Warren County NJ Archives Obituaries.....Samuel Alva WOOLEVER WILLEVER, 1921

Contributed by Stewart J.A. Woolever, Jr. (sjaw@citlink.net).

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Samuel Alva Woolever Willever-Obit

Easton Express", Easton, PA, 1 September 1921, pg. 10:
                           HERO'S BODY ARRIVES HERE

  Samuel A. Willever Killed in Action in France October 25, 1918 The funeral 
of Samuel A. Willever will be held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon from 
the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Willever, No. 1 Davis street, 
and services will be conducted in Grace Lutheran Church at 3 o'clock. Members 
of Bernard J. Donovan Post, No. 203, American Legion, will be in attendance 
and serve as the pallbearers. The body arrived last evening.

  Samuel A. Willever, a popular young resident of Phillipsburg, was killed 
in action somewhere in France, October 25, 1918, this information being 
received by his parents the evening of November 29th of that year. The 
telegram signed Harris, Adjutant General, stated that it was with deepest 
regret that it was his duty to inform them that Samuel A. Willever, Private, 
Infantry, had been officially reported as being killled in action on the 
above date.

  Besides his grief-stricken parents there survive one sister, Miss Maude 
Willever, and two brothers, William Willever Jr. and Clayton Willever.

  The young soldier was a graduate of Phillipsburg High School, Class of 1912. 
For a time he was employed as a clerk by the Phillipsburg Trust Company, but 
when it became certain that he would be called to service he resigned his 
position, and for a time worked for his father at the latter's grocery store.

  Deceased was an athlete of no mean ability. While attending high school he 
was a member of the baseball team, and later as a member of the German Hill 
team of the City League, he made a fine reputation as a baseball player. On 
one occasion, while playing with the high school team, he hit a home run, 
with the bases full, and the game was won for his team.

  Willever left Phillipsburg on April 4, 1918, with a number of other young 
men, for Camp Dix. After undergoing a course of training that was 
comparatively brief, he was ordered to proceed overseas, and sailed for France 
May 18th. It was but a short time after he arrived overseas that letters were 
received by his relatives and friends, and on each occasion he stated that he 
was well pleased with the service, and he was at all times optimistic of the 
success of the cause for which he was fighting. The young hero, who was 22 
years old on July Fourth, 1918, was a member of Company K, 312th Infantry.

  Deceased was a member of Phillipsburg Fire Company, No. 1; Grace Lutheran 
Church, Phillipsburg Lodge, No. 395, B.P.O. Elks; Montana Lodge, No. 23, 
Knights of Pythias, and the College Hill Club.

In front of the Warren County Court House there is a small memorial area that 
contains tablets with the list of dead from the wars of the 20th century. The 
following is a list of those who died during World War I.
Samuel A. Willever




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