Louis J. SCHALLER

SCHALLER, GARMAN, KELCH, SLOAN, HANLON, DE SART

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/31/2008 at 14:44:00

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, (1945) at St. Mary's Catholic church, Corwith for Louis J. Schaller. Requiem high mass was read by Father O'Connell, Britt, Father Klein, of Wesley, assisting. Mr. Schaller, who was born to Louis and Theresa Schaller July 23, 1918, near Renwick, and was 27 at death, was drowned Tuesday, Aug. 14, in the Boone river at his farm southwest of Kanawha. When Louis was four his parents moved to a farm near Corwith, where he attended rural schools and then engaged in farming. On August 18, 1942, the youth was called to service and was inducted into the army at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. From there he was sent to Prince Rupert, B.C., Can., but after a short time there he was transferred to the Barnes general hospital, Vancouver, Wash., later to the Vancouver Barracks, where he served as guard. On July 3, 1943, he was sent to Fort Lewis, Wash., where he received an honorable discharge September 4, 1943.At Vancouver Barracks the soldier was married to Margaret M. Garman, Wesley, the ceremony taking place at the Barnes general hospital chapel February 10, 1943. Capt. W. J. Heavey officiating. Since discharge Mr. Schaller had been farming at Britt and Kanawha. Surviving are the widow; the parents; four sisters - Mrs. Arthur Kelch and Mrs. Max Sloan, Corwith, Mrs. Cyril Hanlon, Chicago, and Mrs. Harold De Sart, Lake City; and two brothers, Rene and Robert, at home.

Source unknown, ca. August 1945