Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1941 — Page 25
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LORENZ KOENIG SE — "18 DEAD AT 86
Surgical Instrument Maker
U. S. S. Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor.
Virgil Smith of Indianapolis, a chief gunner aboard the U. 8. S. Oklahoma, has ' hot been heard from by relatives here. Mr. Smith has been in the Naval service for the last 13 years. He is the son of Samuel Smith, R. R. 1, Box 221B: and the brother of Roy, Earl and Bernard Smith of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Mecie Bell Ewick of Shelbyville. The Oklahoma was on the West Coast about three months ago and two weeks ago the family here received a letter from Mr.
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‘Walker Winslow Is Named To Gear Civil Aviation To Defense Needs.
The appointment of Walker W.
The patrol is being set up in each
+ ROBERT EMMETT and James O'Connor, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Da-
state to “enlist, train and discipline fcivil aviation personnel and mate-
Won Top Award at St. Louis Show.
Lorenz Koenig, 86-year-old surgical instrument maker, died yesterday in his home, 1018 High St, where he had lived 45 years. He had been ill a short time. Mr. Ki was a member of the Sacred ears Catholic Church, and formerly had been active in th South Side Turners. He had been retired 15 years, after having been em) for 15 years by the E: Schmidt Co., makers of surgical instruments here and the former william H. Armstrong Co. for 30
rs. ye 1004 Mr. Koenig was awarded first prize at the St. Louis World Fair for his work. Born in Austria, he had lived in this country 55 years. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Helena Koenig; a daughter, Mis. Victoria H. Rentsch; three sons, Edward W.,, Lud C. and Lawrence A.
in Surviving are a daughter, . Cora Robinson, and a brother, Albert Clinger, both of Indianapolis.
MRS. EMMA BLACK
14 weeks illness. She was 80. lived
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Home, 1222 Union St., and at 9 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will be in Washington Park Ceme-
ELMER. L. M’LAIN
DIES IN HQSPITAL
Mrs. Emma K. Black, resident of Indianapolis 60 years, died yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital after
Born in Andersonville, Mrs. Black Martinsville for a time, and widow of John A. Black, fed 30 years ago. Her home
Mrs. Black was a member of the Centenary Christian Church and active part in ¢he work of
Shops at. Beech Grove Is Dead at 64.
Andrew Birk, retired foreman at the Big Four Railroad's Beech Grove shops, will be butied in
row following services at 1:30 p. @ in Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel.
Wednesday at his home, 414 N.
He was a member of Lodge,
Surviving: are the wife, Mrs. daughter,
Lawrence, and three grandchildren.
W. 27th St.
Mr. Bifk was 68 and died |)
Railroad Veterans Associa- |} tion and Linwood Christian Chureh. |&
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Chester St, ‘after & brief illness. |}
Mamie Birk: a son, George W.; a Mrs. Esther Long; af brother, William A. Birk of Ohio; |® a sister, Mrs. Richard Newkirk of |}
G. H. GRISEL, TAVERN PROPRIETOR, IS DEAD §
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Smith: in Pearl Harbor. Japan |winslow, 3834 N. Delaware St, as|Koenig; three grandchildren and Surviving are two sons, Glenn A. ’ i ‘claims the Oklahoma was Sunk. |Wwing Commander for the Civil Air|one great-grandehild, all of Indian-|of Indiahapoils, hE ame St : “4.4 Patrol in Indiana was announced |apolis. Brownsvill RS 3 '| George H. Grisel, proprietor of |i 4 ap | William M. Kennedy of Lake Tahoe,| ! Two TR in Washington today by the Office] Funeral services will be at 8:30 0p ‘| the Pub Tavern, died last “ight in|} wo ‘Saw Action of Civilian Defense. a. m. tomorrow in the Wald Funeral : . Methodist Hospital after five weeks J Here's a lifetime gift for “her”! Streamlined design lined ®
vid O'Connor, and graduates of Cathedral and Shortridge High Bchools, respectively, “saw action” in the Pacific according to a cableram received by their parents. The ys are aboard the U. S. S. Sacramento. i “We are safe and everything is O. K.” read the cablegram. The OConnors are first-class water tenders aboard the ship.
MARION T. PHILLIPS, a Hoosier the Navy since September, 1940,
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{defense may be made available im- | mediately,” according to Director F. LaGuardia of the OCD. Mr. Winslow, 53 is president pf the Indiana Aircraft Trades Association and of Latipac, Inc. 257 W. Washington St, a real estate rental agency. He has been active in state aviation circles for many years. He has given the Winslow trophies for the annual winner of the 113th Observation Squadron Airplane race sponsored by the Indiana National Guard and trophies for non-commercial pilot races. He is secretary of the Governor's Fact Finding Committee on Aviation and a member of the Aviation Committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. He formerly was a distributor for the Cur-tiss-Wright Corp. here.
Postbus St. Mr, Winslow was in Washington ndianapolis. today attending a meeting of all ! Lieut. James state wing commanders.
Fuelling, stationed with the Army Medical Corps at FiChipan Field, Hawaii, has reached an Francisco safely with his wife dnd small daughter, his sister-in-jaw here, Mrs. Carl Siersdale, of 49 Kenyon St., learned today. The lieutenant and his family gailed out of the harbor at Honolulu But 48 hours before Japanese bombs pounded Hickam Field. They are rmer residents of Indianapolis. = = 8
. OTHERS WHO are receiving messages from Honolulu don’t complain of their brevity. “Everything all right” tells enough for the time being—and those who Javen} yet heard tell themselves ) at no news is good news. . Mrs. George T. O'Connor, 4701 N. Pennsylvania St., has received word of the safety of her sister, Mrs. J. 3 Coffield, who is visiting her son, apt. Michael J. Coffield, in Honolu, Mrs. Coffield has been in Honolulu gince October. She was planning to seturn next month. ! Capt. Coffield was born in Indianapolis, and attended the SS. Peter and Paul grade school. In the army since 1935, he is a graduate of Randolph And Kelley fields, and went to Hawaii last year. He has a Brother, the Rev. Fr. John V. Coffleld, Los Angeles. = = s
Another Mother Happy
ANOTHER FORMER Indianapolis resident, Roger J. B. Pierson, hose mother, Mrs. Leona Pierson, ves at 2204 Broadway, just managed to get to Honolulu in time for the Jap blow Sunday. Mr. Pierson has for the last 10 years been in the insurance business in Honolulu. He had visited Los Angeles last week on business, and th just returned to the islands
Marion Phillips
ursday on a clipper plane. His other has received word from him that he and his wife and daughter are all right,
“That's all I've heard,” Mrs. Pier-|
son said, “but I'm mighty glad to have heard that much?’
Donald Billings Safe
MRS. W. P. BILLINGS, wife of
the former collector of Internal .- ’ : : Revenue in Indianapolis, has heard ay, Heck In wie cuthe modern gas range, a silent gas refrigerator, or an automatic 5 that her son, Donald B. Billi is i 3 3 1 1 wife, the Tlotmer Miss vin | Woooaisiiar wat 2 nl et gas water heater. Each in its own field is the ultimate in de- : G
Powell of Indianapolis, and their two-year-old son, are all safe in Honolulu. Mr. Billings is an assistant audi tor with the Dole Pineapple Co. in Hawaii, and has been there four years. He is a graduate of Shortridge High School, and attended Butler University.
The Office of Civilian Defense expects the Civil Air Patrol in the 48 states to enlist approximately 90,000 licensed pilots and 90,000 student pilots who will be licensed by spring and a ground personnel of 100,000.
SERVICES TODAY FOR LEVI ROGERS
Retired Pennsy Railroad Engineer Dies at 83; Member of Rite.
Levi Rogers, retired Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, was to be buried this afternoon in Crown Hill Cemetery following services at 1:30 o'clock at Shirley Brothers Central Chapel. Mr. Rogers was 83 and died Wednesday at the home of a sister-in-law, Mrs. E. W. Little, 5 Eastern Ave. He was a member of the Scottish Rite, Shrine, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Woodruff Place Baptist Church. The wife, Mrs. Martha Rogers, is the only immediate survivor.
Nettie Stockwell
Mrs. Nettie B. Stockwell died Wednesday at her home, 37 S. Mount St, and services will be at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the West Washington Street Methodist Church. Mrs. Stockwell was 62 and will be buried at Terre Haute. For the last 18 years she had been a teacher of the ladies’ Bible Class at the West Washington Church. Surviving are the husband, Lyman R. Stockwell, and three brothers, Wiley E. Black and Fremont Black, both of Terre Haute, and Leon Black, Detroit, Mich.
Jacob R. Lotshar
Jacob R. Lotshar, former resident of Indianapolis and Greencastle, was to be buried this afternoon in {Crown Hill Cemetery following
bus, O. He was a resident of Indiana’ 65 years. Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Bertha Lotshar; a daughter, Mis. Fred Edler, Milwaukee; a granddaughter, Mrs. Miles A. Nye, Albion; two great-grandchildren, and two stepsons, Theodore and Herman - el, both of Columbus.
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SERVICES TOMORROW FOR MRS. M'LAUGHLIN
Services for Mrs. Helen Theresa McLaughlin will be at 9:30 a. m. tomorrow at the home, 644 N. Oakland Ave. followed by a solemn requiem high mass at 10 o'clock in St. Dhilih Neri Catholic Church. Burial be in Holy Cross Ceme=tery.
that city tomorrow. Mr.
all of Lios Angeles.
SERVICES ON COAST
Elmer IL. McClain, brother of "Mrs. Maud B. Young of I'ndianapolis, died at his home in Los Angeles, Cal, and services will be in
McClain was a native of Johnson County. Other survivors include the wife, Mrs. Minnie E MeClain; a daughter, Mrs. Wells Jones; a brother, Carl E. McClain,
. Mr. Grisel was born near Lebanon and had been a resident of Indianapolis for the last 35 years. He had operated the tavern at 129 W. 16th St. sinee 1933 and for several years previous to that was proprietor of a cigar store at that address. Surviving are three sons, Archie B., Alva H. and George R, all of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be at 10 a. m. Monday at the Wald Funeral Home on N. Illinois St. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.
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