This is the last in the Lancaster, Ohio obituary series. Memorials may be given to Visiting Nurses Association. Thursday and until the time of the service Friday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Tschopp Cemetery.įriends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Van Meter five great-grandchildren two nieces and cousins. and Cheryl Mast of Bremen grandchildren, Ronald, Rogar, Scott, Brian and Stacy Mast, Pamela Keese, Laura J. Mast a daughter, Susan Van Meter of Lancaster two sons and daughters-in-law, David M. He was an employee of Lancaster Glass Corporation and retired from Lancaster Meter Parts. He was a member of Lancaster United Brethren in Christ Church. Mast, 77, of Fre Mar Road, died this morning in Lancaster-Fairfield Community Hospital. Today’s obituary is of my first cousin, twice removed, Floyd Jacob Mast, and was featured in the edition of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette:įloyd J. – Nellie Ruth Williams (Waits/sister of Charles Richard Waits) Many, many thanks to Jane Mason (Miller) for locating and mailing a copy!īrian Davis – Christine Davis (Williams) – Ralph Scott Williams Jr. Through my many internet wanderings and various Ohio contacts, I had never been able to locate this newspaper article. He is buried in Forest Rose Cemetery in Lancaster, Ohio. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery.Ĭorporal Kenneth Kinney Metcalf ( – ), 6th Division, United States Marine Corps, was KIA at Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands, 350 miles from Japan. Massey ( – ), 187th Glider Infantry, 11th Airborne, United States Army, died of battle wounds in the Philippines. I’d also like to mention the other two servicemen mentioned in the article:įirst Lieutenant William S. Waits received from her husband was dated March 30, from somewhere inside Germany. Waits leaves three sisters, Miss May Waits, chief telephone operator here, Mrs. In addition to his wife and parents, Cpl. He was a graduate of Lancaster High School, where he played football. Waits was employed at the Sohio filling station, corner Broad and Chestnut-sts. Waits and other members of the battalion had received the French Croix de Guerre, and the Vermillion Star recently for their outstanding operations with French units during a phase of the Italian campaign last year. He was in maintenance, then a half-track crew member, then a tank driver, and at the time of his death was a tank gunner attached to the 753rd Tank battalion of an armored division in the 7th Army, possibly in the Nuermberg (sic) sector of Germany.Ĭpl. Last August Waits participated in the invasion of Southern France. He also saw service at Cassino, Gela, Palermo and during the drive on Rome with the armored force. Waits took part in the invasion of Sicily in July, 1943 and also in the invasion of Italy at Salerno in September, 1943, attached to a unit of the 45th Division, then a part of the U.S. He sailed overseas in April, 1943, two years ago arriving in North Africa where he served in the North African campaign. and Camp Polk, La., in the Armored Force, then was at Temple, Texas, Camp Hood, Texas, receiving further instruction in tank and tank destroyer operation and maintenance, and also at Camp Pickett, Va. Waits entered the Army here December 9, 1941, received training at Fort Knox, Ky. Hang has been returned to the States and is now visiting his family in Circleville.Ĭpl.
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Paul Hang (Betty Phillips) operate the Isaly Company store in Circleville during the absence of Paul Hang, formerly of Lancaster, who has been serving overseas. His wife is the former Margaret Ann Phillips, daughter of Mr. T-5 Corporal Waits, who would have been 26 years old on April 27, has been reported by the War Department as killed in action April 6, somewhere in Germany. Waits was reported by the War Department as killed in action April 6 in Germany. A tank gunner in an armored division of the Seventh Army, Cpl. Margaret Ann Waits, 111 North Pearl-av, and only son of Mr. … T-5 Corporal Charles Richard (Dick) Waits, 25, husband of Mrs. The article was featured in the edition of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette: At the time, he was the 90th Fairfield County, Ohio serviceman killed in action, and the 109th war death from that county since Pearl Harbor. This obituary is of my great grand uncle, Charles Richard “Dick” Waits.