cover of Unsung Heroes by Patrick O. Stangl and his second wife Mary.
Pat & Mary's autographed signatures to Joe & Alice (Puck) Stevens
I purchased this book at the Alice Stevens sale in April 2013... and when I first found out about this book.
Serial Number 37667791; Enlisted Camp Dodge, April 3, 1943
Pat & Mary's autographed signatures to Joe & Alice (Puck) Stevens
I purchased this book at the Alice Stevens sale in April 2013... and when I first found out about this book.
I'm hoping by placing the cover and autograph under Pat's miltary story that a son/daughter, grandchild and/or nephew/niece will find my request to be
contacted by them.
Hopefully they will have more pictures and information for the 5 Stangl brothers.
The Stangl pictures and basic military information I have for this Stangl family came from Viola (Joens) Stangl in 2002...she passed away in 2007.
Patrick Stangl: First Sergeant, US Army, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, European Theater.
Pat married Lucille Gaul from Earling.
Patrick Stangl
OTTUMWA - Patrick O. "Pat" Stangl, 81, of 808 W. Second St., died 11:56 p.m. June 30, 2003, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.
He was born March 17, 1922 in Carroll County to John and Antoinette Pille Stangl.
He married Lucille Gaul August 28, 1946.
She preceded him in death Jan. 26, 1978.
He married Mary Theresa Jones Sept. 16, 1978.
A graduate of Coon Rapids High School. he served in the Army during World War II in the European Theatre receiving a Silver Star and a Purple Heart.
He owned and operated taverns in Manning and Knoxville.
A resident of Ottumwa since 1964, he owned and operated the Horse-shoe Club in Ottumwa.
He was a member of St. Mary of the Visitation, O.B. Nelson Post #3 American Legion and Walter B. Schafer Post #775 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Surviving is his wife; four sons, Neil of Marion, Steve of Eufaula, Okla., Michael of Pasadena, Calif. and Bob of Wichita, Kan.; two daughters, Debra Margrave of Sedona, Ariz. and Casey Stangl of Minneapolis, Minn.; two sisters, Marykay Mendez of Holly, Mich. and Alice Claire Broude of Los Angeles, Calif.; and a brother Barney Stangl of Knoxville,
He was preceded in death by four sisters Adeline Niehaus. Isabelle MacDonald. Caroline Smith and Janet Stam and six brothers: Mike, Joe, Casey, Wilson, Clayton and Bill Stangl.
His body has been cremated.
Memorial Mass will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary of the Visitation with Rev. Troy Richmond officiating. Internment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Military services will be conducted by O.B. Nelson Post #3 American Legion and Walter B. Schafer Post #775 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mary of the Visitation Capital Fund.
Reece Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.