Memorial Is Conducted by W. R. C.
At the Women’s Relief Corps meeting Tuesday afternoon in the Legion hall, with Mrs. C. E. Sherwood presiding, memorial services were held for 15 service men who had lost their lives in defense of their country.
A memorial table was arranged by Miss Betty Russell with flags, patriotic emblems, and garden flowers. A blood plasma fund container was in the center with a placard, “In Memoriam to a Fallen Hero.” Mrs. Sherwood gave the names who were Pfc. John M. Garcia, Platoon Sgt. William C. Cross, Pfc. Roy J. Schultz, Sgt. Cecil Waldmoe (sic, should be Woldmoe), Pharmacist’s Mate Maurice T. Hurtt, Sgt. Robert H. Anderson, Sgt. Robert D. Fowler, Signalman Dale E. Wentworth, Sgt. Harvey McDougle, Cpl., Keith E. Dye, Pfc., Wallace Spinger, Pvt. Harry Paxton, First Lt. Richard L. Grow, Pvt. Harold Frazier, Staff Sgt. Ernest Ruhnke.
Mrs. Erma Hewitt placed the corps check of $7.50 in the container and led in the Lord’s prayer. Mrs. Hugh Stevens placed a piano solo, “America, The Beautiful.” The additional check brings the total for blood plasma fund to $132.50.
Source: The Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Wednesday, August 02, 1944, Page 6
Maurice Tedford Hurtt was born Mar. 27, 1908 to Frank W. and Rose Emily Brown Hurtt. He died June 18, 1944 and is buried in Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Petty Officer Hurtt served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Triumph (AM-323) and USS Bombard (AM-151) where he died of wounds received in action in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country.
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