OBIT: Dewey Victor WYANDT, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DEWEY WEYANDT DIED MONDAY AT TRAINING CAMP

  Dewey Wyandt, son of George N. and Maria Wyandt, of 611 East Sixth 
avenue, died on Monday evening at Columbus, Ohio, where he had gone a 
week ago to enter the training camp as a soldier.
  Wyandt's death occurred in the barracks hospital at Columbus at 6.40 
o'clock last evening, his parents and wife being with him when he 
passed away.  He enlisted on Thursday a week ago in the field artillery 
at Harrisburg and then went to Columbus, where the day following his 
arrival he was inoculated for typhoid.  Following the inoculation he 
was taken ill and was sent to the barracks hospital.
  His condition was such that his parents, George N. and Maria Wyandt, 
were notified and they went to Columbus.  On Friday the young soldier 
was very much improved, left his bed and was able to walk about the 
hospital.  On Saturday he was able to go to the dining room for his 
meals.  Early Sunday morning his condition became serious and word was 
sent to his parents and they and his wife again went out and were with 
him at his death.
  The body was brought home yesterday and taken to the home of the 
parents, 611 East Sixth avenue, from where the funeral will take place 
at 2.30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, with interment in Hutchison's 
cemetery.
  Victor Dewey Wyandt was born July 8, 1898, and besides his parents he 
is survived by his wife, who was Miss Myrtle Gay before her marriage, 
one child, Adaline Marie, aged 1 year; two brothers, George of 
Youngstown, O., and Martin of Altoona; one half-brother, James D. of 
East Atlantic avenue, East End, and these sisters: Mrs. Margaret Cramer 
of 617 East Sixth avenue, Mrs. Morris Ritter of 611 East Sixth avenue, 
Mrs. Elsie Buchanan of 417 East Bell avenue, Mrs. Sarah McManamy of 
Greenwood, Mrs. Catherine Devore of 2016 Seventh avenue and Mrs. 
Florence E. Killinger of Juniata.
  Before entering the service he was employed as a driver by the 
People's Cooperative store and he was a member of the Second United 
Brethren church.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday Morning, April 10, 1918

FUNERAL NOTICE

  The funeral of the late Dewey Victor Wyandt will be held at the home 
of the deceased's parents, 611 East Sixth avenue, tomorrow afternoon at 
2:30 o'clock, in charge of the Rev. T. P. Orner.  The body is expected 
to arrive this morning on the 6:40 train.  On this account, the funeral 
was postponed from this afternoon until tomorrow.  Interment will be 
made in Hutchison's cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, April 11, 1918