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Note: Birth information: From information below and family.
Census records: See notes under his father.
Marriage information: From family.
My father met his future wife (my mother) while he was a counsler at Camp Lawrence on Bear Island on Lake Winnipesaukee, in New Hampshire. My mother's father was the Camp Director. My father taught Archery amoung other things.
Robert William Etzel enlisted in the United States Navy on April 1, 1944, the day before his 18th birthday. On Dec. 7, 1944 he was assigned to the USS LST-930 which he served on until Dec. 20, 1945. On the USS LST-930 he participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima, from Feb. 19th to 28th 1945, the invasion of Okinawa, from April 1st to 24th 1945, and the capture of Iheya Shima Nansie Shoto in the Ryukyus Group of Islands in Japan from June 3rd to 6th 1945. Dad had told me that his ship discharged troops and then became a hospital ship. His military records show this to be true. At Iwo Jima his ship served as a "Casualty Evacuation Control Ship off Yellow Beach." Again at Okinawa the ship served as a " Casualty Evacuation Control Ship off Purple Beach." At the Ryukyus Group of Islands the ship "discharged cargo and received casualties. On Sept. 15, 1945 this ship was redesignated LST(H)-930 meaning Hospital. He reported for duty aboard the USS APL-31, a hospital ship, on Dec. 20, 1945 and served in the occuation of Yokosuka, Japan from Dec. 20, 1945 to Aptil 8, 1946. He received an Honorable Discharge on June 18, 1946 as a Pharmacist's Mate Third Class and received the following medals: World War 11 Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Medal (2 stars), Philippine Liberation Medal, and the American Theatre Medal.
Death record: Commonweath of Massachusetts, City of Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts;
Name: Robert W. Etzel, Jr.
Age: 67
Date of birth: April 2, 1926
Place of birth: Lowell, Massachusetts
Occupation: Minister / Clergy
Date of death: July 11, 1993
Time: 11:30 A.M.
Place of death: 17 Livingston Street, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Cause of death: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Duration: 3 years
Married
Wife: Catherine Gumb
Father: J. William Etzel
Birth place: Massachusetts
Mother: Emily Fraser
Birth place: Massachusetts
Informant: Catherine Etzel
Address: 17 Livingston Street, Lynn, Massachusetts
Funeral director: Walter A. Cuffe, Jr.
Address: Cuffe - McGinn Funeral Home, 157 Maple Street, Lynn, Massachusetts
Burial: Pine Ridge Cemetery
Location: Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Date: July 14, 1993
Obituary:
" Rev. Robert Etzel, 67
Was an Episcopal priest
Rev. Robert W. Etzel, a retired Episcopal priest, died Sunday of Lou Gehrig's Disease in his home in Lynn. He was 67.
Rev. Etzel was born in Lowell. He graduated from Chelmsford High School and Baldwin Wallace College and earned a master's degree in theology from the Episcopal Theological School in 1954.
He served as a curate in All Saints Episcopal Church in Belmont from 1954 - 1956. He served as rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Amesbury from 1956 - 1961 and as rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lynnfield until his retirement in 1979.
He also served as chaplain of the Amesbury and Lynnfield fire departments,
He leaves his wife, Catherine (Gumb); three sons, Robert W. Jr. of Lynnfield, Bruce W. of Nahant, and David M. of Palmer; a daughter, Deborah E. Gray of Statton, Maine, and a sister, Virginia Wright of Chelmsford
A funeral sevice will be held tomorrow at 10:30 in the Church of St. Albans, Lynn."
My notes: From 1979 until shortly before his death, he served as priest associate at the Church of St. Alban in Lynn, Massachusetts He also had been the scoutmaster of Troop 48 in Lynnfield from 1969 to 1974. He was also a former chaplain for the U.S. Power Squadron and had been a former member of the Warren Masonic Lodge in Amesbury.
He died at his home, 17 Livington Street, Lynn, Massachusetts, from Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS).
Funeral information: His funeral was held at the Church of St. Alban, in Lynn, Massachusetts. It was conducted by the Rt. Rev. David Johnson, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, the Rev. Allan King, Rector of St. Alban's, and several other active and retired priests.
Cemetery record: Pine Ridge Cemetery;
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
F Lot 126-3
Name of deceased: Etzel, Robert W., Sr., Rev.
Birthdate: 4/2/1926
Date of death: 7/11/1993
Age: 67 years, 3 months, 9 days.
Place and cause of death: Lynn, Massachusetts, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Date of burial: 7/14/1993.
Burial information: Find A Grave;
Name: Rev. Robert W. Etzel, Sr.
Birth: April 2, 1926
Death: July 11, 1993
Burial: Pine Ridge Cemetery
Location: Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: PR/F-126-3
Memorial ID: 18178251
Created by: Robin Parker
Added: March 3, 2007
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