STOLER, Leon C. 1924-2012

STOLER, SISCO

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/29/2012 at 21:13:45

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, April 3, 2012

WATERLOO - Leon C. Stoler, 87, of Waterloo, died Sunday, March 25, at Ravenwood Nursing and Rehab Center.

He was born April 10, 1924, in Oskaloosa, son of Christian and Eunice Sisco Stoler.

Mr. Stoler worked at Rath Packing Co. and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survived by three daughters, Vicki, Lynn and Linda; and a sister, Martha.

There will be no service at his request. Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, assisted the family.

Memorials may be directed to the Cedar Bend Humane Society.

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[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, September 4, 1945]

"Being a medic doesn't make you impregnable to enemy lead, as I found out in a hurry,". Cpl. Leon C. Stoler, Waterloo, said after arriving in the United States on the USS Queen Elizabeth following 34 months duty overseas.

Corporal Stoler, now spending a 30-day furlough with his, parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Stoler, 559 Indiana street, received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in a tank battle while he was serving with the 331st medical battalion of the 106th infantry.

"I was busy tending to a wounded soldier who had been, hit in the shoulder," the Waterloo corporal stated, "when I felt a piece of shrapnel tear into my leg." Corporal Stoler finished attending to the wounds of his comrade before he went for any first aid for himself.

He has 57 points toward a discharge and will report to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on completion of his visit here.

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