Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2017 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Door County Advocate Sturgeon Bay, WI Friday, October 8, 1920 HOLD IMPRESSIVE SERVICES Body of EMERY EATOUGH Arriving From Overseas Buried at Baileys Harbor Sunday. Most impressive were the funeral services of First Sergeant EMERY EATOUGH held Sunday at Baileys Harbor upon the arrival here of the body from overseas. The body reached New York Sept. 20 and with a consignment of 122 other overseas dead was shipped to Chicago. It reached Green Bay accompanied by Corporal BARR of Camp Grant, on a train Saturday night and was brought here by the Hahn auto-hearse, arriving early Sunday morning. Accompanied by a large delegation of members of the American Legion, including color bearer, color guard, pall-bearers, firing squad and es- cort, together with a great number of friends and relatives of the deceased, the body was taken to Baileys Harbor Sunday afternoon. At the village the funeral cortege was met by a procession of school children, residents and ex-soldiers, and escorted to the Hillside cemetery where services were held. Rev. WARREN of Hope Congregational church officiated. Mr. and Mrs. HARRY BLAKEFIELD sang "Lead Kindly Light," the firing squad gave its tribute and taps was sounded by the bugler. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. EMERY EATOUGH was born in Baileys Harbor July 5, 1894, a son of Mr. and Mrs. ROGER EATOUGH. He spent his youth at Baileys Harbor finishing the course at the village school and then graduating from the local high school. He attended the state university two years taking an agricultural course and later taught school a couple of years in North Dakota. Returning here he and his brother took over the EATOUGH farm at Baileys Harbor and con- ducted a partnership until war was declared when EMERY enlisted in Co. F of the Fifth Wisconsin, the local National Guard company. In Texas Sergeant EATOUGH was transferred to Co. G of the 128th Infantry, 32nd Division, served with the company in Alsace and became first sergeant of the outfit. He was a true soldier. In the drive north of Chateau Thierry, near St. Gilles, he was gassed. That was in August, 1918. He was evacuated to the hospital at Tours where he died September 26,, 1918. Besides his father and step-mother he is survived by two brothers and three sisters - WILL of Puyallup, Wash., LESTER and Mrs. DAVE JACOBSEN of Baileys Harbor, Mrs. MAY WAGENER and Mrs. R. C. KOEHN of this city. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more of our growing collection of FREE online information by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ ===========================================================================