WASHINGTON -- Rufus "Jack" Purdue, 81, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at Daviess Community Hospital.
He was a retired electrician and was an Army veteran.
Surviving are two sisters, Josephine Gates and Maude Belle Fiscus; a half sister, Phyllis Brock; and a half brother, Bert Purdue.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. EST Friday at Gill Funeral Home, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to service time.
[Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, IN, 18 Nov 2003, Page B8]
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Rufus enlisted in the Army at Evansville, IN on 14 October 1942 and volunteered for parachutist duty. he was assigned to Company D, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Camp Blsnding, FL.
Pfc Purdue was wounded in action in Normandy, France and again in Belgium in January 1945.
He was a retired electrician and was an Army veteran.
Surviving are two sisters, Josephine Gates and Maude Belle Fiscus; a half sister, Phyllis Brock; and a half brother, Bert Purdue.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. EST Friday at Gill Funeral Home, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to service time.
[Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, IN, 18 Nov 2003, Page B8]
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Rufus enlisted in the Army at Evansville, IN on 14 October 1942 and volunteered for parachutist duty. he was assigned to Company D, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Camp Blsnding, FL.
Pfc Purdue was wounded in action in Normandy, France and again in Belgium in January 1945.
WASHINGTON -- Rufus "Jack" Purdue, 81, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at Daviess Community Hospital.
He was a retired electrician and was an Army veteran.
Surviving are two sisters, Josephine Gates and Maude Belle Fiscus; a half sister, Phyllis Brock; and a half brother, Bert Purdue.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. EST Friday at Gill Funeral Home, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to service time.
[Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, IN, 18 Nov 2003, Page B8]
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Rufus enlisted in the Army at Evansville, IN on 14 October 1942 and volunteered for parachutist duty. he was assigned to Company D, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Camp Blsnding, FL.
Pfc Purdue was wounded in action in Normandy, France and again in Belgium in January 1945.
He was a retired electrician and was an Army veteran.
Surviving are two sisters, Josephine Gates and Maude Belle Fiscus; a half sister, Phyllis Brock; and a half brother, Bert Purdue.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. EST Friday at Gill Funeral Home, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to service time.
[Evansville Courier & Press, Evansville, IN, 18 Nov 2003, Page B8]
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Rufus enlisted in the Army at Evansville, IN on 14 October 1942 and volunteered for parachutist duty. he was assigned to Company D, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Camp Blsnding, FL.
Pfc Purdue was wounded in action in Normandy, France and again in Belgium in January 1945.
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