David was 31 when he died in Europe serving his country. This is a Memorial Marker in his honor. (Dickinson County, Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs.)
AWERDICK KILLED FEB. 1 IN EUROPE
Pvt. David Awerdick, 31, only son of Mrs. Mary Awerdick, 524 Iron Street, was killed in Europe according to word received by bis wife, the former Minnie Oles, who with their 4-year old daughter, lives in Chicago.
Pvt. Awerdick was in a unit of the Airborne Infantry Division, was sent to France after participating in the heavy fighting in the Belgium Bulge in December. He had been overseas since September and had gone back and forth from France to Belgium several times.
He came to Norway with his parents when he was 3. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Norway and graduated from the high school class of 1931.
Previously employed at Asselin's Creamery, he left Norway several years ago and at the time he was inducted, March 22, 1944, he worked for the Pittsburgh Restaurant Co., Chicago.
Beside his mother, widow and daughter, he is survived by 4 sisters: Mrs. Donald Carmen, Mr. Charles Waeghe, Mrs. Frank Tavis and Mrs. Edwin Menghini.
(February 16, 1945, Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan.)
The complete article can be found in the above newspaper at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
Researched by: KLH.
AWERDICK KILLED FEB. 1 IN EUROPE
Pvt. David Awerdick, 31, only son of Mrs. Mary Awerdick, 524 Iron Street, was killed in Europe according to word received by bis wife, the former Minnie Oles, who with their 4-year old daughter, lives in Chicago.
Pvt. Awerdick was in a unit of the Airborne Infantry Division, was sent to France after participating in the heavy fighting in the Belgium Bulge in December. He had been overseas since September and had gone back and forth from France to Belgium several times.
He came to Norway with his parents when he was 3. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Norway and graduated from the high school class of 1931.
Previously employed at Asselin's Creamery, he left Norway several years ago and at the time he was inducted, March 22, 1944, he worked for the Pittsburgh Restaurant Co., Chicago.
Beside his mother, widow and daughter, he is survived by 4 sisters: Mrs. Donald Carmen, Mr. Charles Waeghe, Mrs. Frank Tavis and Mrs. Edwin Menghini.
(February 16, 1945, Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan.)
The complete article can be found in the above newspaper at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
Researched by: KLH.
David was 31 when he died in Europe serving his country. This is a Memorial Marker in his honor. (Dickinson County, Michigan Department of Veterans Affairs.)
AWERDICK KILLED FEB. 1 IN EUROPE
Pvt. David Awerdick, 31, only son of Mrs. Mary Awerdick, 524 Iron Street, was killed in Europe according to word received by bis wife, the former Minnie Oles, who with their 4-year old daughter, lives in Chicago.
Pvt. Awerdick was in a unit of the Airborne Infantry Division, was sent to France after participating in the heavy fighting in the Belgium Bulge in December. He had been overseas since September and had gone back and forth from France to Belgium several times.
He came to Norway with his parents when he was 3. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Norway and graduated from the high school class of 1931.
Previously employed at Asselin's Creamery, he left Norway several years ago and at the time he was inducted, March 22, 1944, he worked for the Pittsburgh Restaurant Co., Chicago.
Beside his mother, widow and daughter, he is survived by 4 sisters: Mrs. Donald Carmen, Mr. Charles Waeghe, Mrs. Frank Tavis and Mrs. Edwin Menghini.
(February 16, 1945, Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan.)
The complete article can be found in the above newspaper at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
Researched by: KLH.
AWERDICK KILLED FEB. 1 IN EUROPE
Pvt. David Awerdick, 31, only son of Mrs. Mary Awerdick, 524 Iron Street, was killed in Europe according to word received by bis wife, the former Minnie Oles, who with their 4-year old daughter, lives in Chicago.
Pvt. Awerdick was in a unit of the Airborne Infantry Division, was sent to France after participating in the heavy fighting in the Belgium Bulge in December. He had been overseas since September and had gone back and forth from France to Belgium several times.
He came to Norway with his parents when he was 3. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Norway and graduated from the high school class of 1931.
Previously employed at Asselin's Creamery, he left Norway several years ago and at the time he was inducted, March 22, 1944, he worked for the Pittsburgh Restaurant Co., Chicago.
Beside his mother, widow and daughter, he is survived by 4 sisters: Mrs. Donald Carmen, Mr. Charles Waeghe, Mrs. Frank Tavis and Mrs. Edwin Menghini.
(February 16, 1945, Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan.)
The complete article can be found in the above newspaper at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
Researched by: KLH.
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