Age 92
WWII 66TH INFANTRYMANS DIVISION & AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMANs BADGE & BRONZE STAR
****************************
Edwin J. Dreiling, 92, Civil Service Contract Administrator, died Sunday, November 16, 2003.
Services, 10:30 A.M. Thursday, November 20, 2003, St. Thomas Catholic Church. Rosary 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Downing & Lahey East Chapel.
Born in Victoria, Ks. in 1911.
Graduated from Fort Hays State College in 1934. He worked in Salt Lake City, Utah and entered Federal service in Washington, D.C. in 1934. He attended night school & in 1948 graduated from University of Maryland Law School with a Juris Doctor Degree and later was licensed to practice Law in Kansas.
During WWII Ed served in the European Theater with the 66th Infantryman's Division, was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge & the Bronze Star. Ed was a member of Knights of Columbus Council 691, VFW, American Legion, National Contract Management Association, Holy Name Society, Wichita Bar Association and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
Ed was preceded in death by two infant sons, wife, Alma Zehnder, mother of his son Timothy, second wife Louise Dillon, a brother and three sisters.
Survivors: son; Timothy of Wichita; brother; Linus of Bakersfield, CA. sisters; Celeste Steckline & Mary Kinison of Hays, Ks. and Agnes Shearer of Wichita.
Memorials to The Lord's Diner 520 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS. Condolences may be sent via www.downingandlahey.com
Wichita Eagle, 11/18/2003
Info provided by 47188065
WWII 66TH INFANTRYMANS DIVISION & AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMANs BADGE & BRONZE STAR
****************************
Edwin J. Dreiling, 92, Civil Service Contract Administrator, died Sunday, November 16, 2003.
Services, 10:30 A.M. Thursday, November 20, 2003, St. Thomas Catholic Church. Rosary 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Downing & Lahey East Chapel.
Born in Victoria, Ks. in 1911.
Graduated from Fort Hays State College in 1934. He worked in Salt Lake City, Utah and entered Federal service in Washington, D.C. in 1934. He attended night school & in 1948 graduated from University of Maryland Law School with a Juris Doctor Degree and later was licensed to practice Law in Kansas.
During WWII Ed served in the European Theater with the 66th Infantryman's Division, was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge & the Bronze Star. Ed was a member of Knights of Columbus Council 691, VFW, American Legion, National Contract Management Association, Holy Name Society, Wichita Bar Association and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
Ed was preceded in death by two infant sons, wife, Alma Zehnder, mother of his son Timothy, second wife Louise Dillon, a brother and three sisters.
Survivors: son; Timothy of Wichita; brother; Linus of Bakersfield, CA. sisters; Celeste Steckline & Mary Kinison of Hays, Ks. and Agnes Shearer of Wichita.
Memorials to The Lord's Diner 520 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS. Condolences may be sent via www.downingandlahey.com
Wichita Eagle, 11/18/2003
Info provided by 47188065
Age 92
WWII 66TH INFANTRYMANS DIVISION & AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMANs BADGE & BRONZE STAR
****************************
Edwin J. Dreiling, 92, Civil Service Contract Administrator, died Sunday, November 16, 2003.
Services, 10:30 A.M. Thursday, November 20, 2003, St. Thomas Catholic Church. Rosary 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Downing & Lahey East Chapel.
Born in Victoria, Ks. in 1911.
Graduated from Fort Hays State College in 1934. He worked in Salt Lake City, Utah and entered Federal service in Washington, D.C. in 1934. He attended night school & in 1948 graduated from University of Maryland Law School with a Juris Doctor Degree and later was licensed to practice Law in Kansas.
During WWII Ed served in the European Theater with the 66th Infantryman's Division, was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge & the Bronze Star. Ed was a member of Knights of Columbus Council 691, VFW, American Legion, National Contract Management Association, Holy Name Society, Wichita Bar Association and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
Ed was preceded in death by two infant sons, wife, Alma Zehnder, mother of his son Timothy, second wife Louise Dillon, a brother and three sisters.
Survivors: son; Timothy of Wichita; brother; Linus of Bakersfield, CA. sisters; Celeste Steckline & Mary Kinison of Hays, Ks. and Agnes Shearer of Wichita.
Memorials to The Lord's Diner 520 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS. Condolences may be sent via www.downingandlahey.com
Wichita Eagle, 11/18/2003
Info provided by 47188065
WWII 66TH INFANTRYMANS DIVISION & AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMANs BADGE & BRONZE STAR
****************************
Edwin J. Dreiling, 92, Civil Service Contract Administrator, died Sunday, November 16, 2003.
Services, 10:30 A.M. Thursday, November 20, 2003, St. Thomas Catholic Church. Rosary 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 19, 2003 Downing & Lahey East Chapel.
Born in Victoria, Ks. in 1911.
Graduated from Fort Hays State College in 1934. He worked in Salt Lake City, Utah and entered Federal service in Washington, D.C. in 1934. He attended night school & in 1948 graduated from University of Maryland Law School with a Juris Doctor Degree and later was licensed to practice Law in Kansas.
During WWII Ed served in the European Theater with the 66th Infantryman's Division, was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge & the Bronze Star. Ed was a member of Knights of Columbus Council 691, VFW, American Legion, National Contract Management Association, Holy Name Society, Wichita Bar Association and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.
Ed was preceded in death by two infant sons, wife, Alma Zehnder, mother of his son Timothy, second wife Louise Dillon, a brother and three sisters.
Survivors: son; Timothy of Wichita; brother; Linus of Bakersfield, CA. sisters; Celeste Steckline & Mary Kinison of Hays, Ks. and Agnes Shearer of Wichita.
Memorials to The Lord's Diner 520 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS. Condolences may be sent via www.downingandlahey.com
Wichita Eagle, 11/18/2003
Info provided by 47188065
Family Members
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
