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OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES Source: THE FIRST CUSTER COUNTY BOY TO GIVE HIS LIFE IN WORLD WAR ONE CLYDE G. SEIVER
This community was deeply shocked on last Sunday by a dispatch from Fort Worden, Washington, announcing the death of Clyde G. Seiver. Clyde enlisted in his country's ser vice November 10, 1917, and chose the wireless-telegraphy branch. He was sent to Fort Logan, Colorado, and made the trip there with Roy Holcomb and Harold Predmore. Later on. the boys became separated and Clyde was sent to Fort Worden, Washington. His father, Guy Seiver, knew nothing of his serious illness until the death telegram came and the shock was therefore a severe one. Just what was the cause of his death is not definitely known, owing to the fact that mail advice now on the way had not reached Broken Bow up to to-day. But pneumonia is thought to be the cause. Later telegrams announce that the body will arrive here Saturday morning and the funeral will be held on Sunday at 2:30 p. m., at the Methodist Church.Clyde G. Seiver was born December 21,1895, at Geneva, Nebraska, and was twenty-two years and two days old at the time of his death. He came to Custer county with his parents when he was two years old. His mother died in July, 1902. Clyde grew to manhood in this city. He graduated from the Broken Bow high school in 1913, after which he taught one year and then took a course in shorthand and typewriting, in the high school. |
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An official report from the adjutant general's
headquarters at Washington early Saturday morning announced that Private
Raymond L. Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ross, of |
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JOSEPH ELWOOD
PALMER The first Custer county boy
to be killed in battle was Joseph Elwood Palmer, a modest, unassuming
youth who possessed all the qualities of heroism and sacrifice. He was in
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PAUL COFFMAN Paul Coffman lies dead in
France. Out on the front line with the American troops in France, Paul
Coffman, a Mason City boy, a soldier of America, lost his life in the line
of duty. Paul Coffman was born
on his home farm north of Mason. City, September 21, 1886, youngest son of
H. T. and Beatrice Coffman. He came to his death while on the front battle
lines with the American forces in France, on September 8, 1918. His body
was tenderly laid away in a village churchyard near where he died, by his
comrades in arms, some of whom were Custer county boys. This paper has never, been called upon to chronicle
a death where its announcement has caused more expressions of grief than
this. When the telegram from the war department brought the sad
news to the widowed mother of the death of her son, a feeling of sadness
never before experienced by the people of this community swept over it;
it.was as if each one had met with the loss of a loved member of the
family. All felt a personal bereavement. Paul Coffman was born and reared
here; everybody knew and liked him. Genial and agreeable among his
associates, honorable Entombed on a foreign soil, in a far-distant land, it is
probable that the eyes of a relative or a friend, other than his comrades
in arms, will never see his burial place, but so long as France lives and
the deeds of valor of the American soldiers who fought for liberty
and freedom on that foreign shore are sung, against the hordes of hell.
Paul Coffman's memory will never perish. He made the supreme sacrifice; no
man could do more. To attempt to beguile the widowed mother of this
brave soldier son from the poignant grief of such an overwhelming loss,
would indeed be vain and futile, did she not have the sweet consolation
that may be found in the gratitude of the people of that country he died
to save and the plaudits of honor which our grateful people shower on real
heroes. She, too, has made a great sacrifice. The widow of an
honored soldier of the Civil war for freedom, and the mother of a slain
soldier in the great war for freedom and liberty to the
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LEWIS H.
ROBERTSON Lewis H. Robertson was born
at Davey,Lancaster county, Nebraska, January 24, 1S88. When he reached the
tender age of three years, in the fall of 1891, he came with the family to
the Black Hills Basin, Custer.county, Nebraska, where he resided until
seven years ago, after which he spent part of his time at Hazard, in
partnership with his brother, Matt. His father died three years after the
family arrived on the Basin, August 5, 1894. Corporal Robertson's premature departure is mourned
by his mother, Mrs. Anna C. Sorensen, and by five brothers and two sisters
Charles E., William C, Fred G., Matt P., Hans A., Mrs. Lydia Stender, and
Mrs. Mary C. Arp. He will also be missed by a host of friends and many
army comrades. The following comrades.
from Hazard who entered the army the same time as Corporal Robertson are:
Ray Hennis, Lawrence Larson, Henry Rasmussen, William Rasmussen, Ernest
Jacobsen, Chris H. Pierson, Earl Ecklev. Joe Horak, Walter Cadwalden,
Henry Pillen. Corporal Robertson entered the army, as an alternate
from Hazard, October 5, 1917. He served at Camp Funston in Company K,
Three
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GUSTAV
ROERICK It is with deep sorrow that
we mourn the death of Private Gustav Roerick in this golden-star service.
He was born at Amherst, Nebraska, March 9, 1S92. When a child he moved
with his mother to the present home, on section 26, township 13, range 17,
Custer county. His father died years ago; his mother, Mrs. Anna Roerick,
remarried and is now known.as Mrs. Hartman. His brother Alfred enlisted
last March at Broken Bow and entered the Coast artillery, at Camp Nickols,
Virginia. When last heard from he was at Camp Upton, New York. A young
brother, Arnold, works the farm. He also leaves two sisters to mourn his
death, Ida and Anna.
eight days. His remains rest somewhere across the sea, on
the blood-drenched soil of our sister republic, France. God comfort and
bless the dear ones who willingly' gave him to his country.
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CLARIS A.
TUCKER Private Claris A. Tucker, of the Merrta neighborhood, died at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Wednesday, the 9th, of Spanish influenza. Private Tucker has been in the service since July 22, 1918, and was in one of the contingents . that left Arnold about that time. He was born in Broken Bow, July 9, 1895, and was raised in this county. He attended school here and later was a student at College View. He was also a member of the Highland Lodge. The body was shipped to Broken Bow Saturday night of that week and taken in charge by W. S. Schneringer. . Funeral services were held at the grave Sunday afternoon at four o'clock and conducted by Rev. W. L. Gaston, of the Baptist church. Interment was made in the Broken Bow cemetery. The deceased soldier was a most exemplary young man and had many friends in the county who will mourn his early demise. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Tucker, one sister, Jennie Louise Tucker, and a brother, Perly Ayers Tucker, all of whom were at the funeral. |
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ORRIE
AMSBERRY Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Amsberry, o£ Ansley, received an official communication Thursday, October 10, stating that their son, Sergeant Orrie Amsberry, had died in a hospital in France, September 22,1918, the cause of death being pneumonia. From previous information received, it was known' that Sergeant Amsberry had been gassed some time during the fore part of August and has been confined to the hospital since then. He was in one of the earlier contingents that left here for Camp Funston in September, 1917, and was sent overseas the following June. He was a member of Company D, Three Hundred and Fifty-fifth Infantry, Eighty-ninth Division. Private Amsberry was born in Mason City, in February, 1893, and made that place his home up to the time of joining the colors. He is survived by his parents, three sisters and two brothers. Deceased was one of the popular young men in.the community and his death is keenly felt by all who knew him. He was a cousin of Paul Coffman, who was recently killed in France, by the accidental explosion of a shell. Memorial services for the deceased soldier will be held in the near future. .
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HENRY E. CAIN Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Cain, of Anselmo, have received an official notification that their son, Private Henry E. Cain, was killed in action September 15. Private Cain was called to the service during; last April and left Broken Bow with the contingent that entrained for Camp Funston on the 27th day of that month. His stay at Camp Funston was of short duration and two months from the day he left Custer county, he was on French soiL Several letters have been received from him by his family, and the last letter was written one month before he met death on the battlefield. Private Henry E. Cain was born at Litchfield, Nebraska, May 7, 1893. He is survived by his parents, one sister and one brother. |
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SAM MILLER Death came to Private. Sam Miller at Camp Grant. Rockford, Illinois, from Spanish influenza, on October 5. He was a resident of Grant township in the southern part of the county and was a son of Mr', and Mrs. Albert Miller. The remains were returned to his home for burial and the funeral took place on October 9th, at Platte Grove cemetery, in Dawson countv. |
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ARTHUR BERG
MAX Arthur Bergman, of Arnold, died at the naval training station of marines at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sunday of last week. The deceased marine was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bergman, and he enlisted last spring, along"with his younger brother, Ralph. He contracted influenza a short time ago and grew steadily worse. His father was notified and hastened to nis bedside, but arrived after he had passed away. Deceased was well known among the young people of Broken Bow. he at one time having been a high-school student here. Funeral services and burial were at Arnold, the body being shipped there the latter part of the week. |
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GLEN
BUCKNER The first of Oconto's boys to
give his life in the service of his country is Glen Buckner, who died of
influenza, Friday of last week, at Camp Dodge, Iowa. His mother and
brother, William, were with him when he died. Deceased was a volunteer and
left for Camp Dodge with last summer's contingent. The body was brought
back to Oconto for burial and funeral services were held there Tuesday
morning of this week, at ten o'clock. Rev. Mr. Dixon, of Callaway, who is
in the service and at present located at Camp Dodge, accompanied the
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LOYD CLOW Private Loyd Clow, of Company
A- Division B, One Hundred and Sixty-third D. B., is another Custer county
boy, who gave up his life in the service of his country. He was a son of
Mrs. Belle Clow, of Halsey, and a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Press Booknau, of
this city. He entered the service last June, from Halsey, and was sent to
Camp Dodge, at which place he died from Spanish influenza, on October 16,
1918. Burial took place at Westerville, in this county, on last Sunday,
services being held at the grave only, conducted by the Methodist minister
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CAGE SAUTER Word was officially received
by relatives at Arnold November 15th, that Private Gage Sauter had died in
France, at Base Hospital No. 30, on October 24th, death resulting from a
severe attack of pneumonia. He was the first Arnold soldier to make the
supreme sacrifice, on foreign soil. The deceased was a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also a beneficiary member of the
Modern Woodmen of America, holding his membership in both orders at
Arnold. Private Sauter was a member of the contingent that left Broken Bow
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ROSCOE RHODES An official report from the
government states that Sergeant Roscoe Rhodes, son of former County Judge
J. R. Rhodes, of Ansley, was killed in action October 25. A letter to
Judge Rhodes from one of his son's companions at the front says that
Roscoe was killed instantly by bursting shrapnel, a piece of the shell
piercing his heart. Sergeant Rhodes was called from Custer county April
28th of this year and went from here to Camp Funston. Twenty-two
days later he was transferred to Camp Mills, Long Island, and on the 16th
day of June he landed in England. He reached the |
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JOHN M. RUDGE
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JEFF ANDREWS . Mrs. Al Owen, of Broken
Bow, received a telegram November 22d, officially announcing the death of
her brother. Jeff Andrews, who was killed in action in France, October 12,
1918. Private Andrews was a former Custer county boy and resided south of
Broken Bow until five years ago, when he went to South Dakota to make his
home. He enlisted at Lelette, South Dakota, in February, 1918, and was
sent to France early in August. His sister had.had no word from him until
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CLYDE
O. THOMAS Official notice was received by Charles W. Thomas, of near Ansley, that his son. Private Clyde O. Thomas, had been killed in action October 23, 1918. Private Thomas was with the first contingent of the draft that left here for Camp Funston, September 22, 1917, and he has been at the front in France since last April. He had just passed his twentieth year at the time of his death. A father, two sisters, and four brothers survive. |
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CHESTER WEBB Private Chester Webb, son of
William Webb, of the East Table, died in France of pneumonia, October 22.
He went with one of the contingents from this county to Camp Funston last
March and during the following June was sent to France. He was twenty-six
years of age. Private Webb was a young man of sterling worth and well
thought of in his community. A short time previous to his departure for
camp he met with a serious accident in one of the elevators at Merna, and
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JAMES X. BURDICK
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ROY IMBODEN Private Roy Imboden, a former
Custer county boy and son of Mr. and Mrs. Cass Imboden, of Gandy,
died at Fort Omaha, December 2, 1918,
of influenza. The body was taken to Arnold for burial. 'The funeral was a
military one and was under the auspices of the Arnold Home Guards. The
deceased soldier left for Camp Dodge last July and was transferred to Fort
Crook, thence to Fort Omaha, where he became a member of the Sixty-first
balloon company. Mr. and Mrs. Imboden were with their son when he
passed away, but were later taken ill themselves with influenza and were
unable to attend the funeral. The deceased is survived by his father and
mother, four sisters, and two brothers. |
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HOMER
M. YATES Private Homer M. Yates, of Whitman, was killed in France during the latter days of fighting. Private Yates was a former resident of Broken Bow and a son of Al Yates, who was for a long time connected with the water plant of this city. He has resided at Whitman for a number of years. |
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HARVEY M.
SLOGGETT The following official telegram was received Tuesday night by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sloggett, who live east of town:
Private Harvey M. Sloggett,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sloggett, was born June 6, 1893, on the old
homestead north of this city. He left Broken Bow with one of the
contingents that, entrained for Camp Funston during September, 1917. He
sailed overseas for France last April and saw considerable service in the
front line trenches. The last letter from him received by his parents was
dated September 28, and in it he
stated he had' been in action and over the top, one of the engagements
lasting nine days and nights. Private Sloggett was well liked by everyone
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RALPH C. LEUI Lieutenant Ralph C. Leui. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leui, of Comstock, was reported in last week's casualty list as killed in action. The young man's parents, up to the latter part of the week, had received no official notice of their son's death, and it isv thought that the notice must have gone to Comstock, South Dakota, as the young man enlisted into the service from that state. Lieutenant Leui enlisted as a first-class private in machine battalion No. 341, and was trained at Camp Funston. He was made corporal before his battalion went to France last May. Further promotions followed until he was finally made a commissioned officer. A letter received from him by his parents dated October 26,. stated that he was doing well. This was his last letter. |
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VANNER A.
GUSTUS Official notice has been received that Private Vanner A. Gustus, of "Callaway, is dead in France, after suffering an attack of pneumonia. Private Gustus was an enlisted man and went through- the training camp at Ashland, later being transferred to Camp Cody. When he arrived in France he was assigned to Company L of the Fifty-ninth Infantry. Fourth Division. He was in many of the battles that mark the campaigns of last summer and was in continuous active service until a short time before his death. He developed pneumonia and was taken to a base hospital. His death occurred October 5, 1918. |
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JOSEPH
BERNERT Another of the fine young patriots of Custer county to fall to an heroic death on the battlefields of France was Joseph Bernert, whos death occurred October 6, 1918. He enlisted October 5, 1917, at the age of t-wenty-six years, and his name and memory shall be held in enduring honor in his home state and nation. He was a son of Felix Bernert, a representative citizen who is individually mentioned in the biographical department of this publication. |
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CUSTER'S MILITARY RECORD It has been impossible to secure a list of all who have gone in the service of the country from Custer county. The boys of the county have been exceedingly prompt to respond to the call to the colors, and there has been no way by which the volunteers can be named. We have been able to procure a partial list of the names, but it is known to be incomplete and does not contain the names of all those who have gone. Accordingly the appended list gives the names of only those of whom we have some record, and it is to be regretted that we cannot give the list in full. It must also be borne in mind that this list closed before the last contingents left. In some instances the going of the men has been anticipated and their names recorded: |
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B. Adams Olof Albers Albert E. Allee Charles S. Allen Warren Alexander Bert Sanford Amos Noel L- Amos Ora B. Amsberry Clarence E. Anderson Lee I. Anderson Walter Lincoln Anderson Wesley J. Anderson Gust A. Anderson Miles Andrew James W. Ankney David L. ApplegarthWilliam G. Armstrong Francis L. Arthur William E. Ash Leroy Ash |
Andrew
N. Gandy |
Bernard
Main William
G. McCreath |
Roland
Samp |
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Andrew
J. Backes |
Irvin
J. Haeberle George C. Hill William
R. Hill |
Carl
Nelson |
Richard
Claris Talbot | |
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Henry
E. Cain |
William
Ingraham James Ingram Horace P. Isaacs |
Charles
Ochtman |
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Guy
Dady |
George
L. Jackson Carl Frederick Jackson John H. Jacobson Olin F. Jacquot Glenn I. Jacquot Harold E. Johnson James C. Johnson Louis J. Juker Floyd E. Junk |
Linn
Paine George C.Paine Fred Palmer Joseph Ellwood Palmer Clarence E. Palmer Lowell Bryan Patterson William E. Paxton George E. Pendleton William D. Pester Peter Peterson Frank Peterson John J. Pirne Victor Post Harvey Pofter Buel F. Porter Charles W. Porter Frank Powell Thomas H. Powers George Duclos Prairie Harold Predmore Priel Jesse Priel ? Clarence I. Province Fred J. Province James David Province Floyd Pulliam |
Garrett
Vanderveen | |
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N. Edmisten Dwight C. Elliott Lloyd D. Elliott Henry O. Engelsgjerd Robert M. Ervin |
John
W. Kelley Commodore W. Kellogg Harold C. Kepler Edmund P. King Lester R. Kister Harry E. Kitch Willie Klatt Charlie Klussman Fred Knight Olvin H. Knudson Henry F. Koch Rudolph M. Kolbo Frank J. Koubek |
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William Wadsworth Carl L. Wagoner Lee Wagner Elmer C. Wait Joe Wanitschke Charlie F. Wantz Robert P. Waters Earl D. Watson Edward R. Weaver Ivan A. Weaver Chester H.Webb Forest E. West Edgar M. Whitehead Glenn N. Whitman Earl L. Widaman James Wimmer John Wilbur Jess L. Willenberg Ralph Willis Ernest H. Wilson Ray Wilson William L. Wolsleben Willie L. Wolfe Linus H. Work Henry C. Wrasse | |
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J. Facemire John Patrick Fagan Walliam E. Faith LeRoy Farmer Orville Farmer Ernest Fellows Levert House Farrell Fred R. Fessenden Charlie Fleider Troy J. Fonda Roy D. Fonda Emmett John Ford George Edward Forbes Wingate M. Foster Max Fountain Reede R. Fox Roy E. Fox John L. Frayne Herman Henry Franzen Charles M. Frederick Cecil A. Freel Harry Frey Clarence E. Fuller Floyd E. Furrow Guy N. Furrow |
Floyd
B. Landreth Ralph E. Lanterman Albert P.Larson Andrew Guy Lash Paul J. Lash Robert P. Leep George O. Leibert John D. Leonard Ivan Lewis Roy H. Lewis Ralph Lewis Carl B. Lind Harrison B. Livermore Ray L. Lockhart Charles O. Lohr John R. Longfellow William R. Lord James L. Lowder George C Lowe Edwin T. Lund Patrick F. Lynch |
Lawrence
Ray Neville L. Radcliff Charles F. Reams Charles J. Redfern Henry R. Reed Calvin Remington Meredith T. Reneau Arthur Glen Reyner Roscoe B. Rhodes John L. Rickell James H. Rigby George G. Riley Roy C. Rinker Merl S. Ritenour George C.Roeder Frank H. Rohde Charles C.Robertson Adli Robertson Raymond R. Robinson William A. Robinson Anthony James Rock Bernard Roelle Alfred Roerick Thornton Romine Raymond L. Ross Sylvester J. Rourke J. H. Rudge John Rudge Glen Runyan William Andrew Rush Archie M. Russell Asa R. Ryan |
George
Yeoman Lawrence Dayton Young |
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