J. E. Bisbey Is Killed in Holland
Pfc. James E. Bisbey, 20, Waterloo, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bisbey, Riverside drive, serving with the infantry in Holland, was killed in action Oct. 29, according to a war department telegram to his parents yesterday.
Born in Waterloo Nov. 18, 1924, he was graduated from East high in 1942, and entered service on May 2, 1943, receiving his basic training at Camp Barkeley, Tex. Following his basic training he attended the army engineering school at St. Boniventure college, New York. Later he was transferred to the infantry and went overseas on May 2 this year.
Surviving are his parents and one brother Gerald, 18, of 714 Riverside, who has enlisted in the air corps and is awaiting call to duty.
He is also survived by his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bisbey, 1444 Bertch avenue, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rhorsen, Tripoli, Ia.
He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran church in Waterloo.
The last letter received from him by his parents was dated Oct. 21, when he wrote that he was in “good health” and in Belgium.
He was employed at the Big T grocery here before entering the service.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Sunday, November 19, 1944, Page 3 (photo included)
Memorial Rites for Pfc. Bisbey Sunday
Memorial services for Pfc. James E. Bisbey, Waterloo, who was killed in action Oct. 29, 1944, in Holland, will be at 4 p. m. Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran church with Rev. W. D. Oetting, pastor, in charge. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bisbey, reside at 714 Riverside drive.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Wednesday, January 10, 1945, Page 3
60 LISTED ON SHIP DOCKING AT NEW YORK
Transport Connolly Brings 6,200 Bodies,
Mostly from Belgium.
Washington, D. C. – (AP) – The Department of the Army announced yesterday the names of 60 Iowans whose bodies are being returned to the United States aboard the USS Joseph V. Connolly in accordance with the wishes of next of kin.
The first of the nation’s World war II dead to be returned from Europe will arrive at New York today when the Connolly enters New York’s flower-strewn harbor with the bodies of 6,200 American servicemen. Officials of the federal, state and city governments and the combined military services will join with thousands of citizens in honoring the heroic dead and their relatives.
Most of the bodies were returned from Henri Chappelle cemetery, Eupen, Belgium. Some of them were returned from Argentina, Newfoundland, central assembly point for the dead from Ireland and Newfoundland.
The bodies returned from Argentina have an “X” preceding the name.
Those Going to Chicago.
War dead being sent to the Chicago quartermaster depot regional distribution center include:
Pfc. James E. Bisby – George H. Bisbey, Waterloo.
James E. Bisbey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bisbey, 714 Riverside drive, Waterloo. Young Bisbey, 19 years old at the time of his death, was a private first class in the infantry. He was killed Oct. 29, 1944, in Holland. He had one brother, Gerald, who served in the army air forces. The family said it did not know when the body will arrive in Waterloo.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Sunday, October 26, 1947, Page 1
Bisbey Body to Arrive Saturday
The body of Pfc. James E. Bisbey, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bisbey, 714 Riverside drive, who was killed in action Oct. 29, 1944, in Holland, is due to arrive here Saturday for re-burial, his parents were informed Tuesday.
He is the second Word war II veteran dead of Waterloo to be returned from overseas cemeteries for burial at home, having been in the Henri Chapelle cemetery near Spa, Belgium.
The body will arrive at 8:30 a. m. aboard an Illinois Central train and will be taken to Parrott & Wood funeral home.
A prayer service will be conducted at the funeral home Monday by Rev. W. D. Oetting, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran church, of which the youth had been a member. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
Bisbey entered service on May 2, 1943, and went overseas in August, 1944.
Born here Nov. 18, 1924, he was graduated from East high school in 1942, and had been employed at the Big T grocery store before entering the service.
Surviving in addition to his parents are a brother, Gerald, at home; his paternal grandfather, Charles Bisbey, 823 Hammond avenue; and his maternal grandfather, Louis Rhorsen, Tripoli, Ia.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Tuesday, November 25, 1947, Page 3
Body of Pfc. James Bisbey Arrives Home
Approximately 35 friends and relatives were on hand at the Illinois Central railroad station yesterday morning when the flag-draped casket of Pfc. James E. Bisbey, 20, who was killed in action Oct. 29, 1944, in Holland, arrived here for final rites and burial.
In the group were the youth’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Bisbey, 714 Riverside drive; his brother, Gerald, who lives at home; his paternal grandfather, Charles Bisbey, 823 Hammond avenue; and an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bisbey, Boston street.
The body was taken to Parrott & Wood funeral home, where a prayer service will be conducted tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. by Rev. W. D. Oetting, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran church. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
An honor guard of six Waterloo Amvet members removed the body from the train and placed it in a waiting hearse. The organization will also provide a military escort for the funeral service.
Accompanying the body to Waterloo was Sgt. H. D. Wiggins, of the escort company, Ft. Sheridan, Ill., as it completed the last leg of a long journey from the Henri Chappell cemetery near Spa, Belgium.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Sunday, November 30, 1947, Section 2, Page 10
$150,000 Big T Mart Opens Friday
The formal opening of the Big T food market on 950 West Parker street, will be Friday, climaxing a $150,000 building and modernization program that has been formulating for the past nine months. The market, owned and operated by Solon and Loren Thomas, father and son respectively, is the outgrowth of a store which was built adjacent to the new building in 1940. Prior to that time, the store was located in a 20 by 40 foot building on Burton avenue. . . .
The new building was dedicated in memory of Robert Ryan and James Bisbey, two former employes (sic) of Thomas who were killed while serving in the armed forces. Ryan was killed in 1943 at Corpus Christi, Tex., and Bisbey was killed in Holland in 1944. . . .
Thomas said a 14-lane bowling alley will be put in the basement of the store and a café will be opened in the old building. They are expected to open on or about May 1. The business will be cash and carry only with no delivery service, Thomas said.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, Iowa, Thursday, March 25, 1948, Page 6
