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David Martin Speicher

17 Mar 1926 – 6 Aug 1944

Birth	17 Mar 1926
Death	6 Aug 1944
Cemetery	Saint Bonaventure Cemetery Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Shirley (Bruhn) Martys on 05 Dec 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17770410

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Son of Martin A. Speicher. -------------------------------- From the web site: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/heros/hpcn0185.htm Apprentice Seaman David M. Speicher was born in Columbus, Nebraska, on March 17, 1926, and lost his life by drowning on Sunday, August 6, 1944, at Sokol's Lake, south of Duncan, Nebraska. David was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Speicher of Columbus, the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Speicher, Sr., of Columbus, and Mr. and Mrs. David Kluck of Richland, and the great-grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Kluck, pioneers of Colfax County who later lived in Columbus. His four brothers were Richard, Robert, Clifford, and Keith. Of the above group, his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Speicher, and his great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kluck, are deceased. David spent the eighteen years of his life in Columbus. He attended the St. Bonaventure grade school and high school, where he was graduated in the class of 1944. He was active in extracurricular activities at St. Bonaventure High School, a member of its football team for three years, a member of the track team, and was in the Senior, class play in 1944. After graduation, he was employed for a short time before he entered the service at the Columbus Brewing Company. David enlisted in the navy in February, 1944, and was called into the service on July 1, 1944. Apprentice Sea man David M. Speicher was assigned to Doane College at Crete, Nebraska, as a student in the V12 program. While home on a week-end leave, he went to Sokol's Lake with friends to attend a picnic given in his honor and was drowned while swimming. Military funeral services were conducted for him on Thursday, August 10, 1944, at St. Bonaventure Church in Columbus, with Reverend John Joseph Brogger, O.F.M., pastor, officiating at the Requiem Mass. He was buried in the St. Bonaventure Cemetery with Hartman Post No. 84 conducting the military rite.

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NEBRASKA; APPRENTICE SEAMAN U.S. NAVY

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