Hugh Grass Dead

Former Nappanee Man, and Calvaryman For Six Years

Hugh Grass, a former Nappanee young man died last Saturday at Ft. Walla Walla, Washington, following an operation for appendicitis some time previous. His brothers, William and Floyd Grass, of Nappanee, received the intelligence of their brother's death Saturday night.

The young man left Nappanee about 7 years ago, and for six years was in the service, belonging to the 14th U. S. Cavalry, Troop C., serving in the Philippines. He was discharged from his second enlistment last August. He leaves a wife. The remains were buried in Washington.

The Nappanee News, Wednesday, 2 March 1910, pg. 1
Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana.

Comments:

Hugh G. Grasz was a son of Henry Grasz and Mary Dorcas Irwin. He was born in Waukarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana on 23 December 1882 and died in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington on 26 February 1910. He married Katherine R. Peasner in Walla Walla, WA, on January 15, 1908. She was born about 1886 in Idaho. Her parents were William Peasner and Jane Fay.

Image of original obituary

Links to pages relating to Hugh Grasz:

Post Cemetery at Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington
Obituary of Winnie Gross (1870-1887), Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana
Photo Ancestor and Descendant Tree from Floyd and Tressa Wilson Grasz
Mentone Cemetery, Mentone, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Letter from Hugh Grasz 12 August 1905, Philippines
Interment.net, Fort Walla Walla Cemetery Walla Walla County, Washington

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