RALEIGH WILDA (d. 1995)
Raleigh J. (Ozzie) Wilda, age 67, of 1416 N. 169th St., Manitowoc,
died Friday morning, September 29, 1995, at the Transitional Hospital
of Milwaukee, Greenfield, Wis.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, October 2, 1995, at
the Reinbold-Pfeffer Funeral Home. Deacon William Klein will officiate
with burial to follow at the Evergreen Cemetery with Military Graveside
Rites accorded by Otto Oas VFW Post #659 of Manitowoc.
Mr. Wilda was born February 14, 1928, at Manitowoc, son of the late
Raleigh E. and Ruth Sommers Wilda. He attended area schools and
graduated from Lincoln High School in 1946. He entered during the
Korean Conflict in August of 1950 serving as a radarman with the 822nd
bomber squadron with overseas service based in Laon, France. He was
discharged from the Air Force in May of 1954 and then attended the
University of Wisconsin Extention at Manitowoc. On March 31, 1951, he
married Shirley E. Graczyk at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.
Prior to his retirement in 1990 he was employed at Bay Shipbuilding in
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Ozzie is a past commander of Otto Oas VFW Post #659,
past commander of the VFW 8th District and has held various state
chairmanship in the VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley, Manitowoc; one son and daughter-in-
law, Randy J. and Roxanne Wilda, Grand Rapids, Mich.; four grandchildren,
Regan, Teddy, Emily, and Richard Wilda; one brother and two sisters-in-law,
Jack and Diane Wilda, Richmond, Va., Julie Wilda, Galesville, Wis.; sisters-
in-law and brothers-in-law include Jan and Joe Sepnefski, Manitowoc, Norbert
and Marion Graczyk, Manitowoc, Milt and Joanne Graczyk, Pound, Wis.; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in
death by one brother, Curtis L. Wilda.
Friends and family may call at the Reinbold-Pfeffer Funeral Home on Monday
from 12 noon until the time of services. VFW Memorial Services will be
held at 1:45 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, October 1, 1995 P. A2
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[d. at Milwaukee WI]
Raleigh J. (Ozzie) Wilda, age 67, of 1416 N. 169th St., Manitowoc,
died Friday morning, September 29, 1995, at the Transitional Hospital
of Milwaukee, Greenfield, Wis.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, October 2, 1995, at
the Reinbold-Pfeffer Funeral Home. Deacon William Klein will officiate
with burial to follow at the Evergreen Cemetery with Military Graveside
Rites accorded by Otto Oas VFW Post #659 of Manitowoc.
Mr. Wilda was born February 14, 1928, at Manitowoc, son of the late
Raleigh E. and Ruth Sommers Wilda. He attended area schools and
graduated from Lincoln High School in 1946. He entered during the
Korean Conflict in August of 1950 serving as a radarman with the 822nd
bomber squadron with overseas service based in Laon, France. He was
discharged from the Air Force in May of 1954 and then attended the
University of Wisconsin Extention at Manitowoc. On March 31, 1951, he
married Shirley E. Graczyk at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.
Prior to his retirement in 1990 he was employed at Bay Shipbuilding in
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Ozzie is a past commander of Otto Oas VFW Post #659,
past commander of the VFW 8th District and has held various state
chairmanship in the VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley, Manitowoc; one son and daughter-in-
law, Randy J. and Roxanne Wilda, Grand Rapids, Mich.; four grandchildren,
Regan, Teddy, Emily, and Richard Wilda; one brother and two sisters-in-law,
Jack and Diane Wilda, Richmond, Va., Julie Wilda, Galesville, Wis.; sisters-
in-law and brothers-in-law include Jan and Joe Sepnefski, Manitowoc, Norbert
and Marion Graczyk, Manitowoc, Milt and Joanne Graczyk, Pound, Wis.; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in
death by one brother, Curtis L. Wilda.
Friends and family may call at the Reinbold-Pfeffer Funeral Home on Monday
from 12 noon until the time of services. VFW Memorial Services will be
held at 1:45 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, October 1, 1995 P. A2
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[d. at Milwaukee WI]
RALEIGH WILDA (d. 1995)
Raleigh J. (Ozzie) Wilda, age 67, of 1416 N. 169th St., Manitowoc,
died Friday morning, September 29, 1995, at the Transitional Hospital
of Milwaukee, Greenfield, Wis.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, October 2, 1995, at
the Reinbold-Pfeffer Funeral Home. Deacon William Klein will officiate
with burial to follow at the Evergreen Cemetery with Military Graveside
Rites accorded by Otto Oas VFW Post #659 of Manitowoc.
Mr. Wilda was born February 14, 1928, at Manitowoc, son of the late
Raleigh E. and Ruth Sommers Wilda. He attended area schools and
graduated from Lincoln High School in 1946. He entered during the
Korean Conflict in August of 1950 serving as a radarman with the 822nd
bomber squadron with overseas service based in Laon, France. He was
discharged from the Air Force in May of 1954 and then attended the
University of Wisconsin Extention at Manitowoc. On March 31, 1951, he
married Shirley E. Graczyk at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.
Prior to his retirement in 1990 he was employed at Bay Shipbuilding in
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Ozzie is a past commander of Otto Oas VFW Post #659,
past commander of the VFW 8th District and has held various state
chairmanship in the VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley, Manitowoc; one son and daughter-in-
law, Randy J. and Roxanne Wilda, Grand Rapids, Mich.; four grandchildren,
Regan, Teddy, Emily, and Richard Wilda; one brother and two sisters-in-law,
Jack and Diane Wilda, Richmond, Va., Julie Wilda, Galesville, Wis.; sisters-
in-law and brothers-in-law include Jan and Joe Sepnefski, Manitowoc, Norbert
and Marion Graczyk, Manitowoc, Milt and Joanne Graczyk, Pound, Wis.; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in
death by one brother, Curtis L. Wilda.
Friends and family may call at the Reinbold-Pfeffer Funeral Home on Monday
from 12 noon until the time of services. VFW Memorial Services will be
held at 1:45 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, October 1, 1995 P. A2
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[d. at Milwaukee WI]
Raleigh J. (Ozzie) Wilda, age 67, of 1416 N. 169th St., Manitowoc,
died Friday morning, September 29, 1995, at the Transitional Hospital
of Milwaukee, Greenfield, Wis.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, October 2, 1995, at
the Reinbold-Pfeffer Funeral Home. Deacon William Klein will officiate
with burial to follow at the Evergreen Cemetery with Military Graveside
Rites accorded by Otto Oas VFW Post #659 of Manitowoc.
Mr. Wilda was born February 14, 1928, at Manitowoc, son of the late
Raleigh E. and Ruth Sommers Wilda. He attended area schools and
graduated from Lincoln High School in 1946. He entered during the
Korean Conflict in August of 1950 serving as a radarman with the 822nd
bomber squadron with overseas service based in Laon, France. He was
discharged from the Air Force in May of 1954 and then attended the
University of Wisconsin Extention at Manitowoc. On March 31, 1951, he
married Shirley E. Graczyk at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss.
Prior to his retirement in 1990 he was employed at Bay Shipbuilding in
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Ozzie is a past commander of Otto Oas VFW Post #659,
past commander of the VFW 8th District and has held various state
chairmanship in the VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley, Manitowoc; one son and daughter-in-
law, Randy J. and Roxanne Wilda, Grand Rapids, Mich.; four grandchildren,
Regan, Teddy, Emily, and Richard Wilda; one brother and two sisters-in-law,
Jack and Diane Wilda, Richmond, Va., Julie Wilda, Galesville, Wis.; sisters-
in-law and brothers-in-law include Jan and Joe Sepnefski, Manitowoc, Norbert
and Marion Graczyk, Manitowoc, Milt and Joanne Graczyk, Pound, Wis.; nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in
death by one brother, Curtis L. Wilda.
Friends and family may call at the Reinbold-Pfeffer Funeral Home on Monday
from 12 noon until the time of services. VFW Memorial Services will be
held at 1:45 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, October 1, 1995 P. A2
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[d. at Milwaukee WI]
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