TO CAMP ROBERTS
Eugene A. Schrad and Edward A. Sturm of Carroll have been assigned to the 19th Infantry Training regiment at Camp Roberts, California, the largest training center in the United States.
Source: Daily Times Herald, Tuesday, March 17, 1942
CHRISTMAS CABLEGRAM
Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Sturm of Templeton have received a cablegram from their son, Private Edward A. Sturm, who is somewhere overseas. The message brought Christmas and New Year greetings. Private Sturm’s serial number is xxxxxxxxxx, and his A. P. O. number is xxx, c/o Postmaster, Seattle, Wash. He has been overseas for seven months.
Source: Carroll Times Herald, December 23, 1942
FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN FOR PVT. EDWARD STURM
Roselle—(THNS)—Pvt. Edward Sturm, who is returning to army service Jan. 1, after an 18-day furlough from the Aleutians, was honored at a farewell party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beherns Thursday night.
Bingo was the first diversion of the evening after which different games were played.
Lunch was served at a long table centered with flags and mixed flowers. At each end of the table were red, white, and blue lighted tapers.
Miniature soldiers containing notes announcing the engagement of Mildred Wittrock to Pvt. Edward Sturm were used as place cards.
Rita Irlmeier entertained the group by playing several selections on her accordion.
Those present included Pvt. Edward Sturm and Mildred Wittrock, Albert and Leonard Sturm, Andrew Riesberg, Walter Loffelholz, Ray Hacker, Vernon, Glen and Gene Rohe, Paul Kasperbauer, Joe Behrens, Fred, Marvin and Earl Wittrock, Hilda Sturm, Carolyn and Rita Irlmeier, Lucina Wittrock, Theresa Vonnahme, Stella Eich, Martha and Helen Halbur, Irene Behrens and Bertilla Wittrock.
Source: Carroll Times Herald, January 3, 1944
HOME FOR 18 DAYS
Templeton—(THNS)—Pvt. Edward Sturm of Ft. Benning, Ga., arrived yesterday morning to spend an 18-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Sturm.
Source: Carroll Times Herald, April 29, 1944
RETURN TO DUTY
Halbur (THNS)—Pfc. Edward A. Sturm left Friday evening to return to Fort Benning, Ga., after spending a 20-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Sturm, of Templeton.
Source: Carroll Times Herald, November 7, 1944
TO FT. BENNING
Templeton—(THNS)—Pfc. Edward A. Sturm, who had been home on a 10-day furlough, left from here to report at Ft. Benning, Ga. Pfc. Sturm has been in the Army since the first of December, 1941, and has been overseas 18 months. His brother, Leonard S. Sturm, S 2/c, who was home on leave some time ago, is addressed in care of the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. The servicemen are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Sturm, living southeast of Templeton.
Source: Carroll Times Herald, May 31, 1945
MILDRED WITTROCK AND EDWARD STURM TAKE WEDDING VOWS THIS MORNING
Halbur—(THNS)—At 9 o’clock this morning in St. Augustine church, Miss Mildred Wittrock, daughter of August Wittrock, became the bride of Edward A. Sturm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Sturm of Templeton. The double ring ceremony and nuptial high mass were read by Rev. H. B. Kramer. ……….
Wednesday night Mr. and Mrs. Sturm will entertain relatives and friends at a dance in the Halbur hall. For her second dress the bride will wear a fuchsia wool garbadine two-piece suit duress with which she wears black accessories.
The bride attended St. Augustine school, Halbur, and the bridegroom Sacred Heart school, Templeton.
Mr. Sturm received his discharge in November, after serving four years in the armed service.
After March 1, Mr. and Mrs. Sturm will be at home on a farm two miles west of Templeton.
Source: Carroll Times Herald, January 22, 1946
***Further Research:
Edward A. Sturm was born June 9, 1920 to Wolfgang and Frances Hacker Sturm. He died June 15, 2009 and is buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Sac County, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
