HARVEY WELLNER
Harvey Wellner, 47, of 720 South 21st street, shipyard worker and veteran of
World War I, dropped dead of a heart attack, late Tuesday afternoon on South
11th street. He has been ill the past few days and had stepped out for a walk
when stricken.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek and
Schlei funeral home, the Rev. A. C. Fischer officiating. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery. The Drews-Bleser post of the American Legion will conduct
military rites at the grave.
Mr. Wellner was born in this city in 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wellner, and except for the period of his war service spent his life here. He
has been employed as a helper at the Manitowoc Ship Building company in recent
years.
He served overseas for over a year in World War I, enlisting in the 479th Motor
Transport corps May 24, 1918. He was honorably discharged from the service
July 22, 1919. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and Local 443 Shipbuilders and Boilermakers union.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. George Wellner of this city; sister, Mabel, of
this city; two brothers, Emil and George, of this city.
The body may be viewed after seven o’clock this evening until the hour of the
services Friday at the funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 12, 1944 P. 2
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[cause: coronary embolism/son of Mrs. Geo. B. Wellner]
Harvey Wellner, 47, of 720 South 21st street, shipyard worker and veteran of
World War I, dropped dead of a heart attack, late Tuesday afternoon on South
11th street. He has been ill the past few days and had stepped out for a walk
when stricken.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek and
Schlei funeral home, the Rev. A. C. Fischer officiating. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery. The Drews-Bleser post of the American Legion will conduct
military rites at the grave.
Mr. Wellner was born in this city in 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wellner, and except for the period of his war service spent his life here. He
has been employed as a helper at the Manitowoc Ship Building company in recent
years.
He served overseas for over a year in World War I, enlisting in the 479th Motor
Transport corps May 24, 1918. He was honorably discharged from the service
July 22, 1919. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and Local 443 Shipbuilders and Boilermakers union.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. George Wellner of this city; sister, Mabel, of
this city; two brothers, Emil and George, of this city.
The body may be viewed after seven o’clock this evening until the hour of the
services Friday at the funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 12, 1944 P. 2
********
[cause: coronary embolism/son of Mrs. Geo. B. Wellner]
HARVEY WELLNER
Harvey Wellner, 47, of 720 South 21st street, shipyard worker and veteran of
World War I, dropped dead of a heart attack, late Tuesday afternoon on South
11th street. He has been ill the past few days and had stepped out for a walk
when stricken.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek and
Schlei funeral home, the Rev. A. C. Fischer officiating. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery. The Drews-Bleser post of the American Legion will conduct
military rites at the grave.
Mr. Wellner was born in this city in 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wellner, and except for the period of his war service spent his life here. He
has been employed as a helper at the Manitowoc Ship Building company in recent
years.
He served overseas for over a year in World War I, enlisting in the 479th Motor
Transport corps May 24, 1918. He was honorably discharged from the service
July 22, 1919. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and Local 443 Shipbuilders and Boilermakers union.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. George Wellner of this city; sister, Mabel, of
this city; two brothers, Emil and George, of this city.
The body may be viewed after seven o’clock this evening until the hour of the
services Friday at the funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 12, 1944 P. 2
********
[cause: coronary embolism/son of Mrs. Geo. B. Wellner]
Harvey Wellner, 47, of 720 South 21st street, shipyard worker and veteran of
World War I, dropped dead of a heart attack, late Tuesday afternoon on South
11th street. He has been ill the past few days and had stepped out for a walk
when stricken.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek and
Schlei funeral home, the Rev. A. C. Fischer officiating. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery. The Drews-Bleser post of the American Legion will conduct
military rites at the grave.
Mr. Wellner was born in this city in 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wellner, and except for the period of his war service spent his life here. He
has been employed as a helper at the Manitowoc Ship Building company in recent
years.
He served overseas for over a year in World War I, enlisting in the 479th Motor
Transport corps May 24, 1918. He was honorably discharged from the service
July 22, 1919. He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and Local 443 Shipbuilders and Boilermakers union.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. George Wellner of this city; sister, Mabel, of
this city; two brothers, Emil and George, of this city.
The body may be viewed after seven o’clock this evening until the hour of the
services Friday at the funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 12, 1944 P. 2
********
[cause: coronary embolism/son of Mrs. Geo. B. Wellner]
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