Kuehl, Orrin F. 1920-1944

KUEHL, WOODS, TANGEMAN, SCHUMANN, MORITZ, ABBOT, HIMEBAUGH, HARMS, HINRICHS, HAGENSICK, BECKER, MCMILLIN, KAISER, VOELKER, GRAY, MOHRMAN, SCHUMACHER, MILEWSKY, IHDE, THOMA, SCHERF, OELKE, ROEBKEN, DETTMAN, REIMER

Posted By: Paul Moritz (deceased)
Date: 6/7/2009 at 23:30:42

ORRIN F KUEHL REPORTED KILLED
Elkader Youth Was Serving In France

Pvt. Orrin F. Kuehl, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuehl, was reported killed in action, Oct. 6, somewhere in France. Word of their son's death was received from the War department by Mr. and Mrs. Kuehl,, Saturday
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HONOR MEMORY OF ORRIN KUEHL
Services Held Sunday For Army Private

Memorial services for Prvt. Orrin F. Kuehl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuehl, were held at the Evangelical and Reformed church here Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Paul Kitterer officiating. Harold Downey, substituting for Fern Sharp, commander of the Lemka-Stendel post, American Legion presented the United States flag to Mrs. Kuehl and Walter Sauer sounded taps. Legionaires attended in a body. A quartet composed of Dale Tieden, Herbert T. Hurley, H.K. Roggensack and William Allen, furnished special music.

Private Kuehl was born in Elkader, July 1, 1920. He attended rural schools and graduated from Elkader High School in 1937. Until he entered the service, he assisted his father on the farm. He volunteered for service and left Elkader, Feb. 14, 1944, received his basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala., and was later transferred to Fort Meade, Md., from where he was sent overseas in July. He was stationed in Italy and later tranferred to a special service force in France where he was killed Oct. 6.

Private Kuehl is survived by his parents, three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Woods, Elkader; Myrna Mae, Long Beach, Calif.; Lois Ann at home and three brothers, Harold, Chicago; Howard and Donald at home; his grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Tangeman and grandfather, Joe Kuehl.

Out of town relatives and friends who attended the services were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schumann of Gretna, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kuehl and Harold Jr. of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Alan Moritz of Des Moines; Mrs. Helene Abbot of Rock Island; Mr. and Mrs. George Kuehl, Merlin and Gene; Mr. and Mrs. Les Himebaugh, Milton & Evelyn Harms and Edna and Wilbur Hinrichs of Scotch Grove; Will Hagensick, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Becker and daughter Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McMillin, Verni Tangeman and Mr. and Mrs. Will Kaiser of McGregor; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Voelker and Gerald of Postville; Mrs. Bertha Gray of Monona; Mr. and Mrs, Art Mohrman of St. Olaf; and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schumacher of Guttenberg.

Mr. and Mrs. George Tangeman, Mr. and Mrs. O.F. Schumacher, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Milewsky, Mr. and Mrs. Eldo Kaiser, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ihde, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Thoma, Mr. and Mrs. John Scherf, Royce and Jimmie, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Oelke and Roger, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Roebken, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dettman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reimer, Mr. and Mrs. Will Schumacher, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schmidt, Mrs. Laura Thoma, Mrs. Dora Duffin, Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Kaiser, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Kuehl, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Reimer and Verdus, Mrs. Everett Klocker, Jean Kuenster, Eileen Stoeffler, Harold Tangeman and son Freddie, Bernell Kuehl, all of Garnavillo.

CARD OF THANKS
Our heartfelt thanks to all who extended comforting sympathy and help in our recent sorrow. Such kindness and neighborly thoughtfulness can never be forgotten. For the beautiful service we are deeply grateful.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuehl and family

~Clayton Co. Register, probably Oct. of 1944

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