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Former SanduskiansLose Third Son InSix Months Period*annLOr$•yis:emWthSergeant Donald Wieber, 27,third son in one Toledo familyto die in six months, was | (ukilled recently with five crewmembers when their Fortress 101bomber crashed and exploded I**1five miles west of the Alex-andria, La., army air base.Sergeant Wieber was a radio operator in the Army service and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wieber, Sr., 237 Michi- 1 u' gan-st, Toledo. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wieber are former Sandusky residents, Mrs. Wieber ^ being the former Mildred Best of Sandusky. Her brother, Al-bert Best, resides in Home- w ville and a sister, Mrs. Norman | Schmid, lives here on Pearl-st.Ill luck has visited the |thWieber home on many occasions in recent months. Mrs. |w Wieber is now in Congress, to Arizona, putting up a fight ei against death and where she |tc went more than a year ago.Mr. Wieber is with her. j ttPrivate Raymond B. Wieber, tl* 25, second son to die, was alkilled in action in New Brit- hiain, Dec. 27, according to the tcWar Department. A third son, wArthur Wieber, Jr., was found | w dead in his home last fall, following a brief illness. I v-The remaining son, Charles, tlt; lives at the Michigan-st ad- tldress. He has had the sad la:task of twice notifying hisparents of the deaths of his brothers and now must do so again. He was recently released from the Army air force on a medical discharge.Pvt. Raymond Wieber’s death followed the birth and death of his only child by a year. He was on the seas when his son was born. The baby lived a few weeks and died, before his father knew of its birth.11SatvsV3srm1
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Sandusky Register Star News
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Wed, Mar 29, 1944
Page 8
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