Taken from the Obit "Funeral Services for World War Veteran Sunday" Joseph Elsworth McFadden, son of Joseph E. and Anna (Yonkey) McFadden, was born at College View, NE, February 17, 1900 and grew to manhood in Lincoln. On October 15, 1917, he enlisted in Co. C. Battery A. 60th Heavy Coast artillery and sailed for France in March 1918. He took part in the Argonne and the St. Micheil drives and was gassed which eventually caused his death. He returned to the United States February 11 and was discharged February 19, 1919. He took up work as a machinists' helper at the Burlington roundhouse in Lincoln. He married Miss Tillie Kauk on October 21, 1919. In July 1921 he was forced to give up his work in the roundhouse on account of the ill health he suffered because of the effects of the gas. He was sent to the Sanitarium at Lincoln and then to Kearney, NE. He returned home for seven weeks but took treatment soon afterward at the government hospital at Kansas City, He was transferred to For Hayard, New Mexico on December 4, 1921. With the exception of four months which he spent with his folks in Lincoln in the summer of 1922, he was confined at Fort Hayard until his death on February 3, 1923. He is survived by his wife, father, mother, his brothers, Charles E. and Walter L. and sisters Mrs. Irene Irwin and Mrs. Ann Dolling. Funeral services will be held today at 1:15 at Lake View for the members of the family and at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's church. Rev. Harold C. Capsey will preach the funeral sermon Rev. Walter Aitken and Rev. Snuffa will also take part in the services. Burial will be in the Wyuka Cemetery. Ex-service men are asked to wear their uniforms wherever possible. The Legion firing squad is requested by Henry Harper to assemble at the club rooms at 1:30 before going to the services.
Taken from the Obit "Funeral Services for World War Veteran Sunday" Joseph Elsworth McFadden, son of Joseph E. and Anna (Yonkey) McFadden, was born at College View, NE, February 17, 1900 and grew to manhood in Lincoln. On October 15, 1917, he enlisted in Co. C. Battery A. 60th Heavy Coast artillery and sailed for France in March 1918. He took part in the Argonne and the St. Micheil drives and was gassed which eventually caused his death. He returned to the United States February 11 and was discharged February 19, 1919. He took up work as a machinists' helper at the Burlington roundhouse in Lincoln. He married Miss Tillie Kauk on October 21, 1919. In July 1921 he was forced to give up his work in the roundhouse on account of the ill health he suffered because of the effects of the gas. He was sent to the Sanitarium at Lincoln and then to Kearney, NE. He returned home for seven weeks but took treatment soon afterward at the government hospital at Kansas City, He was transferred to For Hayard, New Mexico on December 4, 1921. With the exception of four months which he spent with his folks in Lincoln in the summer of 1922, he was confined at Fort Hayard until his death on February 3, 1923. He is survived by his wife, father, mother, his brothers, Charles E. and Walter L. and sisters Mrs. Irene Irwin and Mrs. Ann Dolling. Funeral services will be held today at 1:15 at Lake View for the members of the family and at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's church. Rev. Harold C. Capsey will preach the funeral sermon Rev. Walter Aitken and Rev. Snuffa will also take part in the services. Burial will be in the Wyuka Cemetery. Ex-service men are asked to wear their uniforms wherever possible. The Legion firing squad is requested by Henry Harper to assemble at the club rooms at 1:30 before going to the services.
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