ANTON H. KHAIL

Anton H. Khail, 27, a sergeant in Company E. 127th Infantry, Wisconsin National
Guard, died suddently this noon at the home on Waldo boulevard just west of the
city.
Sergeant Khail had attended a company party at the exposition building Saturday
night. Sunday he was taken ill with a cold which developed into pneumonia.
Funeral services are incomplete but will probably be held Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Khail, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Khail, Sr., was born in this city in 1912.
He married Miss Vivian Wagner of this city in 1937. He has been a member of the
militia company ten years, enlisting as a private and being promoted to corporal
and then to sergeant. He was active in all company affairs. Until recently he had
been employed at the Northern Wisconsin Produce company.
Survivors are the widow; son (Private), parents, three brothers, Frank, Jr., and
Charles, of this city, Emil of Two Rivers; three sisters, Mrs. Clinton Marks, Mrs.
Gilbert Mahloch, Mrs. Bohumil Karl, all of Manitowoc.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, April 11, 1940 P.2
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Funeral services for AntonKhail, 27, who died suddently yesterday at the home
on Waldo boulevard, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek
and Schlei funeral home, the Rev. A.C. Fischer of the First Reformed church
officiating.
It will be a military funeral with six sergeants of Company E, 127th Infantry,
Wisconsin National guard, acting as pallbearers. Sergeant Khail was a member of
the Wisconsin National Guard rifle squad that competed at Milwaukee in February
and he placed second in individual scoring. He was also a member of the junior
C.Z.B.J.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home until the hour of services tomorrow.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, April 12, 1940 P.5
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Anton H. Khail, 27, a sergeant of Co. E, 127th Inf., W.N.G., died suddenly last
Thursday noon at the family home on Waldo boulevard, just west of the city
limits, from an attack of pneumonia. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon
with full military honors accorded. Survivors are the widow, who was Vivian Wagner
before her marriage, a son, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Khail, Sr., three
brothers and three sisters.
Manitowoc Sun Messenger, Friday, April 19, 1940 P.7
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[d. 04-11-1940/age 27 yrs./cause: lobar pneumonia/bur. on Frank Khail lot]

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