Cadets Come Home—
Three West Point cadets arrived home on furlough this week and after brief visits with their families, got together in their trim white dress uniforms to compare notes. Left to right are Joe J. Macur, 2503 Indiana Avenue, a former student at Morningside College, John S. Holtze, 1112 26th Street, a graduate of Central High School and Stade Nash of Moville, a former student of Iowa State University. All three have completed their plebe year and hope to enter the air corps training school when they return.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, June 10, 1943 (photo included)
Joseph Macur Killed In Crash
West Point Graduate From Sioux City Dies June 27 in Japan
Lt. Joseph J. Macur, 22, pilot with the 49th fighter squadron, was killed in an airplane crash in Japan on June 27.
Lt. Macur at one time served as college correspondent for The Journal while he was attending Morningside College. He was a graduate of United States Military academy at West Point, N.Y.
The young officer married Miss Betty Ann Cairy, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F.W. Cairy, 1602 Morningside Avenue, here last December 26.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Macur, 2503 Indiana Avenue; a brother, Ted of Kankakee, Illinois and two sisters, Mrs. Eddie Osipowicz, 2805 Marshall Avenue and Mrs. George Steinfield, 1008 S. Helen Street.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, July 6, 1946 (photo included)
2nd Lt. Joseph J. Macur is buried in National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Source: ancestry.com
