Morning World-Herald (Omaha, Nebr.), November 21, 1918, p. 2, col. 3
Corporal Herman Roth Is Killed in Action
Corporal Herman Roth, 2109 Wirt street, was killed in action in France on October 21, according to a message received by his wife, Mrs. Elinor Roth, from the war department last night.
Corporal Roth was the son of Mrs. Josephine Gable, 5412 Florence boulevard. He was 29 years old, and previous to entering the service he was employed in the drafting department of the Union Pacific headquarters.
He was married a year ago last June to Elinor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCreary, 2109 Wirt street.
He left for Camp Funston last April, after which time his wife made her home with her parents. He went overseas in June, and his wife had a letter from him about a month ago, in which he mentioned that he was in the fighting on the Lorraine sector.
Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by one brother and two sisters.
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Condensed from Evening World-Herald, August 18, 1921, p. 4, col. 5 & 6
BODIES OF OVERSEA SOLDIERS REACH HERE
Bodies of thirty-three soldiers, the heroes of the war, in caskets covered with the flag of this nation, arrived at the Omaha union depot on the Rock Island train this morning. Six hundred Omahans, with uncovered and bowed heads, were present to receive the bodies.
In the list of heroes there were four Omahans, and one boy from Council Bluffs who made the supreme sacrifice in preserving the honor of the United States. Their names are as follows:
Corporal Herman Roth husband of Mrs. Eleanor Roth, 2109 Wirt street, killed in action, October 22, 1918. He was with the Three Hundred and Forty-first Machine Gun battalion.
NOTE: Other names omitted.
Parents and relatives of the soldiers consigned to Omaha and Council Bluffs were present to take charge of the caskets, as well as friends and relatives of the soldiers whose bodies were consigned to other cities in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wyoming.
In honor of the arrival of the dead soldiers the flags on many of the principal buildings of the city were hoisted to half mast and the bells in a number of churches were tolled.
The Rev. Edgar M. Brown, pastor of Dietz Memorial church, delivered a sermon.
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Evening World-Herald, August 18, 1921, p. 11, col. 8
FUNERAL NOTICES
ROTH – Herman, died in France Oct. 12 [sic], 1918. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor McCreary Roth, by his mother, Mrs. J. G. Gaebel, one brother, Harold Roth, two sisters, Miss Alma, and Mrs. Frank Knowles.
Funeral Saturday morning from John A. Gentleman's mortuary at 8:30 a.m. to Sacred Heart church at 9 a.m. Interment at Prospect Hill cemetery.
Corporal Herman Roth Is Killed in Action
Corporal Herman Roth, 2109 Wirt street, was killed in action in France on October 21, according to a message received by his wife, Mrs. Elinor Roth, from the war department last night.
Corporal Roth was the son of Mrs. Josephine Gable, 5412 Florence boulevard. He was 29 years old, and previous to entering the service he was employed in the drafting department of the Union Pacific headquarters.
He was married a year ago last June to Elinor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCreary, 2109 Wirt street.
He left for Camp Funston last April, after which time his wife made her home with her parents. He went overseas in June, and his wife had a letter from him about a month ago, in which he mentioned that he was in the fighting on the Lorraine sector.
Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by one brother and two sisters.
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Condensed from Evening World-Herald, August 18, 1921, p. 4, col. 5 & 6
BODIES OF OVERSEA SOLDIERS REACH HERE
Bodies of thirty-three soldiers, the heroes of the war, in caskets covered with the flag of this nation, arrived at the Omaha union depot on the Rock Island train this morning. Six hundred Omahans, with uncovered and bowed heads, were present to receive the bodies.
In the list of heroes there were four Omahans, and one boy from Council Bluffs who made the supreme sacrifice in preserving the honor of the United States. Their names are as follows:
Corporal Herman Roth husband of Mrs. Eleanor Roth, 2109 Wirt street, killed in action, October 22, 1918. He was with the Three Hundred and Forty-first Machine Gun battalion.
NOTE: Other names omitted.
Parents and relatives of the soldiers consigned to Omaha and Council Bluffs were present to take charge of the caskets, as well as friends and relatives of the soldiers whose bodies were consigned to other cities in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wyoming.
In honor of the arrival of the dead soldiers the flags on many of the principal buildings of the city were hoisted to half mast and the bells in a number of churches were tolled.
The Rev. Edgar M. Brown, pastor of Dietz Memorial church, delivered a sermon.
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Evening World-Herald, August 18, 1921, p. 11, col. 8
FUNERAL NOTICES
ROTH – Herman, died in France Oct. 12 [sic], 1918. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor McCreary Roth, by his mother, Mrs. J. G. Gaebel, one brother, Harold Roth, two sisters, Miss Alma, and Mrs. Frank Knowles.
Funeral Saturday morning from John A. Gentleman's mortuary at 8:30 a.m. to Sacred Heart church at 9 a.m. Interment at Prospect Hill cemetery.
Morning World-Herald (Omaha, Nebr.), November 21, 1918, p. 2, col. 3
Corporal Herman Roth Is Killed in Action
Corporal Herman Roth, 2109 Wirt street, was killed in action in France on October 21, according to a message received by his wife, Mrs. Elinor Roth, from the war department last night.
Corporal Roth was the son of Mrs. Josephine Gable, 5412 Florence boulevard. He was 29 years old, and previous to entering the service he was employed in the drafting department of the Union Pacific headquarters.
He was married a year ago last June to Elinor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCreary, 2109 Wirt street.
He left for Camp Funston last April, after which time his wife made her home with her parents. He went overseas in June, and his wife had a letter from him about a month ago, in which he mentioned that he was in the fighting on the Lorraine sector.
Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by one brother and two sisters.
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Condensed from Evening World-Herald, August 18, 1921, p. 4, col. 5 & 6
BODIES OF OVERSEA SOLDIERS REACH HERE
Bodies of thirty-three soldiers, the heroes of the war, in caskets covered with the flag of this nation, arrived at the Omaha union depot on the Rock Island train this morning. Six hundred Omahans, with uncovered and bowed heads, were present to receive the bodies.
In the list of heroes there were four Omahans, and one boy from Council Bluffs who made the supreme sacrifice in preserving the honor of the United States. Their names are as follows:
Corporal Herman Roth husband of Mrs. Eleanor Roth, 2109 Wirt street, killed in action, October 22, 1918. He was with the Three Hundred and Forty-first Machine Gun battalion.
NOTE: Other names omitted.
Parents and relatives of the soldiers consigned to Omaha and Council Bluffs were present to take charge of the caskets, as well as friends and relatives of the soldiers whose bodies were consigned to other cities in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wyoming.
In honor of the arrival of the dead soldiers the flags on many of the principal buildings of the city were hoisted to half mast and the bells in a number of churches were tolled.
The Rev. Edgar M. Brown, pastor of Dietz Memorial church, delivered a sermon.
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Evening World-Herald, August 18, 1921, p. 11, col. 8
FUNERAL NOTICES
ROTH – Herman, died in France Oct. 12 [sic], 1918. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor McCreary Roth, by his mother, Mrs. J. G. Gaebel, one brother, Harold Roth, two sisters, Miss Alma, and Mrs. Frank Knowles.
Funeral Saturday morning from John A. Gentleman's mortuary at 8:30 a.m. to Sacred Heart church at 9 a.m. Interment at Prospect Hill cemetery.
Corporal Herman Roth Is Killed in Action
Corporal Herman Roth, 2109 Wirt street, was killed in action in France on October 21, according to a message received by his wife, Mrs. Elinor Roth, from the war department last night.
Corporal Roth was the son of Mrs. Josephine Gable, 5412 Florence boulevard. He was 29 years old, and previous to entering the service he was employed in the drafting department of the Union Pacific headquarters.
He was married a year ago last June to Elinor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCreary, 2109 Wirt street.
He left for Camp Funston last April, after which time his wife made her home with her parents. He went overseas in June, and his wife had a letter from him about a month ago, in which he mentioned that he was in the fighting on the Lorraine sector.
Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by one brother and two sisters.
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Condensed from Evening World-Herald, August 18, 1921, p. 4, col. 5 & 6
BODIES OF OVERSEA SOLDIERS REACH HERE
Bodies of thirty-three soldiers, the heroes of the war, in caskets covered with the flag of this nation, arrived at the Omaha union depot on the Rock Island train this morning. Six hundred Omahans, with uncovered and bowed heads, were present to receive the bodies.
In the list of heroes there were four Omahans, and one boy from Council Bluffs who made the supreme sacrifice in preserving the honor of the United States. Their names are as follows:
Corporal Herman Roth husband of Mrs. Eleanor Roth, 2109 Wirt street, killed in action, October 22, 1918. He was with the Three Hundred and Forty-first Machine Gun battalion.
NOTE: Other names omitted.
Parents and relatives of the soldiers consigned to Omaha and Council Bluffs were present to take charge of the caskets, as well as friends and relatives of the soldiers whose bodies were consigned to other cities in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wyoming.
In honor of the arrival of the dead soldiers the flags on many of the principal buildings of the city were hoisted to half mast and the bells in a number of churches were tolled.
The Rev. Edgar M. Brown, pastor of Dietz Memorial church, delivered a sermon.
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Evening World-Herald, August 18, 1921, p. 11, col. 8
FUNERAL NOTICES
ROTH – Herman, died in France Oct. 12 [sic], 1918. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor McCreary Roth, by his mother, Mrs. J. G. Gaebel, one brother, Harold Roth, two sisters, Miss Alma, and Mrs. Frank Knowles.
Funeral Saturday morning from John A. Gentleman's mortuary at 8:30 a.m. to Sacred Heart church at 9 a.m. Interment at Prospect Hill cemetery.
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