Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....William J. STAKEM, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shawn McGreevy shawnmcgreevy@geatz.com "Evening Times" Cumberland, Maryland, 24 Apr 1945: " Killed-T 5 William J. Stakem, 40, of Lonaconing, in New Caledonia, April 21.T 5 Stakem was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Stakem, of Lonaconing. A War Department official stated that he died in New Caledonia but did not indicate the manner of his death. He had been in the Army almost three years and on overseas duty two years. T 5 Stakem was the brother of Mrs. Alice Nelson, of Cumberland, and Mrs. Agnes Ratigan, of Mount Savage." This file is located at http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/obits/s/stakem-wj.txt