Casket burial. Reinterred in Oak Mound Cemetery from Japan on 12 Jun 1948.
Born in Oakport Township and grew up on his parents' farm there. Attended Oak Mound School. While growing up was a member of the Oak Mound 4-H Club where he served as club treasurer. U.S. Marines WWII. Wounded on Saipan Island and was awarded the purple heart in 1945. He was killed on Iwo Jima Island. Gene was a lifelong member of Oak Mound Congregational Church and was baptized and confirmed there. (Associational quote: "We'll call me Oscar and you'll be Louie").
Gene was originally buried in Japan and his body was re-interred in Oak Mound Cemetery on June 12, 1948. His gravestone was originally a "cenotaph," meaning that a gravestone is present but the body is not. Historically, a stone was indicted to be a cenotaph if the phrase "In Memory of" preceded the person's name. This is the case with Gene's stone, but now that his body has been laid to rest in Oak Mound Cemetery, his stone is no longer a cenotaph and is a regular gravestone. The phrase "In Memory of" still remains on the stone, however.
OBITUARY
Memorial Sunday
On Sunday at 3:15 p. m. in the First Congregational church memorial services will be held for Marine Private First Class Eugene Andree, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Andree, rural Moorhead, who was killed on Iwo Jima.
He was born on March 3, 1924, and attended Oak Mound and Moorhead High school. He entered service in November, 1943, and served at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Hawaii prior to participation in the battles at Saipan and Tinian. He was wounded on June 13, 1944, on Saipan and received the purple heart.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Brendemuhl and Miss Mildred Andree. The American Legion will attend in a body and Reverend N. W. Klooze will officiate at the service. Merlyn Akers will be soloist and Dorothy Deems will be organist. A. J. Wright and Sons funeral home will be in charge of arrangements.
Casket burial. Reinterred in Oak Mound Cemetery from Japan on 12 Jun 1948.
Born in Oakport Township and grew up on his parents' farm there. Attended Oak Mound School. While growing up was a member of the Oak Mound 4-H Club where he served as club treasurer. U.S. Marines WWII. Wounded on Saipan Island and was awarded the purple heart in 1945. He was killed on Iwo Jima Island. Gene was a lifelong member of Oak Mound Congregational Church and was baptized and confirmed there. (Associational quote: "We'll call me Oscar and you'll be Louie").
Gene was originally buried in Japan and his body was re-interred in Oak Mound Cemetery on June 12, 1948. His gravestone was originally a "cenotaph," meaning that a gravestone is present but the body is not. Historically, a stone was indicted to be a cenotaph if the phrase "In Memory of" preceded the person's name. This is the case with Gene's stone, but now that his body has been laid to rest in Oak Mound Cemetery, his stone is no longer a cenotaph and is a regular gravestone. The phrase "In Memory of" still remains on the stone, however.
OBITUARY
Memorial Sunday
On Sunday at 3:15 p. m. in the First Congregational church memorial services will be held for Marine Private First Class Eugene Andree, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Andree, rural Moorhead, who was killed on Iwo Jima.
He was born on March 3, 1924, and attended Oak Mound and Moorhead High school. He entered service in November, 1943, and served at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Hawaii prior to participation in the battles at Saipan and Tinian. He was wounded on June 13, 1944, on Saipan and received the purple heart.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Roy Brendemuhl and Miss Mildred Andree. The American Legion will attend in a body and Reverend N. W. Klooze will officiate at the service. Merlyn Akers will be soloist and Dorothy Deems will be organist. A. J. Wright and Sons funeral home will be in charge of arrangements.
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