DuBois Courier, Tuesday, October 7, 1947
Sykes Veteran Of W.W.I, Dies in Aspinwall
Thomas P. Kicher, of Sykesville, a car repairman at the B. & O. Shops, died Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Aspinwall Veteran's Hospital, where he had been a patient since June. Mr. Kicher, a World War I veteran, had been in ill health for some time due to injuries received while with the Armed Service.
The deceased was born in Kramer on November 10, 1890, the son of John and Mary (Trexler) Kicher. In 1922 he was married to Ruth Philippi, who survives.
Mr. Kicher was a member of the Methodist church and the V.F.W. Lodge, 7634, Sykesville.
In addition to his wife, one daughter, Jeanne, at home, three brothers, Milton Kicher, of Sykesville, Charles Kicher, of Big Run, and Frank Kicher, of Akron, four sisters, Mrs. Susie Trimmer, of Corapolis, Mrs. Ella McCall, of Olean, N.Y., Mrs. Nina Leight, of Erie, and Mrs. Elizabeth Trapp, of Erie, also survive.
Military funeral services will be conducted from the bereaved home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock followed by burial in the Morningside Cemetery.
DuBois Courier, Monday, December 4, 1950
Purple Heart Is Given Sykes Man Posthumously
Mrs. Ruth B. Kicher, of Sykesville, received last Wednesday an Army decoration, the Order of the Purple Heart, awarded to her late husband, Thomas P. Kicher, posthumously.
Tom, as he was known to his many friends, was a veteran of World War I. He was wounded 32 years ago, on July 28, 1918, during the battle of Chateau Thierry in France. A machine gun bullet struck him in the thigh and gas gangrene developed. He was hospitalized for one full year overseas and in Decmeber, 1919, was discharged from the Fort Dix, N. J. hospital.
During the remainder of his life he doctored almost constantly in attempts to completely heal the wound, but the leg never healed and October 6, 1947, he died at the Veteran's Hospital in Aspinwall.
Sykes Veteran Of W.W.I, Dies in Aspinwall
Thomas P. Kicher, of Sykesville, a car repairman at the B. & O. Shops, died Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Aspinwall Veteran's Hospital, where he had been a patient since June. Mr. Kicher, a World War I veteran, had been in ill health for some time due to injuries received while with the Armed Service.
The deceased was born in Kramer on November 10, 1890, the son of John and Mary (Trexler) Kicher. In 1922 he was married to Ruth Philippi, who survives.
Mr. Kicher was a member of the Methodist church and the V.F.W. Lodge, 7634, Sykesville.
In addition to his wife, one daughter, Jeanne, at home, three brothers, Milton Kicher, of Sykesville, Charles Kicher, of Big Run, and Frank Kicher, of Akron, four sisters, Mrs. Susie Trimmer, of Corapolis, Mrs. Ella McCall, of Olean, N.Y., Mrs. Nina Leight, of Erie, and Mrs. Elizabeth Trapp, of Erie, also survive.
Military funeral services will be conducted from the bereaved home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock followed by burial in the Morningside Cemetery.
DuBois Courier, Monday, December 4, 1950
Purple Heart Is Given Sykes Man Posthumously
Mrs. Ruth B. Kicher, of Sykesville, received last Wednesday an Army decoration, the Order of the Purple Heart, awarded to her late husband, Thomas P. Kicher, posthumously.
Tom, as he was known to his many friends, was a veteran of World War I. He was wounded 32 years ago, on July 28, 1918, during the battle of Chateau Thierry in France. A machine gun bullet struck him in the thigh and gas gangrene developed. He was hospitalized for one full year overseas and in Decmeber, 1919, was discharged from the Fort Dix, N. J. hospital.
During the remainder of his life he doctored almost constantly in attempts to completely heal the wound, but the leg never healed and October 6, 1947, he died at the Veteran's Hospital in Aspinwall.
DuBois Courier, Tuesday, October 7, 1947
Sykes Veteran Of W.W.I, Dies in Aspinwall
Thomas P. Kicher, of Sykesville, a car repairman at the B. & O. Shops, died Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Aspinwall Veteran's Hospital, where he had been a patient since June. Mr. Kicher, a World War I veteran, had been in ill health for some time due to injuries received while with the Armed Service.
The deceased was born in Kramer on November 10, 1890, the son of John and Mary (Trexler) Kicher. In 1922 he was married to Ruth Philippi, who survives.
Mr. Kicher was a member of the Methodist church and the V.F.W. Lodge, 7634, Sykesville.
In addition to his wife, one daughter, Jeanne, at home, three brothers, Milton Kicher, of Sykesville, Charles Kicher, of Big Run, and Frank Kicher, of Akron, four sisters, Mrs. Susie Trimmer, of Corapolis, Mrs. Ella McCall, of Olean, N.Y., Mrs. Nina Leight, of Erie, and Mrs. Elizabeth Trapp, of Erie, also survive.
Military funeral services will be conducted from the bereaved home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock followed by burial in the Morningside Cemetery.
DuBois Courier, Monday, December 4, 1950
Purple Heart Is Given Sykes Man Posthumously
Mrs. Ruth B. Kicher, of Sykesville, received last Wednesday an Army decoration, the Order of the Purple Heart, awarded to her late husband, Thomas P. Kicher, posthumously.
Tom, as he was known to his many friends, was a veteran of World War I. He was wounded 32 years ago, on July 28, 1918, during the battle of Chateau Thierry in France. A machine gun bullet struck him in the thigh and gas gangrene developed. He was hospitalized for one full year overseas and in Decmeber, 1919, was discharged from the Fort Dix, N. J. hospital.
During the remainder of his life he doctored almost constantly in attempts to completely heal the wound, but the leg never healed and October 6, 1947, he died at the Veteran's Hospital in Aspinwall.
Sykes Veteran Of W.W.I, Dies in Aspinwall
Thomas P. Kicher, of Sykesville, a car repairman at the B. & O. Shops, died Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Aspinwall Veteran's Hospital, where he had been a patient since June. Mr. Kicher, a World War I veteran, had been in ill health for some time due to injuries received while with the Armed Service.
The deceased was born in Kramer on November 10, 1890, the son of John and Mary (Trexler) Kicher. In 1922 he was married to Ruth Philippi, who survives.
Mr. Kicher was a member of the Methodist church and the V.F.W. Lodge, 7634, Sykesville.
In addition to his wife, one daughter, Jeanne, at home, three brothers, Milton Kicher, of Sykesville, Charles Kicher, of Big Run, and Frank Kicher, of Akron, four sisters, Mrs. Susie Trimmer, of Corapolis, Mrs. Ella McCall, of Olean, N.Y., Mrs. Nina Leight, of Erie, and Mrs. Elizabeth Trapp, of Erie, also survive.
Military funeral services will be conducted from the bereaved home Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock followed by burial in the Morningside Cemetery.
DuBois Courier, Monday, December 4, 1950
Purple Heart Is Given Sykes Man Posthumously
Mrs. Ruth B. Kicher, of Sykesville, received last Wednesday an Army decoration, the Order of the Purple Heart, awarded to her late husband, Thomas P. Kicher, posthumously.
Tom, as he was known to his many friends, was a veteran of World War I. He was wounded 32 years ago, on July 28, 1918, during the battle of Chateau Thierry in France. A machine gun bullet struck him in the thigh and gas gangrene developed. He was hospitalized for one full year overseas and in Decmeber, 1919, was discharged from the Fort Dix, N. J. hospital.
During the remainder of his life he doctored almost constantly in attempts to completely heal the wound, but the leg never healed and October 6, 1947, he died at the Veteran's Hospital in Aspinwall.
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