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Joseph McGill Buried With Military Honorshl*rISaY»i-dgsite3,ned,rfeLI.nEletfatMilitary funeral service for Joseph H. McGill, a hero of the World War, was held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, at two o,clock Suhday afternoon. The burial took place In St. Mary’s Cemetery. Rev. A. J. Sprigler officiated at the church service and also at the service at the cemetery. Requiem High Mass for the deceased was hid at St. Mary's Church, Monday morning.Jennings County Post of The American Legion, ex-service men, city officials andmembers of the .local branch of the American Glass Workers Union formed a procession, which headed by the American Flag and the. North Vernon Band, met' the funeral cortege and marched with it to*' the church. After the church service,the procession formed again and marched to the cemetery where as ithe body was lowered, the hand play ed, the firing squa fired the last salute and the bugle sounded taps.Joseph McGill went with the second increment of drafted men to Camp Taylor, October 4th, 1917. He went overseas with the 120th Infantry of the 30th Division and was killed in action in France, October 19 1918. He was thirty years old, was a glass worker and also a stockholder In the Co-operative Enterprise Glass Company, of this city. The surviving relatives are his widow, .Mrs. Hazel, McGill, one brother, Frank McGill, and one sister Mrs. John Weithau», all of this city.Although the passage of more than three years since his death has served to dull the keen edge of grief of his loved ones,still Joseph McGills memory is held dear not only by his relatives hut by his many friendsand the memry of him as a hero whomade the supreme sacrifice in'human ity’s cause will be cherished by the people of the county throughout the years to come.The body was escorted from New York to this city by Private Earl Schweigert, of Company B., 34th Infantry, of Fort Hamilton, New York.
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North Vernon Plain Dealer
North Vernon, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 20, 1922
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