Nicolas "Nick" Maershbecker
CLEAR LAKE โ Nicolas Maershbecker, 91, of Clear Lake passed away, Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Cornerstone Acute Care Center.
A Visitation and Remembrance Service will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Crowder Funeral Home, 111 E. Medical Center Blvd., Webster, TX.
His Ashes will be spread at a later date during a Naval Ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI.
Nick was born Tuesday, July 3, 1917 in Hebron, North Dakota to Nickolaus and Anna (Weber) Maershbecker; both of whom were Austro-Hungarian immigrants to the United States.
Nick started his life's adventures by joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working for the National Forestry Service from 1934-1937; then joining the U. S. Navy on December 13, 1937. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he was aboard the USS Perry DMS 17 (a high-speed minesweeper) located in Pearl Harbor with only six days left until his discharge. As fate would have it, Nick continued his Naval career for twenty-two years being assigned to the USS Wasmuth DMS 15, USS Perry DMS 17, USS Savo Island CVE 78, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB 42, USS Kearsarge CVA 32, USS Princeton CVA 37, USS Jupiter-Aviation Supply AVS 8, USS Midway CVB 41, USS Yorktown CVA 10, spending his last two years of service as a Navy Recruiter in Galveston, TX. He retired with honors as a Chief Petty Officer, Chief Boiler Technician on July 15, 1959. For the next twenty-two years he worked for the Civil Service at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital in Galveston as a Boiler Operator and Chief Engineer until his retirement on May 31, 1981. The next seven years he enjoyed working on the restoration of The Shearn Moody Plaza Building, the construction of the Railroad Museum; and the restoration of antique rail cars. Finally, after fifty-one years of working Nick began his journey of retirement. He built model airplanes and cars; had a woodworking shop where he made clocks, music boxes or whatever caught his eye. He traveled extensively; enjoyed Polka music, was Past-President of the San Jacinto Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; was active in the Naval Minewarfare Association and Fleet Reserve Association.
Nick is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, four sisters, one step-grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Reta D. (Terrell) Maershbecker; daughter, Shirley Black of Orlando, Florida; step-sons, Charley Eisel of Santa Fe and Kerry Burts of Webster; step-daughters, Mary Ainslie of Houston, Claire Moore-Eitel of Galveston, and Suzee Burts of Galveston; grand-daughters, Lori Herrera and husband Marty, Lisa Slattery and husband Michael; step-grandsons, Lucas Spencer, Nicolas Spencer, and Seth Burts; step-granddaughters, Amy (Eisel) Helm, Hannah Moore, Alicia (Eisel) Martinez, and Reta-Marie Burts; great-grandsons, Michael Herrera and Ryan Slattery; and step-great grandson, Anthony Martinez.
In Lieu of flowers, please consider a Memorial donation to The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, c/o Lewis LaGesse, 4946 Yarnell, Houston, TX, 77096-4231; or a charity of your choice.
CLEAR LAKE โ Nicolas Maershbecker, 91, of Clear Lake passed away, Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Cornerstone Acute Care Center.
A Visitation and Remembrance Service will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Crowder Funeral Home, 111 E. Medical Center Blvd., Webster, TX.
His Ashes will be spread at a later date during a Naval Ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI.
Nick was born Tuesday, July 3, 1917 in Hebron, North Dakota to Nickolaus and Anna (Weber) Maershbecker; both of whom were Austro-Hungarian immigrants to the United States.
Nick started his life's adventures by joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working for the National Forestry Service from 1934-1937; then joining the U. S. Navy on December 13, 1937. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he was aboard the USS Perry DMS 17 (a high-speed minesweeper) located in Pearl Harbor with only six days left until his discharge. As fate would have it, Nick continued his Naval career for twenty-two years being assigned to the USS Wasmuth DMS 15, USS Perry DMS 17, USS Savo Island CVE 78, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB 42, USS Kearsarge CVA 32, USS Princeton CVA 37, USS Jupiter-Aviation Supply AVS 8, USS Midway CVB 41, USS Yorktown CVA 10, spending his last two years of service as a Navy Recruiter in Galveston, TX. He retired with honors as a Chief Petty Officer, Chief Boiler Technician on July 15, 1959. For the next twenty-two years he worked for the Civil Service at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital in Galveston as a Boiler Operator and Chief Engineer until his retirement on May 31, 1981. The next seven years he enjoyed working on the restoration of The Shearn Moody Plaza Building, the construction of the Railroad Museum; and the restoration of antique rail cars. Finally, after fifty-one years of working Nick began his journey of retirement. He built model airplanes and cars; had a woodworking shop where he made clocks, music boxes or whatever caught his eye. He traveled extensively; enjoyed Polka music, was Past-President of the San Jacinto Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; was active in the Naval Minewarfare Association and Fleet Reserve Association.
Nick is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, four sisters, one step-grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Reta D. (Terrell) Maershbecker; daughter, Shirley Black of Orlando, Florida; step-sons, Charley Eisel of Santa Fe and Kerry Burts of Webster; step-daughters, Mary Ainslie of Houston, Claire Moore-Eitel of Galveston, and Suzee Burts of Galveston; grand-daughters, Lori Herrera and husband Marty, Lisa Slattery and husband Michael; step-grandsons, Lucas Spencer, Nicolas Spencer, and Seth Burts; step-granddaughters, Amy (Eisel) Helm, Hannah Moore, Alicia (Eisel) Martinez, and Reta-Marie Burts; great-grandsons, Michael Herrera and Ryan Slattery; and step-great grandson, Anthony Martinez.
In Lieu of flowers, please consider a Memorial donation to The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, c/o Lewis LaGesse, 4946 Yarnell, Houston, TX, 77096-4231; or a charity of your choice.
Nicolas "Nick" Maershbecker
CLEAR LAKE โ Nicolas Maershbecker, 91, of Clear Lake passed away, Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Cornerstone Acute Care Center.
A Visitation and Remembrance Service will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Crowder Funeral Home, 111 E. Medical Center Blvd., Webster, TX.
His Ashes will be spread at a later date during a Naval Ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI.
Nick was born Tuesday, July 3, 1917 in Hebron, North Dakota to Nickolaus and Anna (Weber) Maershbecker; both of whom were Austro-Hungarian immigrants to the United States.
Nick started his life's adventures by joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working for the National Forestry Service from 1934-1937; then joining the U. S. Navy on December 13, 1937. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he was aboard the USS Perry DMS 17 (a high-speed minesweeper) located in Pearl Harbor with only six days left until his discharge. As fate would have it, Nick continued his Naval career for twenty-two years being assigned to the USS Wasmuth DMS 15, USS Perry DMS 17, USS Savo Island CVE 78, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB 42, USS Kearsarge CVA 32, USS Princeton CVA 37, USS Jupiter-Aviation Supply AVS 8, USS Midway CVB 41, USS Yorktown CVA 10, spending his last two years of service as a Navy Recruiter in Galveston, TX. He retired with honors as a Chief Petty Officer, Chief Boiler Technician on July 15, 1959. For the next twenty-two years he worked for the Civil Service at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital in Galveston as a Boiler Operator and Chief Engineer until his retirement on May 31, 1981. The next seven years he enjoyed working on the restoration of The Shearn Moody Plaza Building, the construction of the Railroad Museum; and the restoration of antique rail cars. Finally, after fifty-one years of working Nick began his journey of retirement. He built model airplanes and cars; had a woodworking shop where he made clocks, music boxes or whatever caught his eye. He traveled extensively; enjoyed Polka music, was Past-President of the San Jacinto Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; was active in the Naval Minewarfare Association and Fleet Reserve Association.
Nick is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, four sisters, one step-grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Reta D. (Terrell) Maershbecker; daughter, Shirley Black of Orlando, Florida; step-sons, Charley Eisel of Santa Fe and Kerry Burts of Webster; step-daughters, Mary Ainslie of Houston, Claire Moore-Eitel of Galveston, and Suzee Burts of Galveston; grand-daughters, Lori Herrera and husband Marty, Lisa Slattery and husband Michael; step-grandsons, Lucas Spencer, Nicolas Spencer, and Seth Burts; step-granddaughters, Amy (Eisel) Helm, Hannah Moore, Alicia (Eisel) Martinez, and Reta-Marie Burts; great-grandsons, Michael Herrera and Ryan Slattery; and step-great grandson, Anthony Martinez.
In Lieu of flowers, please consider a Memorial donation to The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, c/o Lewis LaGesse, 4946 Yarnell, Houston, TX, 77096-4231; or a charity of your choice.
CLEAR LAKE โ Nicolas Maershbecker, 91, of Clear Lake passed away, Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Cornerstone Acute Care Center.
A Visitation and Remembrance Service will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Crowder Funeral Home, 111 E. Medical Center Blvd., Webster, TX.
His Ashes will be spread at a later date during a Naval Ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI.
Nick was born Tuesday, July 3, 1917 in Hebron, North Dakota to Nickolaus and Anna (Weber) Maershbecker; both of whom were Austro-Hungarian immigrants to the United States.
Nick started his life's adventures by joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working for the National Forestry Service from 1934-1937; then joining the U. S. Navy on December 13, 1937. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he was aboard the USS Perry DMS 17 (a high-speed minesweeper) located in Pearl Harbor with only six days left until his discharge. As fate would have it, Nick continued his Naval career for twenty-two years being assigned to the USS Wasmuth DMS 15, USS Perry DMS 17, USS Savo Island CVE 78, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB 42, USS Kearsarge CVA 32, USS Princeton CVA 37, USS Jupiter-Aviation Supply AVS 8, USS Midway CVB 41, USS Yorktown CVA 10, spending his last two years of service as a Navy Recruiter in Galveston, TX. He retired with honors as a Chief Petty Officer, Chief Boiler Technician on July 15, 1959. For the next twenty-two years he worked for the Civil Service at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital in Galveston as a Boiler Operator and Chief Engineer until his retirement on May 31, 1981. The next seven years he enjoyed working on the restoration of The Shearn Moody Plaza Building, the construction of the Railroad Museum; and the restoration of antique rail cars. Finally, after fifty-one years of working Nick began his journey of retirement. He built model airplanes and cars; had a woodworking shop where he made clocks, music boxes or whatever caught his eye. He traveled extensively; enjoyed Polka music, was Past-President of the San Jacinto Chapter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; was active in the Naval Minewarfare Association and Fleet Reserve Association.
Nick is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, four sisters, one step-grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Reta D. (Terrell) Maershbecker; daughter, Shirley Black of Orlando, Florida; step-sons, Charley Eisel of Santa Fe and Kerry Burts of Webster; step-daughters, Mary Ainslie of Houston, Claire Moore-Eitel of Galveston, and Suzee Burts of Galveston; grand-daughters, Lori Herrera and husband Marty, Lisa Slattery and husband Michael; step-grandsons, Lucas Spencer, Nicolas Spencer, and Seth Burts; step-granddaughters, Amy (Eisel) Helm, Hannah Moore, Alicia (Eisel) Martinez, and Reta-Marie Burts; great-grandsons, Michael Herrera and Ryan Slattery; and step-great grandson, Anthony Martinez.
In Lieu of flowers, please consider a Memorial donation to The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, c/o Lewis LaGesse, 4946 Yarnell, Houston, TX, 77096-4231; or a charity of your choice.
