HARVEY W. GLASER

Harvey W. Glaser, age 79, a resident of River’s Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Manitowoc, died Thursday morning, May 25, 2006, at the center.

Harvey was born Oct. 3, 1926, in Two Rivers, son of the late Joseph Glaser and Eleanore Daul Glaser. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946 as a member of the 11th Airborne in the South Pacific. On Oct. 4, 1952, he married the former Mildred Schmidt at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, Two Rivers.

Harvey was a commercial fisherman for several years. In the early 1950s he became employed at the Two Creeks garage. In 1967, he and his best friend Don Riha purchased the Langer Brothers Dodge dealership and operated it as R&G Dodge until his retirement. Harvey was a Life Member of the Two Rivers K.C.’s and a member of the Lutheran Bowling League.

(Survivors omitted for privacy)

Harvey was also preceded in death by an infant daughter: Connie Jean; two brothers: Joe and Leroy Glaser; one sister: Glady Mastroni; three brothers-in-law: Don Riha, Gene LeClair and Jack Messman; and one sister-in- law: Beverly Glaser.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church, Two Rivers. Officiating at the Mass of Christian Burial will be the Rev. William O’Brien. Burial will follow the service at Holy Cross Cemetery, Two Rivers, where military rites will be accorded by members of the Two Rivers VFW and American Legion Posts.

The family will greet relatives and friends at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of services at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.

The Klein & Stangel Funeral Home and Cremation Care Center, Two Rivers, is assisting the Glaser family with funeral arrangements.

The family extends their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the caring staff of River’s Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center where Harvey spent the past 5 years of his life.

Herald Times Reporter, May 28, 2006

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Military Information:

Transcription: SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Ranks: SERGEANT
Branch: US ARMY
Conflicts: WORLD WAR II

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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Harvey W Glaser
Birth Year: 1926
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Wisconsin
State of Residence: Wisconsin
County or City: Manitowoc
Enlistment Date: 1 Jan 1946
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private First Class
Grade Code: Private First Class
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the Panama Canal Department
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Enlisted Man, Philippine Scout or recall to AD of an enlisted man who had been transferred to the ERC
Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 87
Weight: 456