Apr 25, 1920
Woodmere, New York
George Theodore Achelis, B. A. 1919
Born September 7, 1897, in Seabright, N. J
Died April 25, 1920, in Woodmere, N. Y.
George Theodore Achelis was born in Seabright, N. J., September 7, 1897, the sone of John Achelis, a member of the importing firm of Frederick Vietor & Achelis, and Emmy (Bockler) Achelis. His paternal grandparents, Thomas and Julie Achelis, were natives of Bremen, Germany.
He was prepared for college at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., His appointment in Junior year was a second colloquy. In his Senior year he was a member of the Water Polo Team. He belonged to the Elizabethan Club and the Dramatic Association, and took the part of Odysseys in “The Aulis Difficulty.”
He served in the Yale R. O. T. C. during 1917, and on July 3, 1918, enlisted as a Season, 2nd Class, in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force. He was stationed at Pelham Bay, N. Y., until the following December, when he received his discharge and returned to college.
Mr. Achelis died of scarlet fever, after a brief illness, April 25, 1920, at his home in Woodmere, N. Y. At the time of his death he was connected with the New York publishing house of E. P. Dutton & Company as a salesman.
He was married November 29, 1919 in New Haven, Conn., to Grace, daughter of the late Horatio Parker, dean of the Yale School of Music, who graduated at the Royal Conservatoire in Munich in 1885 and received the honorary degree of M. A. at Yale in 1892 and that of Doctor of Music at Cambridge University in 1902, and Anna (Ploessl) Parker.
Mrs. Achelis survives him with daughter, Joan, born in December 1920. He also leaves his father, two sisters, and two brothers, Thomas Achelis. ’08, and Johnfritz Achelis, ’13. He was a cousin of Carl L. Vietor, ‘00S., George F. Vietor, Jr., ex-’04. And Frederic G. Achelis and John A. Vietor, both ’07.
Source: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year Ending July 1, 1920
By Yale University
Woodmere, New York
George Theodore Achelis, B. A. 1919
Born September 7, 1897, in Seabright, N. J
Died April 25, 1920, in Woodmere, N. Y.
George Theodore Achelis was born in Seabright, N. J., September 7, 1897, the sone of John Achelis, a member of the importing firm of Frederick Vietor & Achelis, and Emmy (Bockler) Achelis. His paternal grandparents, Thomas and Julie Achelis, were natives of Bremen, Germany.
He was prepared for college at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., His appointment in Junior year was a second colloquy. In his Senior year he was a member of the Water Polo Team. He belonged to the Elizabethan Club and the Dramatic Association, and took the part of Odysseys in “The Aulis Difficulty.”
He served in the Yale R. O. T. C. during 1917, and on July 3, 1918, enlisted as a Season, 2nd Class, in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force. He was stationed at Pelham Bay, N. Y., until the following December, when he received his discharge and returned to college.
Mr. Achelis died of scarlet fever, after a brief illness, April 25, 1920, at his home in Woodmere, N. Y. At the time of his death he was connected with the New York publishing house of E. P. Dutton & Company as a salesman.
He was married November 29, 1919 in New Haven, Conn., to Grace, daughter of the late Horatio Parker, dean of the Yale School of Music, who graduated at the Royal Conservatoire in Munich in 1885 and received the honorary degree of M. A. at Yale in 1892 and that of Doctor of Music at Cambridge University in 1902, and Anna (Ploessl) Parker.
Mrs. Achelis survives him with daughter, Joan, born in December 1920. He also leaves his father, two sisters, and two brothers, Thomas Achelis. ’08, and Johnfritz Achelis, ’13. He was a cousin of Carl L. Vietor, ‘00S., George F. Vietor, Jr., ex-’04. And Frederic G. Achelis and John A. Vietor, both ’07.
Source: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year Ending July 1, 1920
By Yale University
Apr 25, 1920
Woodmere, New York
George Theodore Achelis, B. A. 1919
Born September 7, 1897, in Seabright, N. J
Died April 25, 1920, in Woodmere, N. Y.
George Theodore Achelis was born in Seabright, N. J., September 7, 1897, the sone of John Achelis, a member of the importing firm of Frederick Vietor & Achelis, and Emmy (Bockler) Achelis. His paternal grandparents, Thomas and Julie Achelis, were natives of Bremen, Germany.
He was prepared for college at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., His appointment in Junior year was a second colloquy. In his Senior year he was a member of the Water Polo Team. He belonged to the Elizabethan Club and the Dramatic Association, and took the part of Odysseys in “The Aulis Difficulty.”
He served in the Yale R. O. T. C. during 1917, and on July 3, 1918, enlisted as a Season, 2nd Class, in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force. He was stationed at Pelham Bay, N. Y., until the following December, when he received his discharge and returned to college.
Mr. Achelis died of scarlet fever, after a brief illness, April 25, 1920, at his home in Woodmere, N. Y. At the time of his death he was connected with the New York publishing house of E. P. Dutton & Company as a salesman.
He was married November 29, 1919 in New Haven, Conn., to Grace, daughter of the late Horatio Parker, dean of the Yale School of Music, who graduated at the Royal Conservatoire in Munich in 1885 and received the honorary degree of M. A. at Yale in 1892 and that of Doctor of Music at Cambridge University in 1902, and Anna (Ploessl) Parker.
Mrs. Achelis survives him with daughter, Joan, born in December 1920. He also leaves his father, two sisters, and two brothers, Thomas Achelis. ’08, and Johnfritz Achelis, ’13. He was a cousin of Carl L. Vietor, ‘00S., George F. Vietor, Jr., ex-’04. And Frederic G. Achelis and John A. Vietor, both ’07.
Source: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year Ending July 1, 1920
By Yale University
Woodmere, New York
George Theodore Achelis, B. A. 1919
Born September 7, 1897, in Seabright, N. J
Died April 25, 1920, in Woodmere, N. Y.
George Theodore Achelis was born in Seabright, N. J., September 7, 1897, the sone of John Achelis, a member of the importing firm of Frederick Vietor & Achelis, and Emmy (Bockler) Achelis. His paternal grandparents, Thomas and Julie Achelis, were natives of Bremen, Germany.
He was prepared for college at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., His appointment in Junior year was a second colloquy. In his Senior year he was a member of the Water Polo Team. He belonged to the Elizabethan Club and the Dramatic Association, and took the part of Odysseys in “The Aulis Difficulty.”
He served in the Yale R. O. T. C. during 1917, and on July 3, 1918, enlisted as a Season, 2nd Class, in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force. He was stationed at Pelham Bay, N. Y., until the following December, when he received his discharge and returned to college.
Mr. Achelis died of scarlet fever, after a brief illness, April 25, 1920, at his home in Woodmere, N. Y. At the time of his death he was connected with the New York publishing house of E. P. Dutton & Company as a salesman.
He was married November 29, 1919 in New Haven, Conn., to Grace, daughter of the late Horatio Parker, dean of the Yale School of Music, who graduated at the Royal Conservatoire in Munich in 1885 and received the honorary degree of M. A. at Yale in 1892 and that of Doctor of Music at Cambridge University in 1902, and Anna (Ploessl) Parker.
Mrs. Achelis survives him with daughter, Joan, born in December 1920. He also leaves his father, two sisters, and two brothers, Thomas Achelis. ’08, and Johnfritz Achelis, ’13. He was a cousin of Carl L. Vietor, ‘00S., George F. Vietor, Jr., ex-’04. And Frederic G. Achelis and John A. Vietor, both ’07.
Source: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year Ending July 1, 1920
By Yale University
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