SAWYER, Homer D. 1892-1926

SAWYER, GRUBER, GOULD

Posted By: S. Ferrall
Date: 7/3/2012 at 13:04:47

Homer D. Sawyer was born in Franklin Township, Allamakee county, Iowa on October 16, 1892. He died March 11, 1926, at Denver, Colorado, pneumonia causing his death.

His boyhood days were spent on the home farm and in 1916 he moved with his parents to Waukon. He was among the first of the boys to enlist at his country's call in 1917 and after a few months in a training camp was assigned to the 105th French Mortar Battery in the American Expeditionary Forces, seeing active service in the San Mihiel and the Argonne Forest Offensives.

In January 1924 he was married to Alvina E. Gruber, who with the little daughter, Maxine, is left to mourn the loss of a loving husband and father. He is also survived by his mother who is in very poor health at Tomah, Wisconsin; by two sisters, Mrs. Ernest L. Gould of Tomah, Wisconsin; and Eudora Sawyer of Waukon, Iowa; by three brothers, Charles C., of Emmet, idaho, Lyle H. and Donald of Winnett, Montana, besides many friends and relatives. His father and brother, paul, preceeded him in death.

He was a faithful member of the M.E. Church and of the American Legion. His was a friendly, kindly disposition and he was always ready to lend a helping hand to those with whom he came in contact.

~Postville Herald, March 18, 1926