STUBBS, 1st Lt. Donald Glenn "Don", WWII
STUBBS, KIRKPATRICK
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/11/2013 at 16:20:38
The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Wednesday, March 10, 1943, Page 18WHEREABOUTS
Aviation Cadet Donald G. STUBBS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn STUBBS, 1604 Delaware avenue southeast, has entered the army air forces pre-flight school at Selman Field, La. He will be a navigator.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, May 03, 1943, Page 11WHEREABOUTS
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. STUBBS, 1604 Delaware avenue southeast, have learned that their son, Cadet Donald STUBBS, has completed his pre-flight training course in navigation at the army air forces school at Selman field, Monroe, La. He will begin immediately his advanced study of the subject at the same field.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Saturday, September 11, 1943, Page 3WHEREABOUTS
Aviation Cadet Donald G. STUBBS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn STUBBS, 1604 Delaware avenue southeast, has been transferred from Selman field, Monore, La., to Douglas field, Ga.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, November 27, 1944, Page 7MISSING IN ACTION
First Lt. Donald G. STUBBS has been missing in action over Italy since Nov. 12, according to a telegram from the war department received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. STUBBS, 1604 Delaware S. E.
Lt. STUBBS was serving with the 15th AAF in Italy and had received the air medal from his commanding officer. He went overseas in August.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
July 17, 1945, Page 11LT. STUBBS WAS KILLED in ACTION in NOVEMBER
Had Been Reported Missing in Italy Since That Date
First Lt. Donald G. STUBBS, who has been listed as missing in action since last Nov. 12, was killed in action on that date, according to a message from the war department received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. STUBBS, who lived in Mason City until last April when they moved to Forest City.
The message stated that unavoidable circumstances had made necessary the unusual lapse of time in reporting the lieutenant's death and that a confirming letter would follow.
The STUBBS had heard indirectly from a returned soldier of the 15th air force that the B-24 Lt. STUBBS was piloting had received a direct hit over Brenner pass in northern Italy and had gone down in flames.
The air medal with oak leaf added had been received by his parents a short time ago. The decoration had been presented to STUBBS last October. Lt. STUBBS was born at Earlham on May 11, 1922, and the same year came with his parents to Mason City, where he attended the Mason City schools. He was graduated from the public high school and the junior college in 1942.
He enlisted in the air corps in the following July but was not called into active service until January, 1943. He received his commission as pilot from Moody field, Ga., in March, 1944, and went overseas last August. He was promoted to first lieutenant overseas.
Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Miss Gretchen STUBBS of Minneapolis, and 2 brothers at home, Gerald and Charles. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W, STUBBS, live at 511 14th S. E., and his grandmother, Mrs. S. W. KIRKPATRICK, at Central Heights.
He was a member of the Wesley Methodist church.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
September 27, 1945, Page 15DEDICATION SERVICE
A headstone honoring the memory of Lt. Donald STUBBS will be placed on the Glenn C. STUBBS lot in Elmwood cemetery Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The dedication services are in charge of Doctor Paul Arnold PETERSON, pastor of the Wesley Methodist church. In the event of rain the services will be held at the church.
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
October 01, 1945, Page 11Memorial at Elmwood for Stubbs
Memorial services for Donald G. STUBBS were held at Elmwood cemetery Sunday afternoon in connection with the dedication of a head stone for him at the Glenn STUBBS lot, Doctor Paul PETERSON, pastor of the Wesley Methodist church, conducted the services.
Said Dr. PETERSON: "There is nothing here but a marker with the name and dates of a lad we loved. And yet, that is all that a grave is; no grave holds one we love. There is nothing in man's body which enables him to will, to remember, to love - that comes from the mind and the spirit of man. And these are detached from the human body.
"To some of you loved ones, it might seem tragic that his body is not here, but the body merely goes back to the earth from which it came . . . Without a doubt Don knew all the dangers involved. He never once thought he would be exempt from tragedy, for war is no discriminator of persons. If life had been kind and he had been saved, he would have been thankful, but if life took him, he was thankful that he could have been a link in forging that new world for which he died.
"One can speak of Don's loyalty . . . of his being faithful to the vows he took as a member, but faith is deeper than mere externals. Faith is what a man has in his soul when no one is looking, something which enables him to commune with the underlying forces of the universe . . . . In our indifferences to the greater values of life, Don's grave will remain a mere headstone, but in our loyalty to loyalty, he will live through us with greater vitality than in the days of his flesh."
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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
October 01, 1945, Page 11MEMORIAL HELD FOR 6 MEN WHO DIED IN SERVICE
Bergeson Speaks on Triumph Over Sorrow in Eulogizing Dead
"To you who have faced this sorrow may you be able to ascend your Mount Moriah," spoke the Rev. Ernest A. BORGESON, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran church, at public memorial service at Music hall Sunday afternoon in eulogizing the lives of 6 servicemen from this community.
Maj. Louis D. Kuss, commanding officer from the ATC air base, Wold-Chamberlain field, Minneapolis, was in attendance to present the air medal with oak leaf cluster to G. C. STUBBS, awarded posthumously to his son, Donald G. STUBBS, one of the men honored.
The other five to whom tribute was paid and whose relatives were presented burial flags from the U. S. government were Clair B. EDEL, Gordon FINDLAY, Edwin E. SOWLES, William F. WAHRER, Jr., and Cletus D. WEILAND. Gold star citation scrolls and flowers from the local American Legion post and the V. F. W. were also given to the next of kin.
"There are many sorrows that we must face but many that come to us if we cannot ascend our Mount Moriah," said Mr. BERGESON, drawing a parallel between the sacrifices families have been asked to make in the war and the sacrifice Abraham was asked to make in offering his only son, Isaac on the altar at Mount Moriah.
". . . God said to Abraham, 'Because thou hast not withheld I will bless thee - in thy seed all nations of the earth shall be blessed.'
"May you too ascend your Mount Moriah and carry on what they fought for the way God would have us let go, and go forth for what they died for. May we gain new strength and power to face the world without those who have gone . . . to surrender to God and go forth to do our tasks in life knowing that these dead have done theirs," concluded the pastor.
Maj. Kuss in the brief presentation of the award to Mr. STUBBS said in part: "By direction of the president and in behalf of the government of the United States, I present this medal awarded to your son for meritorious service with the 15th AAF in Italy."
A letter of condolence from the city government written by Mayor H. E. BRUCE was read by Mrs. Clifford DELINERT, president of the American Legion Auxiliary, "For many families war was over for their fathers, sons, brothers or husbands long before the war was officially declared over," it read. "For those who have only the dear memories of their loved ones, and the pride of their epic achievement, the situation resolves itself into a pattern of hope that these, the flower of our young manhood, shall not have died in vain."
The program opened with a piano prelude played by Mrs. Harry WOLF. Mrs. T. J. KIESSELBACH sang "Prayer" by Guion and "O Brother, Fold In Thy Heart, Thy Brother" by Ward. She was accompanied by Mrs. WOLF.
The honor guard and firing squad were furnished by Company E of the Iowa state guard, Sgt. Frank SCHOBEN in charge. Others in the group were Pfc. Dean JACOBSON, Pvt. Bob FRID, Pvt. Antonio DEVELL, Jr., and Pvt. Jack KALOPLOSTOS.
Patriotic organizations attended in a body with their colors. Elias KELROY, commander of the Legion, presided. Tyler STEWART was in charge of arrangements.
Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2013
Cerro Gordo Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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