Charles Alfred Bales 1894-1943
BALES POND
Posted By: Connie J Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/17/2012 at 22:35:35
Mapleton Press
17 June 1943Service Tuesday For C. A. Bales
World War 1 Veteran Dies of Injuries Received in Construction Accident
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Charles A Bales, -19-year-old resident of Mapleton who passed away at St. Joseph's hospital in Sioux City early Thursday morning.
The services were held in the Methodist church in Mapleton with Rev, George A. Osborn, pastor of the church officiating.
Mr. Bales died of injuries received when he fell in the operating mechanism of a largo cement mixer while employed on a construction crew that has been doing repair work on Highway 141 in this vicinity for some time.
Interment was at Heisler cemetery near Mapleton with the Byers Funeral home in charge. Lawrence Bray, J. Clark Muckey, Ralph Habinck, Albert Ketelsen, Gordon Pritchard and Jay Schrader served as pallbearers.
Services at the grave were in the American Legion. Joe H Koenigs was in charge of the rites and G. W. Riecks was in command of squad firing the salute to the solder dead.
Charles Alfred Bales, son of Daniel and Frances Bales was born November 18, 1894, at Dwight, Neb. The family moved to Alva, Okla. He attended school there and also attended Oklahoma State Normal school.
He came to Mapleton in 1917 and was employed at the West Smith Ranch. On January 20, 1918, he was married to Miss Bertha Pond of Mapleton. They resided on the ranch for several months, until he joined the Armed forces in the summer of 1918. He spent 7 months overseas. After being discharged from the service he returned to Mapleton. He then moved with his wife and small son to Lake City, Kan., where they resided for 5 years. He then returned to Mapleton and has resided near here since. Ho has been engaged in various capacities, and was engaged as Janitor at the Mapleton Public school about a year ago.
He is survived by his wife and daughter Mary, and 2 sons, Charles and James at home, and 3 sons in the U S. Navy: Eugene and Virgil overseas and Herman in New York City. He is also survived by 5 sisters, Mrs. Martha Campbell of Dates, Ark., Mrs. Jane Pomeroy of Great Rend, Ind., and Mrs. Faye Carriker of Lake City, Kan., Mrs. Minnie Hartley or Long Dale, Okla., and Mrs. Elizabeth Doud of Long Dale, Okla., and 2 brothers, First Sgt Frank Bales of Camp Haan, Cal., and Ernest Bales or North Little Rock, Ark.
His father, who preceded him in death, was a veteran or the Civil war.
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