| Lewis Paul Schultz |
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Lewis Paul Schultz 1918.11.01
On Sunday last, Sandwich paid its last tribute of honor and respect to another of its boys who paid with his life the supreme sacrifice that the democracy of the world might be perpetuated and the onrush of the militarists and hordes of the Huns checked. It was the first time Sandwich people had been called upon to stand at the bier of one of its boys with bowed heads and weeping eyes who fell at the front. It was over the coffin of Lewis Paul Schultz that this signal honor was paid. Lewis P. Schultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schultz, was born near Sandwich November 2, 1892; here he attended school and grew to young manhood. When the late war broke out he enlisted at Camp Grant June 24, 1918, and was assigned to Company 31, 161st Depot Brigade. He was appointed “Corporal” July 26, 1916, and assigned to Co. 1, 343rd Infantry. He sailed for action overseas about the 21st of September 1918, where he was assigned to Company B, 111th Infantry, 28th Division. He was wounded in action on November 4, 1918, in the Metz sector on the edge of the hill in front of Xammes and died the same day in Mobile Hospital No. 39.The body reached Sandwich Thursday night and was taken to the home of his parents, where it was fully identified by the filling of gold in his teeth. The funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon under the auspices of Sandwich Post 181, American Legion, who acted as escort from the home to the Methodist Church, where an eloquent sermon in keeping with the occasion was given to Rev. J. J. Hitchens. The body was then taken to Oak Ridge Cemetery, where the beautiful and impressive funeral services were read by Past Commander R. G. Dakin and after the flag and flower covered coffin containing the remains of the young soldier was lowered to its last resting place a salute was fired by the firing squad and he was left alone with his Maker. Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Ethel, Leona, Junietta and two brothers, Frank and Raymond, to mourn his death, besides a host of young friends. The funeral services were largely attended by friends and relatives of the family and boys from the Plano American Legion Post. The floral offerings were many and beautiful, expressing in a mute way, the loss sustained by the family and the community. |
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