William Frederick Wiese, Jr.

Iowa PFC Co H 131st Infantry

William was born June 23, 1895, in Manning. He was a farm laborer for Henry Rowedder in Hayes Township.

William's parents were Wilhelm & Margaret (Erps) Wiese
William's wife was Antonia (Kuhl) Wilhelm-Wiese
William and Antonia's only was child Selma (Wiese) Olson

Service Number 2152455
Branch Army
Unit Company H, 131st Infantry
Enlistment February 25, 1918
Departure May 14, 1919 at Brest, France on the U.S.S. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (ID 3963)
Rank Private First Class
Service Number 2152455
Discharge June 1, 1919

WILLIAM F. WIESE William Frederick Wiese, 74, former Manning resident, died Wednesday night, September 3, 1969, at the Veterans Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from Ohde Funeral Home in Manning. Rev. Robert Rushing, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery. Son of Wilhelm and Margaretha (Erps) Wiese, he was born June 23, 1895.

Mr. Wiese is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Selma) Olson of Stillwater, Oklahoma; and three step-children, Hugo Wilhelm of Sioux City; Mrs. Herbert (Alice) Kuhl of Carroll; and Mrs. Louie P.H. (Alma) Jahn of Manilla.

William Wiese is buried in the Manning Cemetery.
Section D Row #33 north - south.