Zearing, Iowa 1956 History

HOBBS, ELMER JESSE—15th Service Co.; Signal Corps, 3rd Instruction Co., Signal C Buzzer School.

Elmer served as a Zearing, Iowa, night watchman.

BORN: 1897; DIED: 1929 ; BURIED: West Prairie Cemetery, Middletown, Missouri.

HOUSIER, EARL E.—Co. H., 88th Regiment, 19th Division.

Earl served as a Zearing rural mail carrier.

BORN: 1896; DIED: 1949; BURIED: Nevada Cemetery, Nevada, Iowa.

PERISHO, WILLIAM A.—Squadron V. P. 74, MM1 United States Navy Reserve

Bill was a veteran of World War II.

BORN: 1914; DIED: 1950; BURIED: Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Iowa.

Reese, WILTON LOY—1st Provisional Co.

Wilton was a charter member of Post 116.

BORN: 1896; DIED: 1945; BURIED: Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Iowa.

SHAVER, OTIS D.—Co. B, 357th Infantry.

Otis enlisted on April 12, 1918, at Clarinda, Iowa. He was discharged on November 30, 1918, at Camp Dodge, Iowa.

While serving in France a bullet grazed his head. The bullet loosened his gas mask and he inhaled a small amount of gas. However, his hospital records were lost. So although the battle experience helped to ruin his health, he never qualified for a service connected pension.

BORN: 1884; DIED: 1955 ; BURIED: Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Iowa.

VARNUM, HARRY J.—Co. F., 55th Engineers.

Harry served as a Zearing rural mail carrier.

BORN: 1891; DIED: 1935 ; BURIED: Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Iowa.

Henry Dale Reynolds was a member of Post 116. He is listed with the men who died in the service. The following veteran was not a member of Post 116. However, Post 116 had charge of the funeral.