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Source: Iowa City Citizen, October 8, 1918, pg. 6, col. 1 |
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HENRY MERRILL ORR DIED SEPTEMBER 29 |
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Henry Merrill Orr who died of
pneumonia at the Great Lakes training camp September 29 gave his life
in the cause of his country as truly as any who have fallen on the
field of battle.
Henry Merrill Orr was born December 3, 1896 in
Scott township, Johnson county, Iowa on the old home farm where his
parents lived nineteen years. He is survived by his parents, William H.
and Edith Westcott Orr and one brother, Ernest C. He moved with his
parents when eight years of age to Iola, Kansas. At 12 years of age he
united with the Presbyterian church where he still holds membership.
Most of his boyhood days were spent in Kansas and Colorado. he
attended high school in Hiawatha, Kansas and later attended Washburn
college at Topeka, Kansas. At the time of his enlistment, July 9, of
the present year he was holding a responsible position as assistant
secretary with W. A. L. Thompson, wholesale hardware firm of Topeka. He
enlisted at Kansas City, Mo., into the navy and received his call to
the colors arriving at the Great Lakes naval training station, Great
Lakes, Ills., August 1st, where he was at the time of his death,
September 29, caused by pneumonia. He was laid to rest at Iowa City in
Oakland cemetery, October 3. The pallbearers were Roy (unreadable),
W.W. Anasmith, Albert Blietz, H.J. Hotz, W.D. Anderson, William Benda,
U.S.N.R.F.-S.A.T.C. Naval Barracks, Iowa City, Iowa.
The
out-of-town relatives here to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. O.
W. Hemsworth, Dr. Hemsworth and wife of Waterloo, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. John Morton of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mr.
and Mrs. S.R. Westcott, Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Hattie Graham,
Hinckley, Minnesota. |
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Henry Merrill Orr