SHERWIN, William J 1888-1939

SHERWIN, GODFREY, TOWNER, SINOTTE, MCCUTCHEON

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Date: 12/27/2010 at 13:18:24

William J Sherwin 1888-1939

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OSAGE MAN IS FATALLY HURT
TRAIN WRECK VICTIM TO BE INTERRED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Osage – Funeral services will be held at the Champion Funeral Home Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock in charge of the Osage post of the American Legion for William Sherwin, 51, who died Wednesday morning at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from injuries received in a train wreck.

Mr. Sherwin serviced in the Philippine war and also in the World War. He was never married.

Surviving are his brothers; Robert of Charles City; Lloyd of Floyd; Carl of Winfield, Kansas; and Frank of California, and his sisters; Mrs. Fred Towner of Floyd; Mrs. Orin Sinotte of Salix; Mrs. Mary McCutcheon of Madison, Wis.
Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday September 22, 1939

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William J Sherwin was born August 1888 in Kansas, the son of Dennis Sherwin and Emma (Godfrey) Sherwin.