The October 31, 1918 edition of the Salmon Arm Observer announced the death of Private Haas on Page 1:
"We much regret having to announce the death of Pte. J. L. Haas which took place at Vancouver on Tuesday, October 22nd, as a result of pneumonia following an attack of Spanish Influenza.
The late Pte. Haas at the time he was smitten with the dread disease was an orderly in the Shaughnessy Military Hospital and it is supposed that it was whilst acting in this capacity that he contracted the disease which ultimately was the cause of his death.
The body was embalmed and shipped to Salmon Arm, and was laid to rest on Tuesday in the Mount Ida cemetery, the Rev. J. D. Hobden conducting the funeral service.
Our sincerest sympathy is extended to all his relatives and friends who now mourn his loss."
He had been drafted as a Private, Service number 2139710 in the 2nd Depot Battalion, British Columbia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force in Victoria, British Columbia on 16 May 1918. He died of influenza in the Coquitlam Military Hospital at 5.25 a.m. on 22 Oct 1918.
Joel is buried next to his brother, Franklin W Haas.
The October 31, 1918 edition of the Salmon Arm Observer announced the death of Private Haas on Page 1:
"We much regret having to announce the death of Pte. J. L. Haas which took place at Vancouver on Tuesday, October 22nd, as a result of pneumonia following an attack of Spanish Influenza.
The late Pte. Haas at the time he was smitten with the dread disease was an orderly in the Shaughnessy Military Hospital and it is supposed that it was whilst acting in this capacity that he contracted the disease which ultimately was the cause of his death.
The body was embalmed and shipped to Salmon Arm, and was laid to rest on Tuesday in the Mount Ida cemetery, the Rev. J. D. Hobden conducting the funeral service.
Our sincerest sympathy is extended to all his relatives and friends who now mourn his loss."
He had been drafted as a Private, Service number 2139710 in the 2nd Depot Battalion, British Columbia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force in Victoria, British Columbia on 16 May 1918. He died of influenza in the Coquitlam Military Hospital at 5.25 a.m. on 22 Oct 1918.
Joel is buried next to his brother, Franklin W Haas.
Inscription
2139710 PRIVATE
JOEL F. HAAS
C.A.M.C. C.E.F.
22ND OCT. 1918
BELOVED SON AND BROTHER.
AGED TWENTY-ONE YEARS.
Gravesite Details
Headstone is covered with lichens. Difficult to read.
Family Members
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Allan Malcolm Haas
1893–1981
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Warren Maxim Haas
1894–1969
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Franklin Wesley "Frank" Haas
1895–1917
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George Walter "Walter" Haas
1900–1929
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Elmer Adelbert Haas
1901–1972
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Amy May Haas Vernon
1904–1988
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Anna Laurie Haas Lourence
1905–1969
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Eva Lillian Haas Hofhenke
1908–1995
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Mary Christina Haas Meyer
1909–1994
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