Weber, William M. (Died 1918)

WEBER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 11/22/2011 at 18:51:12

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
October 11, 1918

FOUR ARE VICTIMS
YOUTHFUL SOLDIERS SUCCUMB TO MALADIES IN CAMP
HOMES IN LE MARS ARE SADDENED
Plymouth County Men in Service for Their Country, Succumb to Prevailing
Epidemic at Four Widely Separated Camps.

A number of homes in LeMars are saddened this week through the exigencies of
war, four young men from this county having laid down their lives of their
country. Their fate was not to die on the battlefield but theirs is the
honor just as much as they died in honorable service to which their country
called them and this will be a cherished consolation to their families and
friends.

Henry Weber, who lives at the John Beely farm in Johnson township, received
a telegram on Tuesday announcing the death of his son, William M. Weber, at
Camp Merritt, from pneumonia.

Will Weber was inducted into service in July and left with a large
contingent of Plymouth County men for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, on July 23. They
were transferred later to Camp Merritt, N.J., awaiting transportation to
France. Will Weber was born at Pleasant Plain, Ill., and when a child came
to Plymouth County with his parents. They lived on a farm in Johnson
township for several years. Young Weber is survived by his father and two
brothers. His mother died a few years ago. The remains will be brought here
for burial and the funeral will be held at the Johnson township church.