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Birth: Jul. 2, 1919
Lake Tomahawk
Oneida County
Wisconsin, USA
Death: Apr. 4, 1944
Bucharest, Romania
RITES SATURDAY FOR SGT. EBERT OF LAKE TOMAHAWK
The body of T/Sgt. Mark J. Ebert, son of Mrs. Isabel J. Ebert of Lake Tomahawk, will arrive Friday morning in Rhinelander.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the First Congregational Church in Rhinelander, with the Rev. Ward J. Fellows officiating. The body will be in the Carlson Funeral Home from Friday noon to Saturday noon.
Pallbearers will be Scott Heredith, Richard Coffen, Kenneth Walker, Richard Reed, George Hotchkiss and George Merkel, Jr., all of Lake Tomahawk.
As a B-24 flight engineer, Sgt. Ebert died April 4, 1944, during a bombing attack on Bucharest. He was buried in a Roumanian cemetery and later his body was interred in a military cemetery near Metz, France. He was 25 years old at the time of his death.
A memorial fund is being established. Persons in charge are Mrs. Hazel Coffen and Richard Reed, both of Lake Tomahawk, and the Rev. Mr. Fellows.
There is a tribute page here: http://users.skynet.be/2ltmalrait_gilbert/ebertstoryE.htm
Burial:
Forest Home Cemetery
Rhinelander
Oneida County
Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Block 50/Lot 53/ Grave A