In Memory
Leopold Francis “Bus” Bahl Veteran
- Birth
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Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, USA
- Death
- 18 Jan 2008 (aged 97)
McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Burial
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Fort McPherson National Cemetery
Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA
- Plot
- Section P, Site 157
Leopold Francis "Bus" Bahl, 97, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2008, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska. He was born Oct. 3, 1910, at Hays, Kansas, the son of the late Adam and Dorothea (Bissing) Bahl.
On Feb. 16, 1935, he married June Sines in McCook, Nebraska. They spent their married life in McCook.
Bus grew up at McCook where he graduated from McCook High School in 1932. He started with the McCook Gazette as a paper carrier and for many years was Production Supervisor before retiring after 63 years with the Gazette.
On April 5, 1944, he entered the US Army where he was Communications Chief during World War II. He was a Sergeant and received four Bronze Stars for his service in the Rhineland, Ardennes and the Central Europe campaigns before his honorable discharge on Oct. 16, 1945.
He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, the American Legion, VFW and McCook Elks Lodge 1434. He enjoyed bowling, fishing and hunting.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Judi Cappel on June 18, 1970; his parents; brothers, William, Edmund, Robert, and Walter "Buddy" Bahl; and sisters, Henrietta Thomas, Isabelle Barnes, Marjorie Unger and Jeannie DeForest.
He is survived by his wife, June Bahl of McCook, NE; one son, Jack Bahl and wife, June of North Platte, NE; one daughter, Janet Thompson and husband, Ron of Idaho Falls, ID; five grandchildren, Janell, Kathleen and Bruce Cappel, Stephanie Luce and Lesli Strubel and husband, James; eight great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; and many friends.
Mass of Christian burial will be at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in McCook, Nebraska, with Rev. Gary Brethour officiating. Interment with military honors will be at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell, Nebraska.
Mccook Daily Gazette - McCook, NE - January 21, 2008
Inscription
SGT, US ARMY, WORLD WAR II, BRONZE STAR
"BUS", HUSBAND, FATHER
Clifford Davis (1966)
Bus Bahl died 1/18/08 97 years old. He was a great guy. My dad and Bus worked together at the Gazette.