Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Voelker, Archie S. April 9, 1945
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21 yrs old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Voelker, Bad Axe, died in Germany April 
9.

Pfc Archie S. Voelker Dies in Germany 
  Mr. and Mrs. Sam Voelker, 505 E. Huron Ave, Bad Axe, were notified by the war 
dept last Thursday that their son, Pfc Archie S. Voelker, died in Germany on 
April 9.   

Following is the telegram which they received:   
"The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that you son, Pfc. 
Archie S. Voelker, died in Germany April 9, 1945.  Confirmed letter follows."  
It was signed by J. A. Ulio, the Adjutant General.   

Archie was born in Owendale January 8, 1924.  He graduated from Bad Axe High 
School in 1941 and was well know here.  Following his graduation he worked at 
the Huron Milling Co in Harbor Beach until he entered the Armed Forces in March, 
1942. He was in an Engineering Corps and after being home on furlough last 
October, he went overseas in that month.  In a letter received a few days ago, 
which was dated April 2, he told of entering Germany on April 1, eight days 
before he died.

Surviving besides his parents are two brothers, Lester at Mt. Pleasant and Henry 
Adam at Wajamega; and two sisters, Beulah Mae in Detroit and Marie at home.   
Memorial services, attended by Sherman-Elvin post No. 96 American Legion, were 
conducted by Rev. Charles A. Roark in Sacred Heart Cath ch this morning.


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