Lt. Keith Truman Ose (1919- 1944)

OSE, HUNTRODS, BRANDT

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/24/2020 at 22:34:40

From Nevada Evening Journal November 15, 1948 (page 4)

Hold Military Rites For Lt. Keith Ose

Military services were held Wednesday, Nov. 10, for First Lieut. Keith T. Ose, whose body has been returned from the European theater of World War II. Services were at 1:30 p. m. at the Cooper Funeral home at Maxwell and were conducted by the Rev. Paul Varce, pastor of the Collins Evangelical United Brethren church.

Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs Marion Burk Mrs. Meyer Brekke, Bradford Stevens and Milton Hale, who sang "In the Upper Garden" and "God's Tomorrow" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. C. R. Stone.

Interment was in Collins Evergreen cemetery. Pallbearers from the Zearing Legion post, were Paul Wheelock, Gordon Lundy, David Hendrickson, La Verne Christiansen, Ray Kleespie and Dale Johnston.

Impressive graveside rites were by Freland-Carver Post No. 81, American Legion, of Collins.

Service men taking part in the services included Forrest Pointer, post commander; Wm. E. Stoneberg and Jack Fertig, color bearers; Charles Kimberley and Harold Kimberley, color guards; Floyd Oswalt, chaplain; Stanley Mitchell, past commander; Wayne Laughlin, adjutant. Firing squad: John Kingman, commander; Dean Partridge, Howard Pitcher, Wm. Noring, Jack Stratton, Chester Lillard, Dale Deal.

Obituary

The eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ose, he was born near Hubbard, Iowa, and was graduated from Zearing high school and attended Iowa State college. Prior to being called into service, he farmed near New Providence He was a member of the Zearing Church of Christ.

He was married to Donna Huntrods of Collins on June 13, 1943. Keith entered the service on Feb. 3, 1941, and after completing basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas, he was sent to Hawaii, where he served seven months.

He was returned to the U.S. for officers' training at Fort Benning, Ga., which was completed in June 1943. After being stationed in various camps in the South he arrived on May 23, 1944 in England and entered France, June 9. He took part in the break through at St. Lo and was wounded July 16 and hospitalized in England. After recovering he rejoined his unite near Paris and wounded again Oct. 11, near the Siegfried line in Germany. On Nov. 22, 1944, he was hit by fragments of an artillery shell, but continued his position and was struck soon by a shell, fired from a German tank, and killed instantly.

Survivors

Surviving besides his widow are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ose of Blairsburg; one sister, Mrs. Leon Brandt of Hubbard, and three brothers, Marion and Vernon of Blairsburg and Enlow of Anderson, Indiana.

Relatives and friends attending the funeral were from Blairsburg, Hubbard, Collins, Mingo, Colo, Zearing, Rhodes, Williams, Anderson, Ind., Story City, Roland and McCallsburg.