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Ernest Eugene Sandburg

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Ernest Eugene Sandburg

Birth
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA
Death
20 Aug 1976 (aged 68)
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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RI Argus - Monday - August 23, 1976
Ernest E. Sandburg, 68, of 536 22nd St., Rock Island, died yesterday at Franciscan Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Wheelan Funeral Home. The Rev. Edward P. Nelson, former pastor of First Lutheran church, Rock Island, will officiate, and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mr. Sandburg was born Jan. 4, 1908, in Galesburg, the son of John F. and Anna Olson Sandburg.
He was formerly employed at American Container Co., and later at Bear Manufacturing.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, and received a Purple Heart. He was a member of the Rock Island Eagles Lodge.
Surviving are a son, Richard, Coal Valley; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Peterson, Villa Park, and Mrs. Alice Lyons, Rock Island, and a brother, Oscar, Rock Island. He was preceded in death by a sister.
RI Argus - Monday - August 23, 1976
Ernest E. Sandburg, 68, of 536 22nd St., Rock Island, died yesterday at Franciscan Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Wheelan Funeral Home. The Rev. Edward P. Nelson, former pastor of First Lutheran church, Rock Island, will officiate, and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Mr. Sandburg was born Jan. 4, 1908, in Galesburg, the son of John F. and Anna Olson Sandburg.
He was formerly employed at American Container Co., and later at Bear Manufacturing.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, and received a Purple Heart. He was a member of the Rock Island Eagles Lodge.
Surviving are a son, Richard, Coal Valley; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Peterson, Villa Park, and Mrs. Alice Lyons, Rock Island, and a brother, Oscar, Rock Island. He was preceded in death by a sister.

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1st Sgt US Army World War II



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  • Created by: Irwin
  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128781095/ernest_eugene-sandburg: accessed ), memorial page for Ernest Eugene Sandburg (4 Jan 1908–20 Aug 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 128781095, citing Rock Island Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Irwin (contributor 48293029).