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WASHINGTON, IOWAIra Schantz. Soldier.Unspeakably sad is the death of jI Ira Schantz, October 11, 1918. A tele* j t gram from the war department reach-1 r led his father Saturday evening. They o had not known of his illness, although | tlt; they were worried as they had had j t j no word from him since in Septem-uitujber. ' iIra left here with the bunch that/ .xl-1 ■ :mL-J 9 u‘. _ V L-. % —iTl O-,- -1 • M 1went to Camp Pike July 22nd, and s’and he went gladly. We had talked j with him only a few days before, and he said where duty called him, he was j glad to go. He went in the 164th In- U | fantry. Later he went into Co. 21, A. , n A. 1L D„ if we understood it correctly, a and went over in early September, hiaOJand they heard from him last about it September 10th. jI Ira was born on the home place, 11 where he grew up, September 1, 1891. j He was a natural born farmer and egstockman, and he was his father's j pimain dependence. When Ira was at lu home, his father had little concern j tiabout things went. | leNaturally, the father and mother m are heart broken, for he was a strong, orardy,splendid young man----fillHis father is Peter U. Schantz, and urhis mother, Katie Mast Schantz, The th other children are: Viola, Ella, David, Wilber and Benny, all at home. Ira went with William Kellerhals,veCOwho died a few days before, and with buDale Reeves, who a4so died of influ- j sa enza. This makes four of that con-j thtingent known to have died of dis- wi ease. They are: Ira, Dale. WilliamshKellerhals, and the Topping boy from Wellman. j tinIra’s parents are very anxious for i prlt; any information as to Ira s death that j an may come in any soldier letters, and ! ini I we are suggesting that if any readers !tei ! of this hear anything of interest, they j wi communicate with Hie Schantz family, ve Carl Frey is also in France, but he j by, left the boys. Spencer Reed was also , oil with the same squad, and he may . the write home. He is the son of GeorgeieiReed.a
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Washington Democrat
Washington, Iowa, US
Tue, Nov 12, 1918
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