Bellwood Soldier Missing
George W. Hostler Falls in North Africa
The tragedy of war has again been forcibly brought home to Bellwood when a message was received from the war department at Washington on March 13, addressed to Mrs. Charlotte Hostler of Tyrone, that her husband,
George Warren Hostler, was missing in action in North Africa. The young man was a native of the borough where he resided all his life and where he spent his boyhood days and was educated in our public schools.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hostler of 815 North Fourth street and united in marriage to Charlotte Burket of Tyrone.
He entered the armed service of the nation on July 3, 1942, and after receiving training went overseas in November of the same year. For a period of time he was employed as clerk inone <sic> of the local stores and at the time of his enlistment had been employed in the South Altoona shops of the Pennsylvania railroad company. He was a well known and likable young man of the borough and had many friends.
He has two brothers and three sisters, Reuben Hostler of Baltimore, Md., Howard Hostler of Bellwood, Mrs. Raymond Berkstresser of Spruce Creek, Mrs. John J. Carlone of Chicago, Ill., and Helen Hostler, at home with the parents in Bellwood.
The father is employed at present by the Pennsylvania railroad at the reclamation plant at Chambersburg.
~ Bellwood Bulletin, 25-Mar-1943, Page 1, Column 4
You can visit the memorial page for
George Warren Hostler.
