SCHOLL, Aviation Metalsmith 1/C Raymond Earl, WWII
SCHOLL, SCHURRER, BOON, MEIERS, HANSEN, KAMPEN
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/11/2013 at 12:12:12
The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Friday, February 13, 1942, 1944, Page 7RAYMOND SCHOLL, MASON CITY,
IS "MISSING in ACTION"Local Man in Navy Missing
After Action While Performing DutyRaymond Earl SCHOLL, aviation machinist mate first class, has been reported missing "following action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country," the navy department Thursday notified his mother, Mrs. Mary SCHOLL, 612 Massachusetts avenue northeast, by telegram.
Mrs. SCHOLL last heard from her son in January and the letter was dated Dec. 22. He was then in Pearl Harbor, and stated he was well, and in the best of health, after the attack of Dec. 7.
His whereabouts at the time he was reported missing was not given in the telegram. For the past two years he has been stationed at the Pearl Harbor air station.
He joined the navy in the fall of 1930, and took up aviation at the base at Pensacola, Fla.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Friday, March 06, 1942, Page 14RAYMOND E. SCHOLL LOSES LIFE in U. S. NAVY ACTION
Local Man Reported World War II Victim After Jan. 30 Flight
Mrs. Mary SCHOLL, 612 Massachusetts avenue northeast, has been notified by the navy department in Washington, D. C., that searches for her son, Raymond Earl SCHOLL, were fruitless and that he has been officially declared to have lost his life on Jan. 30.
The Mason Cityan was an aviation metalsmith first class. Mrs. SCHOLL received word on Feb. 12 that her son was missing following action from an extended flight made on Jan. 30.
SCHOLL was born on a farm west of Sheffield on March 28, 1913. He was 29. He attended schools in Sheffield and was confirmed in the Lutheran church there at the age of 14, by the Rev. W. REUTHER.
In the fall of 1930 he enlisted in the navy. He later entered aviation and was stationed for a year at the Pensacola, Fla., air base, finishing in the spring of 1940. He visited his mother here at that time, and since then had been stationed at Pearl Harbor on patrol duty.
He is survived by his mother, his father, Lee SCHOLL of Clark, S. Dak.; three brothers, Roy of Kelliher, Minn., Russell of Seattle, Wash., and Rolland, 612 Massachusetts avenue northeast; three sisters, Mrs. Viola SCHURRER of Raymond, S. Dak., Mrs. Vivian BOONE of Nora Springs and Mrs. Helen MEIERS of Milwaukee, Wis., and aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Mrs. Tenney HANSEN, 604 Massachusetts avenue northeast, is one of the surviving aunts.
He was a correspondent friend of the Rev. Walter KAMPEN, pastor of the Central Lutheran church here.
Memorial rites have not yet been planned.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, March 16, 1942, Page 12OBSERVING ~ EDITORIAL
A Knock at the Door
"I firmly believe," writes Mrs. Rolland SCHOLL, 612 Massachusetts avenue northeast, Mason City, "from my recent experience that a majority of people do not realize the seriousness of this war, until it is brought close to home by a sudden knock of a telegraph messenger boy.
"I now fully realize the day may come when I might receive the same message, for I have a son growing to manhood and my husband already has received his card of classification. If I do, I hope I can carry the weight of sorrow as bravely as one mother of my acquaintance.
"Although suffering, for many years an invalid, she carries this new burden of grief very courageously. She is a true American mother and proud of her son who gave his life for his country. She also is a true Christian and turns to God in this time of sadness and He comforts her.
"I have written this poem in honor of her son and my husband's brother, Raymond SCHOLL, who lost his life in action on Jan. 30:"
I answered a knock that came to my door,
To a boy who had never once called there before.
He handed me a telegram, from far away,
A message for a mother, happy and gay.
Missing, following action, was her dear son,
In service to his country, a duty just begun.
Day after day she sat praying with deep ardor,
Asking God to guide him safely back to Pearl Harbor.
But her prayers and hopes were all in vain,
As he never shall return to his home again.
Now the mother is sad, grieved and worried,
For she'll never know where his body is buried.
But our Savior has taken his soul up above,
For Him to watch over and to love.
Gone is a hero, so gallant and true
Fighting for our dear old red, white and blue.
We must all pray, for a greater strength to gain,
That this brave lad, shall not have died in vain.~ ~ ~ ~
The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, March 31, 1942, Page 12HOLD RITES FOR R. E. SCHOLL
Memorial Services for Mason Cityan Held in Sheffield
SHEFFIELD - Memorial services for Raymond E. SCHOLL, son of Mrs. Mary SCHOLL, 612 Massachusetts avenue northeast, Mason City, were held Sunday at 2:30 o'clock at the Sheffield Lutheran church. The Rev. Mr. REUTHER, Sheffield clergyman, and the Rev. Walter KAMPEN, pastor of the Central Lutheran church in Mason City, officiated.
SCHOLL was a member of the Sheffield church and prior to his entrance into the navy in October of 1930, spent the major part of his life in the Sheffield community.
The American Legion and the Boy Scouts of Sheffield attended the service in a body. The Navy Mothers of Mason City attended the service and took part. Mrs. Willis M. BEMISS presented the poem "In Memoriam," and a group of the women sang the hymn "Nearer Still Nearer" by Mrs. c. H. MORRIS.
SCHOLL was stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, an aviation metalsmith first class, and on an extended flight from that base on Jan. 30, 1942, failed to return. The government notified Raymond's mother on March 4 that her son was missing and it later was announced that he had lost his life in the service of his country as of Jan. 30.
Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2013
Cerro Gordo Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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