Fred W. Stork, 95
February 16, 1896 ~ June 18, 1991
Fred was born at Arlington, Nebraska to Casper H. and Anna (Brinkman) Stork.
On March 22, 1896 he was baptized, and on May 9, 1909 was confirmed in the Lutheran faith, both at St. Paul's Lutheran Church near Arlington.
Fred entered the U.S. Army on October 2, 1917, and served in Europe during World War I. He received shrapnel wounds while serving in France at Argonne, and was honorably discharged on May 13, 1919.
On September 28, 1921, he was united in Holy Matrimony with Louise Stork. They were blessed with a son and a daughter. Louise preceded him in death on November 18, 1959.
Fred was a lifelong farmer, and was active in his community. He was a life time member of Arlington American Legion Post #71, and a former member of Arlington V.F.W. Post #8332. He was one of the original members of the Arlington Rural Fire Protection Board, and was a past president of Concordia Mutual Insurance Company. When he belonged to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, he held several offices there, and when he moved to Fremont, Nebraska, became a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont.
Fred passed from this life on June 18, 1991 at the A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont, Nebraska, at the age of 95 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife; a brother, Ernest; 4 sisters: Anna Vogt, Amelia Schmidt, and two that died as infants.
Left to cherish his memory are his son, Robert, and daughter Gertrude Stork, both of Arlington, and by one granddaughter, Erika.
The funeral service was held Saturday, June 22, 1991 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont, Nebraska. Conducting the service and offering words of comfort was Pastor Wendell Hamilton. Sandy Sukstorf played the organ, and Rachel Jensen sang "My Soul's Best Friend" and "What Joy and Blessing". The Funeral Congregation sang "Behold A Host Arrayed in White" #192 and "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" #264.
Pallbearers were Ernest Vogt, Rupert Vogt,Harris Vogt, Curtis Schmidt, Leon Sperling, and Don Lottman.
Memorials were established to the church and the Arlington Rescue Squad.
Military Graveside Services were conducted by Arlington American Legion Post #71 and V.F.W. Post #8332 at St. Paul Cemetery, Arlington, Nebraska.
Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home, Arlington, Nebraska in service to the family.
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From obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and funeral leaflet on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Judy Johnson 48796369
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Note: the following is a description of the Argonne in WWI from the History Net
"...The infantrymen, too, were discovering that Pershing had sent them into terrain that was only a few removes from hell. The primeval glacier that had originally gouged out the valley had left behind a hogback running down the middle of the Argonne, with ridges slanting off at odd angles, effectively dividing the Argonne into two tunnel-like defiles. General Hunter Liggett, who commanded I Corps on the American left, soon realized the place was 'a natural fortress, beside which the Wilderness in which Grant and Lee fought was a park.'
Inside the Argonne Forest itself, ravines, hillocks and meandering little streams added to the obstacles created by the trees and dense underbrush that reduced visibility to 20 feet. Here and throughout the valley, the Germans had added every imaginable man-made defense, from parallel and flanking trenches to concrete dugouts and fortified strong-points, supported everywhere by barbed wire and machine guns. To those advantages was added the possession of the high ground east of the Meuse, from which dozens of heavy guns rained death on the Americans. Artillery on the slopes of the 1,600-foot-high ridge topped by the Argonne Forest wreaked similar destruction from the opposite flank."
February 16, 1896 ~ June 18, 1991
Fred was born at Arlington, Nebraska to Casper H. and Anna (Brinkman) Stork.
On March 22, 1896 he was baptized, and on May 9, 1909 was confirmed in the Lutheran faith, both at St. Paul's Lutheran Church near Arlington.
Fred entered the U.S. Army on October 2, 1917, and served in Europe during World War I. He received shrapnel wounds while serving in France at Argonne, and was honorably discharged on May 13, 1919.
On September 28, 1921, he was united in Holy Matrimony with Louise Stork. They were blessed with a son and a daughter. Louise preceded him in death on November 18, 1959.
Fred was a lifelong farmer, and was active in his community. He was a life time member of Arlington American Legion Post #71, and a former member of Arlington V.F.W. Post #8332. He was one of the original members of the Arlington Rural Fire Protection Board, and was a past president of Concordia Mutual Insurance Company. When he belonged to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, he held several offices there, and when he moved to Fremont, Nebraska, became a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont.
Fred passed from this life on June 18, 1991 at the A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont, Nebraska, at the age of 95 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife; a brother, Ernest; 4 sisters: Anna Vogt, Amelia Schmidt, and two that died as infants.
Left to cherish his memory are his son, Robert, and daughter Gertrude Stork, both of Arlington, and by one granddaughter, Erika.
The funeral service was held Saturday, June 22, 1991 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont, Nebraska. Conducting the service and offering words of comfort was Pastor Wendell Hamilton. Sandy Sukstorf played the organ, and Rachel Jensen sang "My Soul's Best Friend" and "What Joy and Blessing". The Funeral Congregation sang "Behold A Host Arrayed in White" #192 and "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" #264.
Pallbearers were Ernest Vogt, Rupert Vogt,Harris Vogt, Curtis Schmidt, Leon Sperling, and Don Lottman.
Memorials were established to the church and the Arlington Rescue Squad.
Military Graveside Services were conducted by Arlington American Legion Post #71 and V.F.W. Post #8332 at St. Paul Cemetery, Arlington, Nebraska.
Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home, Arlington, Nebraska in service to the family.
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From obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and funeral leaflet on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Judy Johnson 48796369
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Note: the following is a description of the Argonne in WWI from the History Net
"...The infantrymen, too, were discovering that Pershing had sent them into terrain that was only a few removes from hell. The primeval glacier that had originally gouged out the valley had left behind a hogback running down the middle of the Argonne, with ridges slanting off at odd angles, effectively dividing the Argonne into two tunnel-like defiles. General Hunter Liggett, who commanded I Corps on the American left, soon realized the place was 'a natural fortress, beside which the Wilderness in which Grant and Lee fought was a park.'
Inside the Argonne Forest itself, ravines, hillocks and meandering little streams added to the obstacles created by the trees and dense underbrush that reduced visibility to 20 feet. Here and throughout the valley, the Germans had added every imaginable man-made defense, from parallel and flanking trenches to concrete dugouts and fortified strong-points, supported everywhere by barbed wire and machine guns. To those advantages was added the possession of the high ground east of the Meuse, from which dozens of heavy guns rained death on the Americans. Artillery on the slopes of the 1,600-foot-high ridge topped by the Argonne Forest wreaked similar destruction from the opposite flank."
Fred W. Stork, 95
February 16, 1896 ~ June 18, 1991
Fred was born at Arlington, Nebraska to Casper H. and Anna (Brinkman) Stork.
On March 22, 1896 he was baptized, and on May 9, 1909 was confirmed in the Lutheran faith, both at St. Paul's Lutheran Church near Arlington.
Fred entered the U.S. Army on October 2, 1917, and served in Europe during World War I. He received shrapnel wounds while serving in France at Argonne, and was honorably discharged on May 13, 1919.
On September 28, 1921, he was united in Holy Matrimony with Louise Stork. They were blessed with a son and a daughter. Louise preceded him in death on November 18, 1959.
Fred was a lifelong farmer, and was active in his community. He was a life time member of Arlington American Legion Post #71, and a former member of Arlington V.F.W. Post #8332. He was one of the original members of the Arlington Rural Fire Protection Board, and was a past president of Concordia Mutual Insurance Company. When he belonged to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, he held several offices there, and when he moved to Fremont, Nebraska, became a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont.
Fred passed from this life on June 18, 1991 at the A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont, Nebraska, at the age of 95 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife; a brother, Ernest; 4 sisters: Anna Vogt, Amelia Schmidt, and two that died as infants.
Left to cherish his memory are his son, Robert, and daughter Gertrude Stork, both of Arlington, and by one granddaughter, Erika.
The funeral service was held Saturday, June 22, 1991 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont, Nebraska. Conducting the service and offering words of comfort was Pastor Wendell Hamilton. Sandy Sukstorf played the organ, and Rachel Jensen sang "My Soul's Best Friend" and "What Joy and Blessing". The Funeral Congregation sang "Behold A Host Arrayed in White" #192 and "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" #264.
Pallbearers were Ernest Vogt, Rupert Vogt,Harris Vogt, Curtis Schmidt, Leon Sperling, and Don Lottman.
Memorials were established to the church and the Arlington Rescue Squad.
Military Graveside Services were conducted by Arlington American Legion Post #71 and V.F.W. Post #8332 at St. Paul Cemetery, Arlington, Nebraska.
Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home, Arlington, Nebraska in service to the family.
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From obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and funeral leaflet on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Judy Johnson 48796369
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Note: the following is a description of the Argonne in WWI from the History Net
"...The infantrymen, too, were discovering that Pershing had sent them into terrain that was only a few removes from hell. The primeval glacier that had originally gouged out the valley had left behind a hogback running down the middle of the Argonne, with ridges slanting off at odd angles, effectively dividing the Argonne into two tunnel-like defiles. General Hunter Liggett, who commanded I Corps on the American left, soon realized the place was 'a natural fortress, beside which the Wilderness in which Grant and Lee fought was a park.'
Inside the Argonne Forest itself, ravines, hillocks and meandering little streams added to the obstacles created by the trees and dense underbrush that reduced visibility to 20 feet. Here and throughout the valley, the Germans had added every imaginable man-made defense, from parallel and flanking trenches to concrete dugouts and fortified strong-points, supported everywhere by barbed wire and machine guns. To those advantages was added the possession of the high ground east of the Meuse, from which dozens of heavy guns rained death on the Americans. Artillery on the slopes of the 1,600-foot-high ridge topped by the Argonne Forest wreaked similar destruction from the opposite flank."
February 16, 1896 ~ June 18, 1991
Fred was born at Arlington, Nebraska to Casper H. and Anna (Brinkman) Stork.
On March 22, 1896 he was baptized, and on May 9, 1909 was confirmed in the Lutheran faith, both at St. Paul's Lutheran Church near Arlington.
Fred entered the U.S. Army on October 2, 1917, and served in Europe during World War I. He received shrapnel wounds while serving in France at Argonne, and was honorably discharged on May 13, 1919.
On September 28, 1921, he was united in Holy Matrimony with Louise Stork. They were blessed with a son and a daughter. Louise preceded him in death on November 18, 1959.
Fred was a lifelong farmer, and was active in his community. He was a life time member of Arlington American Legion Post #71, and a former member of Arlington V.F.W. Post #8332. He was one of the original members of the Arlington Rural Fire Protection Board, and was a past president of Concordia Mutual Insurance Company. When he belonged to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, he held several offices there, and when he moved to Fremont, Nebraska, became a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont.
Fred passed from this life on June 18, 1991 at the A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont, Nebraska, at the age of 95 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife; a brother, Ernest; 4 sisters: Anna Vogt, Amelia Schmidt, and two that died as infants.
Left to cherish his memory are his son, Robert, and daughter Gertrude Stork, both of Arlington, and by one granddaughter, Erika.
The funeral service was held Saturday, June 22, 1991 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont, Nebraska. Conducting the service and offering words of comfort was Pastor Wendell Hamilton. Sandy Sukstorf played the organ, and Rachel Jensen sang "My Soul's Best Friend" and "What Joy and Blessing". The Funeral Congregation sang "Behold A Host Arrayed in White" #192 and "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" #264.
Pallbearers were Ernest Vogt, Rupert Vogt,Harris Vogt, Curtis Schmidt, Leon Sperling, and Don Lottman.
Memorials were established to the church and the Arlington Rescue Squad.
Military Graveside Services were conducted by Arlington American Legion Post #71 and V.F.W. Post #8332 at St. Paul Cemetery, Arlington, Nebraska.
Reckmeyer-Moser Funeral Home, Arlington, Nebraska in service to the family.
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From obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and funeral leaflet on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Judy Johnson 48796369
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note: the following is a description of the Argonne in WWI from the History Net
"...The infantrymen, too, were discovering that Pershing had sent them into terrain that was only a few removes from hell. The primeval glacier that had originally gouged out the valley had left behind a hogback running down the middle of the Argonne, with ridges slanting off at odd angles, effectively dividing the Argonne into two tunnel-like defiles. General Hunter Liggett, who commanded I Corps on the American left, soon realized the place was 'a natural fortress, beside which the Wilderness in which Grant and Lee fought was a park.'
Inside the Argonne Forest itself, ravines, hillocks and meandering little streams added to the obstacles created by the trees and dense underbrush that reduced visibility to 20 feet. Here and throughout the valley, the Germans had added every imaginable man-made defense, from parallel and flanking trenches to concrete dugouts and fortified strong-points, supported everywhere by barbed wire and machine guns. To those advantages was added the possession of the high ground east of the Meuse, from which dozens of heavy guns rained death on the Americans. Artillery on the slopes of the 1,600-foot-high ridge topped by the Argonne Forest wreaked similar destruction from the opposite flank."
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