HEART ATTACK FATAL TO CHAS ANDRIST
Charles Andrist, 64, long time resident of Gladwin County, passed away suddenly at his home near Beaverton Sunday, Feb. 13 from a heart attack. The son of the late Henry and Ellen Andrist, he was born Oct. 31, 1891, in Defiance County, Ohio. On April 12, 1929 he was married to the former Miss Mary Crumpacker in Detroit. Mr. Andrist was a veteran of World War I, serving in the 1st Division, 18th Infantry, and was a resident of Gladwin County for the past 44 years.
His survivors include his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Betty Brewer of Whittmore Lake, Mrs. Jean Symonds and Miss Wanda Andrist of Lansing; one son, James of Beaverton; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Shock and Mrs. Ora Cochran of Beaverton; and one brother, Fred Andrist of Wausaukee, Wis.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the L.D.S., church in Beaverton with Rev. Harold Messer of the Church of God officiating. Interment was made in Beaverton cemetery.
[Gladwin County Record 2-16/1955 Page 1, Column 4]
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Charles M. Andrist (By Jim & Barb Andrist, as published in "Beaverton: A Century in the Making")
Charles Andrist moved to Beaverton with his parents in 1912 when he was 20 years old. There was no work for him so he went to Austin, Minnesota and worked for Hormel Packing Company for a while. He then worked for relatives until that work ran out and he moved back to Beaverton to live with his folks.
He did not speak much of his military service during World War I, nor did he dwell upon the conditions he endured, or the unspeakable horrors he probably witnessed. He was drafted into the United States Army on January 6, 1918, and assigned to company "A" of the 18th Infantry. After a short basic training he shipped out to the German front on April 15, 1918, and was immediately sent to the front lines.
His first assignment, from April 19 to July 7, 1918 was as part of the Montdidier-Noyon Defensive. On the first day of the Aisne-Marne Offensive of July 18 – 24, 1918, he was wounded in action. He was back in the ranks for the Saint Mihiel Offensive of September 12-14, 1918. From October 1 – 10, 1918, and again November 6 – 8 he took part in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. For two weeks during the Meuse-Argonne offensive he was missing in action, returning to his unit on November 6th. He was returned to the United States where he was honorably discharged on September 3, 1919; he arrived back home in Beaverton September 24.
After his war experience he began working for Ford Motor Company in Detroit where he met Mary Crumpacker. They married and had four children: Betty (married Clarence Brewer), Jean (married Richard Symonds), James (married Barbara Whitmer) and Wanda (married Mike Mullins). When Charles was laid off from Ford in 1930, he brought his family to his father's farm in Beaverton where he lived until his death.
Charles died in February 1955, but his story did not end there. In the process of researching his father's military service record for this article, James Andrist found that Charles had never received his four battle medals. He also discovered that Charles had earned the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart, which he never received. Jim gave the discharge papers to his sister Wanda of Lansing. The medals were obtained by Rob Weiss, Quartermaster, Department of Michigan Veterans of Foreign Wars. The medals earned almost a century earlier were received by his family in November 2002 – 47 years after his death.
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Charles Andrist, 64, long time resident of Gladwin County, passed away suddenly at his home near Beaverton Sunday, Feb. 13 from a heart attack. The son of the late Henry and Ellen Andrist, he was born Oct. 31, 1891, in Defiance County, Ohio. On April 12, 1929 he was married to the former Miss Mary Crumpacker in Detroit. Mr. Andrist was a veteran of World War I, serving in the 1st Division, 18th Infantry, and was a resident of Gladwin County for the past 44 years.
His survivors include his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Betty Brewer of Whittmore Lake, Mrs. Jean Symonds and Miss Wanda Andrist of Lansing; one son, James of Beaverton; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Shock and Mrs. Ora Cochran of Beaverton; and one brother, Fred Andrist of Wausaukee, Wis.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the L.D.S., church in Beaverton with Rev. Harold Messer of the Church of God officiating. Interment was made in Beaverton cemetery.
[Gladwin County Record 2-16/1955 Page 1, Column 4]
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Charles M. Andrist (By Jim & Barb Andrist, as published in "Beaverton: A Century in the Making")
Charles Andrist moved to Beaverton with his parents in 1912 when he was 20 years old. There was no work for him so he went to Austin, Minnesota and worked for Hormel Packing Company for a while. He then worked for relatives until that work ran out and he moved back to Beaverton to live with his folks.
He did not speak much of his military service during World War I, nor did he dwell upon the conditions he endured, or the unspeakable horrors he probably witnessed. He was drafted into the United States Army on January 6, 1918, and assigned to company "A" of the 18th Infantry. After a short basic training he shipped out to the German front on April 15, 1918, and was immediately sent to the front lines.
His first assignment, from April 19 to July 7, 1918 was as part of the Montdidier-Noyon Defensive. On the first day of the Aisne-Marne Offensive of July 18 – 24, 1918, he was wounded in action. He was back in the ranks for the Saint Mihiel Offensive of September 12-14, 1918. From October 1 – 10, 1918, and again November 6 – 8 he took part in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. For two weeks during the Meuse-Argonne offensive he was missing in action, returning to his unit on November 6th. He was returned to the United States where he was honorably discharged on September 3, 1919; he arrived back home in Beaverton September 24.
After his war experience he began working for Ford Motor Company in Detroit where he met Mary Crumpacker. They married and had four children: Betty (married Clarence Brewer), Jean (married Richard Symonds), James (married Barbara Whitmer) and Wanda (married Mike Mullins). When Charles was laid off from Ford in 1930, he brought his family to his father's farm in Beaverton where he lived until his death.
Charles died in February 1955, but his story did not end there. In the process of researching his father's military service record for this article, James Andrist found that Charles had never received his four battle medals. He also discovered that Charles had earned the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart, which he never received. Jim gave the discharge papers to his sister Wanda of Lansing. The medals were obtained by Rob Weiss, Quartermaster, Department of Michigan Veterans of Foreign Wars. The medals earned almost a century earlier were received by his family in November 2002 – 47 years after his death.
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HEART ATTACK FATAL TO CHAS ANDRIST
Charles Andrist, 64, long time resident of Gladwin County, passed away suddenly at his home near Beaverton Sunday, Feb. 13 from a heart attack. The son of the late Henry and Ellen Andrist, he was born Oct. 31, 1891, in Defiance County, Ohio. On April 12, 1929 he was married to the former Miss Mary Crumpacker in Detroit. Mr. Andrist was a veteran of World War I, serving in the 1st Division, 18th Infantry, and was a resident of Gladwin County for the past 44 years.
His survivors include his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Betty Brewer of Whittmore Lake, Mrs. Jean Symonds and Miss Wanda Andrist of Lansing; one son, James of Beaverton; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Shock and Mrs. Ora Cochran of Beaverton; and one brother, Fred Andrist of Wausaukee, Wis.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the L.D.S., church in Beaverton with Rev. Harold Messer of the Church of God officiating. Interment was made in Beaverton cemetery.
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Charles M. Andrist (By Jim & Barb Andrist, as published in "Beaverton: A Century in the Making")
Charles Andrist moved to Beaverton with his parents in 1912 when he was 20 years old. There was no work for him so he went to Austin, Minnesota and worked for Hormel Packing Company for a while. He then worked for relatives until that work ran out and he moved back to Beaverton to live with his folks.
He did not speak much of his military service during World War I, nor did he dwell upon the conditions he endured, or the unspeakable horrors he probably witnessed. He was drafted into the United States Army on January 6, 1918, and assigned to company "A" of the 18th Infantry. After a short basic training he shipped out to the German front on April 15, 1918, and was immediately sent to the front lines.
His first assignment, from April 19 to July 7, 1918 was as part of the Montdidier-Noyon Defensive. On the first day of the Aisne-Marne Offensive of July 18 – 24, 1918, he was wounded in action. He was back in the ranks for the Saint Mihiel Offensive of September 12-14, 1918. From October 1 – 10, 1918, and again November 6 – 8 he took part in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. For two weeks during the Meuse-Argonne offensive he was missing in action, returning to his unit on November 6th. He was returned to the United States where he was honorably discharged on September 3, 1919; he arrived back home in Beaverton September 24.
After his war experience he began working for Ford Motor Company in Detroit where he met Mary Crumpacker. They married and had four children: Betty (married Clarence Brewer), Jean (married Richard Symonds), James (married Barbara Whitmer) and Wanda (married Mike Mullins). When Charles was laid off from Ford in 1930, he brought his family to his father's farm in Beaverton where he lived until his death.
Charles died in February 1955, but his story did not end there. In the process of researching his father's military service record for this article, James Andrist found that Charles had never received his four battle medals. He also discovered that Charles had earned the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart, which he never received. Jim gave the discharge papers to his sister Wanda of Lansing. The medals were obtained by Rob Weiss, Quartermaster, Department of Michigan Veterans of Foreign Wars. The medals earned almost a century earlier were received by his family in November 2002 – 47 years after his death.
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Charles Andrist, 64, long time resident of Gladwin County, passed away suddenly at his home near Beaverton Sunday, Feb. 13 from a heart attack. The son of the late Henry and Ellen Andrist, he was born Oct. 31, 1891, in Defiance County, Ohio. On April 12, 1929 he was married to the former Miss Mary Crumpacker in Detroit. Mr. Andrist was a veteran of World War I, serving in the 1st Division, 18th Infantry, and was a resident of Gladwin County for the past 44 years.
His survivors include his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Betty Brewer of Whittmore Lake, Mrs. Jean Symonds and Miss Wanda Andrist of Lansing; one son, James of Beaverton; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Shock and Mrs. Ora Cochran of Beaverton; and one brother, Fred Andrist of Wausaukee, Wis.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the L.D.S., church in Beaverton with Rev. Harold Messer of the Church of God officiating. Interment was made in Beaverton cemetery.
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Charles M. Andrist (By Jim & Barb Andrist, as published in "Beaverton: A Century in the Making")
Charles Andrist moved to Beaverton with his parents in 1912 when he was 20 years old. There was no work for him so he went to Austin, Minnesota and worked for Hormel Packing Company for a while. He then worked for relatives until that work ran out and he moved back to Beaverton to live with his folks.
He did not speak much of his military service during World War I, nor did he dwell upon the conditions he endured, or the unspeakable horrors he probably witnessed. He was drafted into the United States Army on January 6, 1918, and assigned to company "A" of the 18th Infantry. After a short basic training he shipped out to the German front on April 15, 1918, and was immediately sent to the front lines.
His first assignment, from April 19 to July 7, 1918 was as part of the Montdidier-Noyon Defensive. On the first day of the Aisne-Marne Offensive of July 18 – 24, 1918, he was wounded in action. He was back in the ranks for the Saint Mihiel Offensive of September 12-14, 1918. From October 1 – 10, 1918, and again November 6 – 8 he took part in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. For two weeks during the Meuse-Argonne offensive he was missing in action, returning to his unit on November 6th. He was returned to the United States where he was honorably discharged on September 3, 1919; he arrived back home in Beaverton September 24.
After his war experience he began working for Ford Motor Company in Detroit where he met Mary Crumpacker. They married and had four children: Betty (married Clarence Brewer), Jean (married Richard Symonds), James (married Barbara Whitmer) and Wanda (married Mike Mullins). When Charles was laid off from Ford in 1930, he brought his family to his father's farm in Beaverton where he lived until his death.
Charles died in February 1955, but his story did not end there. In the process of researching his father's military service record for this article, James Andrist found that Charles had never received his four battle medals. He also discovered that Charles had earned the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart, which he never received. Jim gave the discharge papers to his sister Wanda of Lansing. The medals were obtained by Rob Weiss, Quartermaster, Department of Michigan Veterans of Foreign Wars. The medals earned almost a century earlier were received by his family in November 2002 – 47 years after his death.
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