt. Walter F.
Uran has arrived safely overseas.
S/Sgt. George
Griggs of Edon has landed in
England.
(Submitted by Kate Watson)
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