4-11-1945
Robert Fortener Jr.
Parents Get Message Of Son’s Death
Pvt. Robert Fortener, Jr., Killed In Germany
Died On April 11th
Memorial Rites Held At Ottoville
The day after receiving a letter from relatives in Detroit, Michigan, which reported the death of their son, Pfc. Robert Fortener, nineteen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortener, Ottoville, received a telegram from the War Department, Washington, which confirmed the information.
Earl Weber, of Detroit, a first cousin of Pfc. Fortener, wrote his parents saying that the Ottoville young man had been killed in action in Germany on April 11th. He informed his parents that he talked to Robert’s commanding officers and members of his unit, including the chaplain, and that if he had had time he could have visited the place where Robert was buried.
Pfc. Fortener was born in Ottoville on August 24, 1925. He graduated from Ottoville High School with the class of 1943. He had been in the service since December 8, 1943, and had been overseas since October 1944. He was a member of the Ninth U. S. Army.
Pfc. Fortener is survived by his parents; two brothers and two sisters, Helen, Karen, John and Elmer, all at home, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Louise Schmitt, Ottoville.
Memorial rites for Pfc. Fortener were held in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville Tuesday morning at nine o’clock. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, was celebrant of the Requiem High Mass. Members of the county American Legion Posts attended the mass and conducted military rites at the conclusion of the services.
SEE MEMORIAL # 56298794
Robert Fortener Jr.
Parents Get Message Of Son’s Death
Pvt. Robert Fortener, Jr., Killed In Germany
Died On April 11th
Memorial Rites Held At Ottoville
The day after receiving a letter from relatives in Detroit, Michigan, which reported the death of their son, Pfc. Robert Fortener, nineteen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortener, Ottoville, received a telegram from the War Department, Washington, which confirmed the information.
Earl Weber, of Detroit, a first cousin of Pfc. Fortener, wrote his parents saying that the Ottoville young man had been killed in action in Germany on April 11th. He informed his parents that he talked to Robert’s commanding officers and members of his unit, including the chaplain, and that if he had had time he could have visited the place where Robert was buried.
Pfc. Fortener was born in Ottoville on August 24, 1925. He graduated from Ottoville High School with the class of 1943. He had been in the service since December 8, 1943, and had been overseas since October 1944. He was a member of the Ninth U. S. Army.
Pfc. Fortener is survived by his parents; two brothers and two sisters, Helen, Karen, John and Elmer, all at home, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Louise Schmitt, Ottoville.
Memorial rites for Pfc. Fortener were held in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville Tuesday morning at nine o’clock. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, was celebrant of the Requiem High Mass. Members of the county American Legion Posts attended the mass and conducted military rites at the conclusion of the services.
SEE MEMORIAL # 56298794
4-11-1945
Robert Fortener Jr.
Parents Get Message Of Son’s Death
Pvt. Robert Fortener, Jr., Killed In Germany
Died On April 11th
Memorial Rites Held At Ottoville
The day after receiving a letter from relatives in Detroit, Michigan, which reported the death of their son, Pfc. Robert Fortener, nineteen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortener, Ottoville, received a telegram from the War Department, Washington, which confirmed the information.
Earl Weber, of Detroit, a first cousin of Pfc. Fortener, wrote his parents saying that the Ottoville young man had been killed in action in Germany on April 11th. He informed his parents that he talked to Robert’s commanding officers and members of his unit, including the chaplain, and that if he had had time he could have visited the place where Robert was buried.
Pfc. Fortener was born in Ottoville on August 24, 1925. He graduated from Ottoville High School with the class of 1943. He had been in the service since December 8, 1943, and had been overseas since October 1944. He was a member of the Ninth U. S. Army.
Pfc. Fortener is survived by his parents; two brothers and two sisters, Helen, Karen, John and Elmer, all at home, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Louise Schmitt, Ottoville.
Memorial rites for Pfc. Fortener were held in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville Tuesday morning at nine o’clock. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, was celebrant of the Requiem High Mass. Members of the county American Legion Posts attended the mass and conducted military rites at the conclusion of the services.
SEE MEMORIAL # 56298794
Robert Fortener Jr.
Parents Get Message Of Son’s Death
Pvt. Robert Fortener, Jr., Killed In Germany
Died On April 11th
Memorial Rites Held At Ottoville
The day after receiving a letter from relatives in Detroit, Michigan, which reported the death of their son, Pfc. Robert Fortener, nineteen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortener, Ottoville, received a telegram from the War Department, Washington, which confirmed the information.
Earl Weber, of Detroit, a first cousin of Pfc. Fortener, wrote his parents saying that the Ottoville young man had been killed in action in Germany on April 11th. He informed his parents that he talked to Robert’s commanding officers and members of his unit, including the chaplain, and that if he had had time he could have visited the place where Robert was buried.
Pfc. Fortener was born in Ottoville on August 24, 1925. He graduated from Ottoville High School with the class of 1943. He had been in the service since December 8, 1943, and had been overseas since October 1944. He was a member of the Ninth U. S. Army.
Pfc. Fortener is survived by his parents; two brothers and two sisters, Helen, Karen, John and Elmer, all at home, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Louise Schmitt, Ottoville.
Memorial rites for Pfc. Fortener were held in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Ottoville Tuesday morning at nine o’clock. Rev. Henry Gerwert, the pastor, was celebrant of the Requiem High Mass. Members of the county American Legion Posts attended the mass and conducted military rites at the conclusion of the services.
SEE MEMORIAL # 56298794
Inscription
PFC Co A 7th Armed Inf Ohio WW II
Gravesite Details
Actually buried in the Netherlands in the American Cemetery per picture on memorial stone.
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