Glenn Weaver (1941)

BUTLER, LETTINGTON, WEAVER, WISE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 6/14/2007 at 08:09:07

This obituary appeared after he was erroneously reported to be killed in the Pearl Harbor attack.

Winterset Madisonian
Wednesday, December 17, 1941
Winterset, Iowa

GLENN WEAVER SACRIFICES LIFE

Son of Mrs. Vera Weaver Was Serving With U.S. Navy

The war with Japan struck closest to home in Madison county this week with receipt of the word that Glenn Weaver of Bevington had been killed in action at Pearl Harbor.

The young man's mother, Mrs. Vera Weaver, is the Madisonian's correspondent at Bevington. She received a telegram from the U.S. navy department Monday informing her that her son had given his life for his country, and that his body had not been recovered.

Information as to the ship on which Weaver was serving is being withheld at request of the navy department.

The young man is remembered by many in the eastern part of Madison county. He was 24 years old, and was reared in Bevington, where he attended the Bevington school. After completing eighth grade there, he went to high school at Martensdale for several years before enlisting in the United States navy.

Weaver had been in the navy for five years. On Nov. 1, he had received a specialist's rating as a ship's carpenter.

He was married just a few months ago. His wife is now with her parents at Evansville, Ind.

The sailor is survived by his mother; two brothers, Ralph Weaver of Oakland and Donald Weaver at home; and four sisters, Mrs. Audrey Wise, Mrs. Mildred Lettington, Mrs. Marjorie Butler, and Patricia Weaver.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, Dec 31, 1941
Page 6, Column 2

Chronology of 1941

December 29 - Word was received that Glenn Weaver of Bevington had not been killed at Pearl Harbor, as had been officially reported.
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Coordinator's note: Glenn Everett Weaver was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia during the Pearl harbor attack. After the attack, he went on to serve on other ships and returned to the U.S. in 1946. He died in Chicago in 1959. In 1941, his family was living just over the county line in Linn Township, Warren County.

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