Nephew of Local Man Is Killed
Marvin S. Adler, pharmacist’s mate 1/c, died of wounds received in action, according to work just received from the navy department. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Adler, formerly of Council Bluffs and now of San Antonio, Tex., and a nephew of Harry L. Cherniss, attorney. He enlisted in the navy in 1942, and had been over 23 months [with] overseas duty in the Pacific.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Monday, November 13, 1944
RETURN BODY of MARVIN ADLER
The body of Pharmacist’s Mate 1/c Marvin Adler is being returned from Manila aboard the U. S. Army Transport Dalton Victory for burial in Council Bluffs, according to a report from the department of the army Saturday.
Listed as next of kin in the report is Mrs. Nathan Adler of San Antonio, Texas.
The Tyler-Rusch funeral home is in charge.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sunday, August 15, 1948
Obituaries
Body of Sailor Returned for Burial
The body of Pharmacist’s Mate 1/c Marvin Sanford Adler, 23, will arrive in Council Bluffs Friday for services and burial.
Adler was wounded in action off the coast of Leyte on Nov. 1, 1944 and died Nov. 4. 1944 the first Jewish youth from Council Bluffs to be killed in action.
A former resident of this city, he moved to San Antonio, Texas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Adler, in 1936. He enlisted in the navy in August, 1942, and trained at Great Lakes, Ill.
He was serving aboard the U. S. Anderson, a ship assisting in the strike on Leyte, when it was struck by a Japanese suicide plane, wounding 28 men and officers.
Survivors include his parents, one brother, Morton J. Adler of Chicago, Ill., and his uncle,
Harry L. Cherniss of Council Bluffs.
Funeral services will be Sunday at 11 a.m. from the Tyler-Rusch chapel, with the Rabbi Lou H. Silberman of Temple Israel, Omaha, officiating.
Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. The VFW post 737 will conduct military rites.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Thursday, September 02, 1948
