Oswald, William James (1923-1942)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1942 Aug 27 p. 1

Birth date: 1923

TRAGEDY AT YOUNGSTOWN OHIO RESULTS IN DEATH OF YOUNG ICE CO. EMPLOYEE

Sugar Creek, Ohio, Aug. 20. — Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Midway Mennonite Church for William James Oswald, age d19, of North Lima, who died in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, at Youngstown, Thursday afternoon, a half hour after he was attacked by two men following an auto accident.

The youth was born in Burghill, Trumball County, June 9, 1923, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Oswald. He was a member of the Mennonite Church and was employed by the Yougnstown Ice Co.