Hansel, Arthur Julius 1901 - 1930

HANSEL, BURWICK

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 9/24/2022 at 16:07:47

Elkader Register, Thur., 06 Mar. 1930.

Arthur Julius Hansel, son of Marshall and Gertrude Hansel, was born Sept. 27, 1901 at Greeley, Iowa. Enlisted in the U.S. Navy Aug. 01, 1920 for four years. Re-enlisted Aug. 01, 1924 for two years, and again re-enlisted July 17, 1926 for four years at New York, N.Y, and died Feb. 01, 1930 while attached to the U.S.S. Ontario at Pago Pago, Samoa of Lobar Pneumonia at the age of 28 years, 4 months and 4 days. He leaves to mourn his death his father, Marshall Hansel of Fayette, Iowa, five sisters Rena Bell Burwick, Gladys, Gertrude and Grace of Fayette, Iowa, and Minnie Hansel of Osterdock, Iowa. Three brothers, Lyle Hansel of Lombard, Ill., Raymond and Marshall, Jr., of Fayette. His mother, Gertrude Hansel, two sisters, Dora and Alice, and one brother, Rudolph, preceded him in death.

Funeral services were conducted in the St. John's Church at Garber, Iowa, March 01, 1930 by the Rev. L. A. Stangle of Colesburg. Interment in the Hansel cemetery. May he rest in peace.

In memory of our beloved sailor,
Arthur Hansel
Home again, and home again.
America for me !
My heart is turning home again,
and there I long to be.
In the land of youth and freedom
beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight
and the flag is full of stars.
Oh, its home again and home
again, America for Me !
I want a ship that's homeward
bound to plough the rolling sea,
To the blessed land of Stars and
Stripes, beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight
and the flag is full of stars.