Sgt. Harold Leroy Aucker

AUCKER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/14/2013 at 03:55:37

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, February 22, 1944, Page 11

Aucker Killed In Action Feb. 10
Sergeant Stationed in England Since November

Sgt. Harold Aucker, son of Mrs. L. A. Aucker, 1418 Adams N.W., was killed in action Feb. 10 in England, according to word received Monday by his mother. He had been stationed in England since last November. Sgt. Aucker’s father is in defense work in California and a sister, Helen L. Aucker, is in Red Cross work at Selma, Ala. Another sister, Ruth E. Aucker, is a senior at the University of Iowa.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Thursday, March 23, 1944, Page 12

MEMORIAL SERVICE for SGT.HAROLD AUCKER HERE SUNDAY

Patriotic Groups to Participate at Methodist Church

Memorial services for Sgt. Harold L. Aucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Aucker, 1418 Adams N. W., killed in action in England Feb. 10, will be held at the First Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock with Doctor Marvin B. Kober, pastor, in charge, and patriotic organizations participating.

Sgt. Aucker was born Oct. 27, 1920, in Mason City, and he attended the high school here. He was graduated from the Lincoln Aeronautical Institute at Lincoln, Neb., in 1940. As a civilian he worked as an aircraft sheet metal worker at Baltimore, Md.

Sgt. Aucker enlisted in the army air corps on March 2, 1942, and had been in England since last November. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously on March 3. He received his promotion to sergeant while stationed at Las Vegas, Tex. [?]

Besides his parents, Sgt. Aucker is survived by 2 sisters, Helen Aucker, in Red Cross work at Selma, Ala., and Ruth Aucker, a senior at the University of Iowa. The father is in defense work in California.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, March 27, 1944, Page 8

HAROLD AUCKER MEMORIAL HELD

Life Has Permanent Value, Says Pastor

“Before us are 2 flags, one bearing a gold star which is the symbol of the life which Sgt. Harold L. Aucker gave; the other bears 4 bars, red bars on a field of white, and these are symbols of the 4 freedoms for which he fought.”

Thus spoke Doctor Marvin B. Kober, pastor of the First Methodist church, Sunday afternoon at memorial services for Sgt. Aucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Aucker, 1418 Adams N. W., who was killed in action in England on Feb. 10. The flags referred to were the Gold Star Mother’s flag and the Four Freedoms flag displayed along with those of other patriotic organizations at the service.

“It is for us, the living. . . to be dedicated here today to the unfinished work which they. . . have thus far so nobly advanced,” said Doctor Kober. “Will we so live that the children of those who die, or who are going through this dark night of the world’s woe, will not have to learn over again in a 3rd World war, the lessons which we fail to get?

“. . . We approach the highest festival of the Christian year at Easter time. . . Easter us a recurring principle, a drama of what God is constantly doing, bringing triumph out of tragedy. . .That drama, coupled with our own experiences, re-enforces our conviction that life has permanent value and that the Eternal presence is constantly with men,” concluded Doctor Kober.

Mrs. Paul Hoffman sang “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go” and “Be Still My Soul” with Mrs. Earl Ehlers at the organ. Patriotic organizations participating included the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Rainbow Veterans, together with their auxiliaries, and also the United Service Women, Navy Mothers and Gold Star Mothers.

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2013

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