Funeral services were held Saturday evening at 8:00 o'clock at the Georgas Funeral Home for S/Sgt Frederick Daniels, who was killed in Hawaii in a plane crash August 24, 1948, that took the lives of 15 men. The Rev. William Lauterbach officiated at the services. Burial was made on Monday morning in the Neillsville City Cemetery.
Miss Carole Wang sang two selections: "Rock of Ages" and "Nearer My God To Thee," accompanied by Miss Fern Naedler.
S/Sgt Daniels, who had received his discharge from the army after World War II, in December 1945, re-enlisted May 11, 1948. He has seen action on Leyte, Mindoro, Luzon and other Pacific Islands, and had been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious service in the Pacific from February 13, to July 20, 1945.
In 1946 he was married to Luella Ratsch. She survives him, as does their one-and-a-half year old son, Larry. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Fred Daniels, Neillsville; four sisters Mrs. Robert (Marie) Ratsch, Mrs. Henry (Dorothy) Elmhorst, both of Neillsville; Mrs. Fred (Christine) Elmhorst and Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Canfield, both of Granton.
S/Sgt Daniels brother, Maurice, died in France during World War II, and was reburied in Neillsville City Cemetery, May 28, 1948; his father died in June 1948, and S/Sgt Daniels was home for both funerals.
Sgt/ Lawrence J. Clarity of St. Cloud, Minn., was the escort who brought the body to Neillsville. Others who came from away to attend the services were Fred Smith, Mrs. Behringer and sons of Owen.
Marshfield News Herald; Aug 26 1948
Miss Carole Wang sang two selections: "Rock of Ages" and "Nearer My God To Thee," accompanied by Miss Fern Naedler.
S/Sgt Daniels, who had received his discharge from the army after World War II, in December 1945, re-enlisted May 11, 1948. He has seen action on Leyte, Mindoro, Luzon and other Pacific Islands, and had been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious service in the Pacific from February 13, to July 20, 1945.
In 1946 he was married to Luella Ratsch. She survives him, as does their one-and-a-half year old son, Larry. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Fred Daniels, Neillsville; four sisters Mrs. Robert (Marie) Ratsch, Mrs. Henry (Dorothy) Elmhorst, both of Neillsville; Mrs. Fred (Christine) Elmhorst and Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Canfield, both of Granton.
S/Sgt Daniels brother, Maurice, died in France during World War II, and was reburied in Neillsville City Cemetery, May 28, 1948; his father died in June 1948, and S/Sgt Daniels was home for both funerals.
Sgt/ Lawrence J. Clarity of St. Cloud, Minn., was the escort who brought the body to Neillsville. Others who came from away to attend the services were Fred Smith, Mrs. Behringer and sons of Owen.
Marshfield News Herald; Aug 26 1948
Funeral services were held Saturday evening at 8:00 o'clock at the Georgas Funeral Home for S/Sgt Frederick Daniels, who was killed in Hawaii in a plane crash August 24, 1948, that took the lives of 15 men. The Rev. William Lauterbach officiated at the services. Burial was made on Monday morning in the Neillsville City Cemetery.
Miss Carole Wang sang two selections: "Rock of Ages" and "Nearer My God To Thee," accompanied by Miss Fern Naedler.
S/Sgt Daniels, who had received his discharge from the army after World War II, in December 1945, re-enlisted May 11, 1948. He has seen action on Leyte, Mindoro, Luzon and other Pacific Islands, and had been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious service in the Pacific from February 13, to July 20, 1945.
In 1946 he was married to Luella Ratsch. She survives him, as does their one-and-a-half year old son, Larry. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Fred Daniels, Neillsville; four sisters Mrs. Robert (Marie) Ratsch, Mrs. Henry (Dorothy) Elmhorst, both of Neillsville; Mrs. Fred (Christine) Elmhorst and Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Canfield, both of Granton.
S/Sgt Daniels brother, Maurice, died in France during World War II, and was reburied in Neillsville City Cemetery, May 28, 1948; his father died in June 1948, and S/Sgt Daniels was home for both funerals.
Sgt/ Lawrence J. Clarity of St. Cloud, Minn., was the escort who brought the body to Neillsville. Others who came from away to attend the services were Fred Smith, Mrs. Behringer and sons of Owen.
Marshfield News Herald; Aug 26 1948
Miss Carole Wang sang two selections: "Rock of Ages" and "Nearer My God To Thee," accompanied by Miss Fern Naedler.
S/Sgt Daniels, who had received his discharge from the army after World War II, in December 1945, re-enlisted May 11, 1948. He has seen action on Leyte, Mindoro, Luzon and other Pacific Islands, and had been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious service in the Pacific from February 13, to July 20, 1945.
In 1946 he was married to Luella Ratsch. She survives him, as does their one-and-a-half year old son, Larry. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Fred Daniels, Neillsville; four sisters Mrs. Robert (Marie) Ratsch, Mrs. Henry (Dorothy) Elmhorst, both of Neillsville; Mrs. Fred (Christine) Elmhorst and Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Canfield, both of Granton.
S/Sgt Daniels brother, Maurice, died in France during World War II, and was reburied in Neillsville City Cemetery, May 28, 1948; his father died in June 1948, and S/Sgt Daniels was home for both funerals.
Sgt/ Lawrence J. Clarity of St. Cloud, Minn., was the escort who brought the body to Neillsville. Others who came from away to attend the services were Fred Smith, Mrs. Behringer and sons of Owen.
Marshfield News Herald; Aug 26 1948
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