Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hensel, Oscar Gabriel March 25, 1967
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27 March 1967; The Brunswick News; pg. 14 col. 2

O.G. HENSEL, VETERAN OF WAR WITH SPAIN, DIES

        Funeral services for Oscar Gabriel (Pop) Hensel, 88, will be held at 2 
p.m. tomorrow in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home.  Hensel died 
Saturday night in the V.A. Hospital in Dublin, after an extended illness.
        The Rev. Silas Aldridge will officiate, and burial will be in Palmetto 
Cemetery.  Active and honorary pallbearers will be selected from the VFW Post 
2588, and full military honors and Masonic rites will be held at graveside 
with Ocean Lodge members serving as honorary escorts.
        A resident of Brunswick for the past 68 years, Hensel made his home at 
407 Wolf Street.  He came to Brunswick as a veteran of the Spanish American 
War, and worked with Parker and Hensel Marine Machine Shop.  During that time 
he served as engineer of several tugs and passenger boats in the Brunswick and 
Savannah harbors.  He was also an engineer on several government tugs and 
dredges.  Later transferred by the Civil Service Department to the Post 
Office, he retired in 1945.
        Hensel was a member of Advent Christian Church, and VFW Post 2588, and 
was a life member of Ocean Lodge No. 214 F&AM.  He was one of the early 
organizers of the Glynn Academy Band.
        Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Edith Hensel; a son, Harry Hensel of 
Brunswick, a granddaughter, and several nieces and nephews.
        Members of Ocean Lodge 214, F&AM, are requested to meet at the Masonic 
Temple at 1 p.m. to attend the funeral.
        Members of VFW Post 2588 are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1:30 
p.m.

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