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From the Archives: 
Mount Olive Sons and Daughters Who Served in the Military During World War II

During World War II, 125 members of Mount Olive served in the armed forces. The congregation supported these young people with prayers for their safety and kept in contact with them via a monthly newsletter that was edited by Louise Schroedel (wife of Pastor Schroedel). Here are some of Mount Olive's sons and daughters who served their country in a time of great strife and uncertainty.


Martin Agather


Robert Appel


William Appel


Leland Bauch

Lenore Bauck

James Blackwell

Henry Franklin

Clifton Holmgren

Tom Houston

Elmer Jaster

Harold Johnson

G.P. Kretzschmar

Walter Kretzschmar

Myron Krey

Arthur Lohmann

Waldemar Metz

Henry Neils

Rodney Peterson

Walter Petrich

Wilfred Pieper

Donald Scheele

Lloyd Scheusner

Henry Selle

Margaret Selle

Marie Sullivan

Roy Zumberge


In the May, 1945 issue of the parish newsletter, the Mount Olive Messenger, the names of 125 Mount Olive members who had served in the armed forces during World War II were printed. We don't have photos of them all, but we are re-printing their names below.

* killed in action
** prisoner of war


     

Army

Marin Agather
Gordon Ashley
Leland Bauch
Willard Becker
Roger Behlke
John Berkey
Alwin Bihler
Gerard Bhiler
Francis Biltz
Lloyd Cox
Floyd Daehn
Gilbert Dircks **
Donald Dorn
Ray Ehrlichmann
Gordon Engel
Vallard Falkingham
Henry Franklin
Russel Frey
Oral Frystrom
Wesley Fystrom
John Galloway
Kenneth Garbisch
Aaron Gottschalk
Loren Gustafson
Merle Hansen
Cavor Hauser
Robert Herhold
Hugo A. Hesse
Donald Hildebrandt
Clifton Holmgren
Walter Huchthausen *
Elmer Jaster
Julius Kallies
Carl Kretzschmar
Myron Krey
Richard Kroll

 

 

William Kuehl
Raymond Lebens
Gerald Litschke
Aurthur Lohmann
Dalbert Mahn
Ray Marquard
Wayne Marquard
Eugene McGuire
Harol Melahn
Waldemar Metz
Wallace Morlock
Walter Modrow
Fred R. Mueller
Ralph Mueller
Don Murtha
Donald Necker
Wayne L. Ohnesorge
Rodney Peterson
Walter Petrich
Wilfred Pieper
John Santrizos
Donald Scheele
Lloyd Scheusner
Donald Schmidt
Gerald Shepherd
Harold Shepherd
Marvin Shepherd
Thomas Straiton
Gerald Stubbs
Myron Sullwold
Lloyd Sutherland
Allan Thomas
William Tufner
Owen Wagner
Cabot Wohlrabe
Donald Zahn

Navy

Robert Appel
William Appel
Elmo Bender
James Blackwall
Willard Bohn
Owen Brown
Gayle Robert Green
Blaine Hansen
Paul Heim
George Herhold
Randolf Hewes
David Hobart
William Houston
Adele Hutchings
Edward Johnson
Harold Johnson
Earl Juhl
Daniel Koebnick
Paul Kolbe
Wallace Kollen
G. P. Kretzschmar
Richard Laube
Henry Lohmann
Allan Nehring
Eugene Nieland
Clark Ohnesorge
Paul Ohnesorge
George Palmer
Authur Peabody
Robert Pubanz
Ralph Ramlow
John Rick
Donald Rossman
Edward Schindeldecker
Henry Selle
Robert Selle

 

Orvill Sotebeer
Gordon Starr
Robert Straiton
Earl Sullworld
Michael Sundberg
Howard Zumberge

Marines

Wayne McChesney *
Lewis Smith
Lloyd Winter

Women's Army Corps (WAC)

Lenore Bauck
Beatrice Fairley
Esther Hoemann
Jane Necker
Bertha Sell

Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES)

Margaret Selle
Marie Sullivan

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

Margaret Ehlers