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Merlin Weichart

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Merlin Weichart

Birth
Death
17 Sep 1943 (aged 21)
Burial
Reedsville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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He was married to Beatrice Loritz September 5, 1942

MERLIN WEICHART

Merlin Weichart of Quarry, a former Grimms resident, is now a patient at the Holy Family hospital, a victim of infantile paralysis.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 16, 1943 P. 13
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Local Victim of Paralysis Dies
Merlin Weichert(sic), 21, Quarry, is Manitowoc county's first infantileparalysis victim. Stricken with the disease two weeks ago he died Fridaynight at the Holy Family hospital.
He had been employed on a threshing crew working in the county when he was taken ill and a week later was moved to the hospital here and placed in the iron lung in the isolation ward.
Private funeral services were held this afternoon at Reedsville.
Mr. Reichert(sic), a son of Mr. and Michael Weichert of Quarry, was born at Oconto Falls in 1922. When he was a boy his parents moved to Grimms and later to Quarry. He was employed for a time at the ship yards here and in recent weeks has been working with a threshing crew.
In September, 1942, he married Miss Beatrice Loritz of Quarry. She survives with an infant son (private); parents, two brothers, (private); sister (private).
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, September 18, 1943
He was married to Beatrice Loritz September 5, 1942

MERLIN WEICHART

Merlin Weichart of Quarry, a former Grimms resident, is now a patient at the Holy Family hospital, a victim of infantile paralysis.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 16, 1943 P. 13
*******
Local Victim of Paralysis Dies
Merlin Weichert(sic), 21, Quarry, is Manitowoc county's first infantileparalysis victim. Stricken with the disease two weeks ago he died Fridaynight at the Holy Family hospital.
He had been employed on a threshing crew working in the county when he was taken ill and a week later was moved to the hospital here and placed in the iron lung in the isolation ward.
Private funeral services were held this afternoon at Reedsville.
Mr. Reichert(sic), a son of Mr. and Michael Weichert of Quarry, was born at Oconto Falls in 1922. When he was a boy his parents moved to Grimms and later to Quarry. He was employed for a time at the ship yards here and in recent weeks has been working with a threshing crew.
In September, 1942, he married Miss Beatrice Loritz of Quarry. She survives with an infant son (private); parents, two brothers, (private); sister (private).
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, September 18, 1943


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  • Created by: Rose Mohnsam
  • Added: Jul 9, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132567037/merlin-weichart: accessed ), memorial page for Merlin Weichart (2 Sep 1922–17 Sep 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132567037, citing Friedens United Church of Christ Cemetery, Reedsville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Rose Mohnsam (contributor 47105797).