PFC. DONALD G. TUMA
Donald G. Tuma Among Soldiers Killed In Crash
County Family Had Talked by Telephone With Korea Returnee
TWO RIVERS – Pfc. Donald G. Tuma, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doolan Tuma
of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, residing just north of Larrabee on Highway Q, was
among 27 soldiers homeward bound for the holidays from Korean service
to be killed Friday when a chartered airliner crashed after a takeoff
from Seattle, Wash.
Tuma was listed among the 27 dead in, an Associated Press dispatch from
Seattle.
The Tuma family said Saturday morning that it received a call Friday from
the young soldier that he had arrived in Seattle and was planning to fly
home immediately. Up to 11 a.m. Saturday the family received no official
government announcement of the youth’s death, however.
Tuma entered the service nearly two years ago and served more than 18
months with the U. S. Army in Korea. He would have had another year to
serve before his discharge.
Donald Tuma was born in the Town of Gibson on Oct. 10, 1935, and was
graduated from Mishicot High School with the class of 1953. In high
school he took an active part in the Future Farmers of America program.
Besides his parents he leaves two sisters, Janice and Joanne at home,
and six brothers, James of Manitowoc, Richard, Wayne, Gregory, Peter
and Paul Tuma on the home farm.
More on the plane crash
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 18, 1955
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Because of the delay in the arrival of the casket, due to a rock slide on
state of Washington railroad tracks, funeral services for Pfc. Donald G.
Tuma, 20, Town of Gibson, who was killed in a crash of an Army transport
plane at Seattle, Wash., on Nov. 18, will be held at Mishicot Thursday
morning instead of Wednesday.
Military services, to be conducted by the Kempen-Staudinger-Terens Post
7755, VFW, Mishicot, will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Specht Funeral
Home, Mishicot, and at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Mishicot.
The Rev. George Beth will officiate and interment will be in Holy Cross
Cemetery, Mishicot.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday where the
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 p.m. Wednesday.
(No newspaper named or date)
Donald G. Tuma Among Soldiers Killed In Crash
County Family Had Talked by Telephone With Korea Returnee
TWO RIVERS – Pfc. Donald G. Tuma, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doolan Tuma
of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, residing just north of Larrabee on Highway Q, was
among 27 soldiers homeward bound for the holidays from Korean service
to be killed Friday when a chartered airliner crashed after a takeoff
from Seattle, Wash.
Tuma was listed among the 27 dead in, an Associated Press dispatch from
Seattle.
The Tuma family said Saturday morning that it received a call Friday from
the young soldier that he had arrived in Seattle and was planning to fly
home immediately. Up to 11 a.m. Saturday the family received no official
government announcement of the youth’s death, however.
Tuma entered the service nearly two years ago and served more than 18
months with the U. S. Army in Korea. He would have had another year to
serve before his discharge.
Donald Tuma was born in the Town of Gibson on Oct. 10, 1935, and was
graduated from Mishicot High School with the class of 1953. In high
school he took an active part in the Future Farmers of America program.
Besides his parents he leaves two sisters, Janice and Joanne at home,
and six brothers, James of Manitowoc, Richard, Wayne, Gregory, Peter
and Paul Tuma on the home farm.
More on the plane crash
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 18, 1955
********
Because of the delay in the arrival of the casket, due to a rock slide on
state of Washington railroad tracks, funeral services for Pfc. Donald G.
Tuma, 20, Town of Gibson, who was killed in a crash of an Army transport
plane at Seattle, Wash., on Nov. 18, will be held at Mishicot Thursday
morning instead of Wednesday.
Military services, to be conducted by the Kempen-Staudinger-Terens Post
7755, VFW, Mishicot, will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Specht Funeral
Home, Mishicot, and at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Mishicot.
The Rev. George Beth will officiate and interment will be in Holy Cross
Cemetery, Mishicot.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday where the
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 p.m. Wednesday.
(No newspaper named or date)
PFC. DONALD G. TUMA
Donald G. Tuma Among Soldiers Killed In Crash
County Family Had Talked by Telephone With Korea Returnee
TWO RIVERS – Pfc. Donald G. Tuma, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doolan Tuma
of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, residing just north of Larrabee on Highway Q, was
among 27 soldiers homeward bound for the holidays from Korean service
to be killed Friday when a chartered airliner crashed after a takeoff
from Seattle, Wash.
Tuma was listed among the 27 dead in, an Associated Press dispatch from
Seattle.
The Tuma family said Saturday morning that it received a call Friday from
the young soldier that he had arrived in Seattle and was planning to fly
home immediately. Up to 11 a.m. Saturday the family received no official
government announcement of the youth’s death, however.
Tuma entered the service nearly two years ago and served more than 18
months with the U. S. Army in Korea. He would have had another year to
serve before his discharge.
Donald Tuma was born in the Town of Gibson on Oct. 10, 1935, and was
graduated from Mishicot High School with the class of 1953. In high
school he took an active part in the Future Farmers of America program.
Besides his parents he leaves two sisters, Janice and Joanne at home,
and six brothers, James of Manitowoc, Richard, Wayne, Gregory, Peter
and Paul Tuma on the home farm.
More on the plane crash
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 18, 1955
********
Because of the delay in the arrival of the casket, due to a rock slide on
state of Washington railroad tracks, funeral services for Pfc. Donald G.
Tuma, 20, Town of Gibson, who was killed in a crash of an Army transport
plane at Seattle, Wash., on Nov. 18, will be held at Mishicot Thursday
morning instead of Wednesday.
Military services, to be conducted by the Kempen-Staudinger-Terens Post
7755, VFW, Mishicot, will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Specht Funeral
Home, Mishicot, and at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Mishicot.
The Rev. George Beth will officiate and interment will be in Holy Cross
Cemetery, Mishicot.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday where the
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 p.m. Wednesday.
(No newspaper named or date)
Donald G. Tuma Among Soldiers Killed In Crash
County Family Had Talked by Telephone With Korea Returnee
TWO RIVERS – Pfc. Donald G. Tuma, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doolan Tuma
of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, residing just north of Larrabee on Highway Q, was
among 27 soldiers homeward bound for the holidays from Korean service
to be killed Friday when a chartered airliner crashed after a takeoff
from Seattle, Wash.
Tuma was listed among the 27 dead in, an Associated Press dispatch from
Seattle.
The Tuma family said Saturday morning that it received a call Friday from
the young soldier that he had arrived in Seattle and was planning to fly
home immediately. Up to 11 a.m. Saturday the family received no official
government announcement of the youth’s death, however.
Tuma entered the service nearly two years ago and served more than 18
months with the U. S. Army in Korea. He would have had another year to
serve before his discharge.
Donald Tuma was born in the Town of Gibson on Oct. 10, 1935, and was
graduated from Mishicot High School with the class of 1953. In high
school he took an active part in the Future Farmers of America program.
Besides his parents he leaves two sisters, Janice and Joanne at home,
and six brothers, James of Manitowoc, Richard, Wayne, Gregory, Peter
and Paul Tuma on the home farm.
More on the plane crash
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 18, 1955
********
Because of the delay in the arrival of the casket, due to a rock slide on
state of Washington railroad tracks, funeral services for Pfc. Donald G.
Tuma, 20, Town of Gibson, who was killed in a crash of an Army transport
plane at Seattle, Wash., on Nov. 18, will be held at Mishicot Thursday
morning instead of Wednesday.
Military services, to be conducted by the Kempen-Staudinger-Terens Post
7755, VFW, Mishicot, will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Specht Funeral
Home, Mishicot, and at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Mishicot.
The Rev. George Beth will officiate and interment will be in Holy Cross
Cemetery, Mishicot.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday where the
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 p.m. Wednesday.
(No newspaper named or date)
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