Cascade Pioneer, November 10, 1955, page 1, column 6 & page 4, column 4
Military Services for Wilfred H. Grace, Held Here Tuesday
Wilfred H. Grace, 41, veteran of World War II , who had been making his home at
Del Rio, Texas for the past 7 years, where he had been an employee of the United
States Weather Bureau Service, died unexpectedly in that city Thursday morning.
His body was returned to Cascade early Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held from the Devaney Funeral Home Tuesday morning to St.
Martin church where the pastor, Rev. Daniel O'Sulllvan, offered the Requiem High
Mass and delivered the sermon.
Present-in the sanctuary were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leo Jaeger, pastor of Holy
Ghost church, Dubuque, the Rev. Albert Manternach, Loras college, and the Rev.
Robert Ament, assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church, Dubuque. Interment was
made in Calvary cemetery, the Rev. Robert Ament, officiating, assisted by Revs.
O'Sulllvan and Manternach. Full military honors were, accorded Mr. Grace by
Cascade Post, American Legion. Color bearers were Gerald Green, Louis Leibold;
color guards, Charles Lasche, Tony Emerson. Firing squad: Kenneth Pedersen,
William Dolphin, Bert Hostert, Edward Kremer, Carl Cigrand, Murland Davis, Wm.
Burlage, and Herbert Green. Joe Merfeld, Jr., sergeant-at-arms, and Joseph Hayes
were in charge of military components.
Wilfred H., son of the late William and Elizabeth (Garrity) Grace, was born July
8, 1914 in Cascade. He was a graduate of St. Martin High school and attended
Loras college. He entered the armed services of his country on August 6, 1942.
He took basic training at Camp Forest, Tenn. On April 10, 1944 he embarked for
overseas. He saw action in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany He received his
honorable discharge on October 7, 1945.
For two years following military service he was with the U.S. Weather Bureau in
Dubuque, and for the last seven years had been acting In a similar capacity at
Del Rio.
Surviving his passing are four sisters Mrs. Leo (Mary) Ament, Hopkinton, Mrs.
Herman (Frances) Ament, Worthington; Mrs. Dan (Pauline) Conley, Dubuque, Mrs.
Cyril (Margaret) Weber of Dorrance Calif.; 3 brothers, Leo, Detroit, Mich.,
Emmett, Denver, Colo.; Joseph, Ft. Worth, Texas. Preceding him in death were his
parents and one sister.
Military Services for Wilfred H. Grace, Held Here Tuesday
Wilfred H. Grace, 41, veteran of World War II , who had been making his home at
Del Rio, Texas for the past 7 years, where he had been an employee of the United
States Weather Bureau Service, died unexpectedly in that city Thursday morning.
His body was returned to Cascade early Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held from the Devaney Funeral Home Tuesday morning to St.
Martin church where the pastor, Rev. Daniel O'Sulllvan, offered the Requiem High
Mass and delivered the sermon.
Present-in the sanctuary were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leo Jaeger, pastor of Holy
Ghost church, Dubuque, the Rev. Albert Manternach, Loras college, and the Rev.
Robert Ament, assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church, Dubuque. Interment was
made in Calvary cemetery, the Rev. Robert Ament, officiating, assisted by Revs.
O'Sulllvan and Manternach. Full military honors were, accorded Mr. Grace by
Cascade Post, American Legion. Color bearers were Gerald Green, Louis Leibold;
color guards, Charles Lasche, Tony Emerson. Firing squad: Kenneth Pedersen,
William Dolphin, Bert Hostert, Edward Kremer, Carl Cigrand, Murland Davis, Wm.
Burlage, and Herbert Green. Joe Merfeld, Jr., sergeant-at-arms, and Joseph Hayes
were in charge of military components.
Wilfred H., son of the late William and Elizabeth (Garrity) Grace, was born July
8, 1914 in Cascade. He was a graduate of St. Martin High school and attended
Loras college. He entered the armed services of his country on August 6, 1942.
He took basic training at Camp Forest, Tenn. On April 10, 1944 he embarked for
overseas. He saw action in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany He received his
honorable discharge on October 7, 1945.
For two years following military service he was with the U.S. Weather Bureau in
Dubuque, and for the last seven years had been acting In a similar capacity at
Del Rio.
Surviving his passing are four sisters Mrs. Leo (Mary) Ament, Hopkinton, Mrs.
Herman (Frances) Ament, Worthington; Mrs. Dan (Pauline) Conley, Dubuque, Mrs.
Cyril (Margaret) Weber of Dorrance Calif.; 3 brothers, Leo, Detroit, Mich.,
Emmett, Denver, Colo.; Joseph, Ft. Worth, Texas. Preceding him in death were his
parents and one sister.
Cascade Pioneer, November 10, 1955, page 1, column 6 & page 4, column 4
Military Services for Wilfred H. Grace, Held Here Tuesday
Wilfred H. Grace, 41, veteran of World War II , who had been making his home at
Del Rio, Texas for the past 7 years, where he had been an employee of the United
States Weather Bureau Service, died unexpectedly in that city Thursday morning.
His body was returned to Cascade early Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held from the Devaney Funeral Home Tuesday morning to St.
Martin church where the pastor, Rev. Daniel O'Sulllvan, offered the Requiem High
Mass and delivered the sermon.
Present-in the sanctuary were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leo Jaeger, pastor of Holy
Ghost church, Dubuque, the Rev. Albert Manternach, Loras college, and the Rev.
Robert Ament, assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church, Dubuque. Interment was
made in Calvary cemetery, the Rev. Robert Ament, officiating, assisted by Revs.
O'Sulllvan and Manternach. Full military honors were, accorded Mr. Grace by
Cascade Post, American Legion. Color bearers were Gerald Green, Louis Leibold;
color guards, Charles Lasche, Tony Emerson. Firing squad: Kenneth Pedersen,
William Dolphin, Bert Hostert, Edward Kremer, Carl Cigrand, Murland Davis, Wm.
Burlage, and Herbert Green. Joe Merfeld, Jr., sergeant-at-arms, and Joseph Hayes
were in charge of military components.
Wilfred H., son of the late William and Elizabeth (Garrity) Grace, was born July
8, 1914 in Cascade. He was a graduate of St. Martin High school and attended
Loras college. He entered the armed services of his country on August 6, 1942.
He took basic training at Camp Forest, Tenn. On April 10, 1944 he embarked for
overseas. He saw action in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany He received his
honorable discharge on October 7, 1945.
For two years following military service he was with the U.S. Weather Bureau in
Dubuque, and for the last seven years had been acting In a similar capacity at
Del Rio.
Surviving his passing are four sisters Mrs. Leo (Mary) Ament, Hopkinton, Mrs.
Herman (Frances) Ament, Worthington; Mrs. Dan (Pauline) Conley, Dubuque, Mrs.
Cyril (Margaret) Weber of Dorrance Calif.; 3 brothers, Leo, Detroit, Mich.,
Emmett, Denver, Colo.; Joseph, Ft. Worth, Texas. Preceding him in death were his
parents and one sister.
Military Services for Wilfred H. Grace, Held Here Tuesday
Wilfred H. Grace, 41, veteran of World War II , who had been making his home at
Del Rio, Texas for the past 7 years, where he had been an employee of the United
States Weather Bureau Service, died unexpectedly in that city Thursday morning.
His body was returned to Cascade early Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held from the Devaney Funeral Home Tuesday morning to St.
Martin church where the pastor, Rev. Daniel O'Sulllvan, offered the Requiem High
Mass and delivered the sermon.
Present-in the sanctuary were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leo Jaeger, pastor of Holy
Ghost church, Dubuque, the Rev. Albert Manternach, Loras college, and the Rev.
Robert Ament, assistant pastor of St. Patrick's church, Dubuque. Interment was
made in Calvary cemetery, the Rev. Robert Ament, officiating, assisted by Revs.
O'Sulllvan and Manternach. Full military honors were, accorded Mr. Grace by
Cascade Post, American Legion. Color bearers were Gerald Green, Louis Leibold;
color guards, Charles Lasche, Tony Emerson. Firing squad: Kenneth Pedersen,
William Dolphin, Bert Hostert, Edward Kremer, Carl Cigrand, Murland Davis, Wm.
Burlage, and Herbert Green. Joe Merfeld, Jr., sergeant-at-arms, and Joseph Hayes
were in charge of military components.
Wilfred H., son of the late William and Elizabeth (Garrity) Grace, was born July
8, 1914 in Cascade. He was a graduate of St. Martin High school and attended
Loras college. He entered the armed services of his country on August 6, 1942.
He took basic training at Camp Forest, Tenn. On April 10, 1944 he embarked for
overseas. He saw action in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany He received his
honorable discharge on October 7, 1945.
For two years following military service he was with the U.S. Weather Bureau in
Dubuque, and for the last seven years had been acting In a similar capacity at
Del Rio.
Surviving his passing are four sisters Mrs. Leo (Mary) Ament, Hopkinton, Mrs.
Herman (Frances) Ament, Worthington; Mrs. Dan (Pauline) Conley, Dubuque, Mrs.
Cyril (Margaret) Weber of Dorrance Calif.; 3 brothers, Leo, Detroit, Mich.,
Emmett, Denver, Colo.; Joseph, Ft. Worth, Texas. Preceding him in death were his
parents and one sister.
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