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W. A. Dunkelberger
W. A. Dunkelberger Laid to rest in
Wrangell
Two boat loads of Petersburg
residents accompanied the body of W. A. Dunkelberger which was
brought to Wrangell for burial last Saturday
afternoon.
Funeral services were held in the Sons of Norway
hall at Petersburg Saturday morning under the auspices of the
American Legion. Rev. Mankestad preached the sermon.
The
deceased had apparently been in good health up to Tuesday
afternoon, July 15, when complained of feeling ill. The doctor
whom he consulted ordered him at once to the hospital where
both Dr. Rude and Dr. Rhone attended him. He entered the
hospital at six o'clock, but lapsed into unconsciousness at
eight o'clock and passed away in the early morning from
internal hemorrhages without having regained
consciousness.
Mr. Dunkelberger was born in Genoa,
Nebraska, Oct. 24, 1892. In 1904 the family moved to Olympia,
Wash., where he continued his schooling until he was graduated
from high school.
In 1914 he began going to the Bering Sea
during the fishing season. When he returned to the States at
the close of the fishing season in 1917, he at once
volunteered for service in the World War, enlisting in the
91st Infantry. He served overseas and was in several severe
engagements, during which he was twice wounded, once from
shrapnel head wounds and by bullet wounds in his
heel.
The deceased has lived for the past eight years in
Petersburg where he was employed by the Glacier Sea Food
Company. He was married on Nov. 15, 1924, to Mrs. Ann Hull of
Wrangell. One child, a daughter, was born to this union. He is
survived by his mother, Mrs. Lydia Dunkelberger, two
sisters, Mrs. Clara Leaming and Mrs. Naomi McTobin, and a
brother Harold Dunkelberger, all of Olympia, his wife and
four-year-old daughter, Wilma Ann and two step-children,
Myrtle and Melvern Dunkelberger.
At the time of his death
he was serving his second year as Post Commander of the
American Legion Post at Petersburg. He was also reelected last
spring to serve again as president of the P.T.A.
Mr.
Dunkelberger was a man who was kind and good and upright in
all his dealings. A host of friends in Wrangell and Petersburg
deplore his untimely passing.
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