Wilbur F. Rhea Dies Enroute to Hospital Today
Wilbur Franklin Rhea, veteran of World War II and a driver for the Iowa Cab Company, became ill while at work this morning and died enroute to the Granham Hopsital in an ambulance at about 10:45 o'clock.
Dr. E.L. Kingsbury, county coroner, was call to the hopsital.
A resident of Keokuk since 1937, he made his home with a sister, Mrs. William Briley of 312 South Fourth Street.
Born July 4, 1916 in Burnside, Illinois he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Rhea.
An antipaircraft gunner, he was injured when thrown by a gun in Germany and given a medical discharge. He was a member of the American Legion.
Surviving are his father, Otis Rhea of Keokuk, a two-year-old son, Ned Otis Rhea; four brothers, Alva of Macomb, James and Walter of Keokuk, and Ernest of New York; and two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Canfield of Dallas City, Ill., and Mrs. William Briley of Keokuk.
The body was taken to the Greaves Mortuary. The funeral arrangements are not complete.
Wilbur Franklin Rhea, veteran of World War II and a driver for the Iowa Cab Company, became ill while at work this morning and died enroute to the Granham Hopsital in an ambulance at about 10:45 o'clock.
Dr. E.L. Kingsbury, county coroner, was call to the hopsital.
A resident of Keokuk since 1937, he made his home with a sister, Mrs. William Briley of 312 South Fourth Street.
Born July 4, 1916 in Burnside, Illinois he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Rhea.
An antipaircraft gunner, he was injured when thrown by a gun in Germany and given a medical discharge. He was a member of the American Legion.
Surviving are his father, Otis Rhea of Keokuk, a two-year-old son, Ned Otis Rhea; four brothers, Alva of Macomb, James and Walter of Keokuk, and Ernest of New York; and two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Canfield of Dallas City, Ill., and Mrs. William Briley of Keokuk.
The body was taken to the Greaves Mortuary. The funeral arrangements are not complete.
Wilbur F. Rhea Dies Enroute to Hospital Today
Wilbur Franklin Rhea, veteran of World War II and a driver for the Iowa Cab Company, became ill while at work this morning and died enroute to the Granham Hopsital in an ambulance at about 10:45 o'clock.
Dr. E.L. Kingsbury, county coroner, was call to the hopsital.
A resident of Keokuk since 1937, he made his home with a sister, Mrs. William Briley of 312 South Fourth Street.
Born July 4, 1916 in Burnside, Illinois he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Rhea.
An antipaircraft gunner, he was injured when thrown by a gun in Germany and given a medical discharge. He was a member of the American Legion.
Surviving are his father, Otis Rhea of Keokuk, a two-year-old son, Ned Otis Rhea; four brothers, Alva of Macomb, James and Walter of Keokuk, and Ernest of New York; and two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Canfield of Dallas City, Ill., and Mrs. William Briley of Keokuk.
The body was taken to the Greaves Mortuary. The funeral arrangements are not complete.
Wilbur Franklin Rhea, veteran of World War II and a driver for the Iowa Cab Company, became ill while at work this morning and died enroute to the Granham Hopsital in an ambulance at about 10:45 o'clock.
Dr. E.L. Kingsbury, county coroner, was call to the hopsital.
A resident of Keokuk since 1937, he made his home with a sister, Mrs. William Briley of 312 South Fourth Street.
Born July 4, 1916 in Burnside, Illinois he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Rhea.
An antipaircraft gunner, he was injured when thrown by a gun in Germany and given a medical discharge. He was a member of the American Legion.
Surviving are his father, Otis Rhea of Keokuk, a two-year-old son, Ned Otis Rhea; four brothers, Alva of Macomb, James and Walter of Keokuk, and Ernest of New York; and two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Canfield of Dallas City, Ill., and Mrs. William Briley of Keokuk.
The body was taken to the Greaves Mortuary. The funeral arrangements are not complete.
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