MAYER, Frederick William 1916-1943

MAYER, DRISCOLL, KLOBERDANZ

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 11/8/2010 at 10:42:19

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Osage, Iowa - Tec. Sgt. Frederick W Mayer 27, died suddenly at noon Saturday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Bert Driscoll, less than 24 hours after arriving home on furlough rom Camp White, Oregon. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mayer, farmers near here.

Sergeant Mayer was found in his bed the morning after Christmas in a partly paralyzed condition and was removed to the station hospital at Camp White. Since then he had suffered at times from a partial paralysis of his legs, he told relatives.

He complained of having suffered on the train ride from Oregon which started Monday and was not completed until Friday evening. He had been in the army a year and was a cook at Camp White. He was to have returned to duty Thursday.

Sergeant Mayer is survived by his parents, five sisters and four brothers. Two of the brothers are in the service, PFC Francis Mayer, in North Africa, and Roman Mayer, second class petty officer, at Boston. the other brothers and sisters are Mrs. Driscoll, Mrs. John Kloberdanz, Waterloo; Elizabeth, Waterloo; Paul, Gene, Marjory and Yvonne, all at home.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at Sacred Heart Catholic church in Osage, with the Rev. Father E.A. Fitzgerald officiating.

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday, February 8, 1943
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SGT. FRED MAYER
DIES SUDDENLY AT
SISTER'S HOME SAT.

Had Been Ill Since First
of Year At Camp
White, Oregon

Sgt. Frederick W. Mayer, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mayer, who live four miles northeast of Osage, Iowa, was taken ill Friday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Bert Driscoll, and died the next forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Driscoll met him at the train at Manly on Friday forenoon.

He had gone to bed to rest at 9 a.m. and became seriously ill during the afternoon.

Sergeant Mayer had been in poor health since the first of the year, but just what the cause of his trouble was had not definitely been stated. he would have some pain; be confined to the hospital for a few days with a partial paralysis of his limbs; then be about as usual. However, his left side was paralyzed at the time of his death and his local doctor believes he suffered from cerebral embolism.

Frederick William Mayer was born at Stacyville on December 17, 1916, and attended the schools at that place. The family moved to its present location some years ago.

He was inducted into th earmy about nine months ago and had been for some time at Camp White, which is near Portland, Oregon.

He was a quiet, industrious young man, very well liked by all who knoew him.

Frederick was one of a family of 11 children. Two sisters, Margaret and Alice, preceded him in death, but his parents, and the following brothers and sisters survive: Francis, in the army and stationed in Africa, Mrs. John Kloberdanz and Elizabeth Mayer, of Waterloo; Roman enlisted in the navy at the present time is at Boston, Massachusetts; Mrs. Bert Driscoll, Paul, Eugene, Marjory and Yvonne, all of Osage.

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the Sacred Heart Church. Business places on the street were closed during the hour of the funeral, and the American Legion members and service men home on leave, attended in a body.

A guard of honor stood at attention, and at the cemetery the American Legion rites were used. W. W. Martin, Chaplain, read the service; a firing squad fired a salute and "Taps" were sounded by Bernard Pelleymounter.

Six soldiers, home on leave, were pallbearers. They were Corp. Edward Brumm, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; Sgt. Glen E. Naze, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, Sgt. Elgin R. Sylvester, Camp Swift, Texas; Lieut. Clair Byrnes, Camp Beale, Calif.; Pvt. R. W. Laughlin, Camp Davis, N.C.; and Sgt. Albert Brumm, Camp Swift, Texas.

The flag which draped the casket was presented to the mother of the young soldier. Frederick's death is deeply regretted by the whole community.

Source: Mitchell County Press - Thursday, Feb. 11, 1943