Person:Dewey Hosler (1)

Name	Dewey W. Hosler
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]^[3]	7 Jul 1898	Echo, Antrim, Michigan, United States
Other^[1]	24 May 1918	WWIMilit-Beg
Marriage	8 Feb 1923	Bessemer, Gogebic, Michigan, United Statesto Emeline Leimback
Divorce	27 Jan 1939	Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Michigan, United Statesfrom Emeline Leimback
Marriage	19 Jan 1947	Angola, Steuben, Indiana, United Statesto Leda Mae Wood
Death^[2]^[4]	26 Jul 1990	East Jordan, Charlevoix, Michigan, United States
Burial^[2]^[5]	29 Jul 1990	Morehouse Cemetery, Echo (township), Antrim Co MI
Other^[4]		WWIIMilit-Beg

1910 he was a laborer in a lumber camp. 1930 he and his family are living with his mother.

News article with picture LIBRARY EXHIBIT HIGHTLIGHTS EAST JORDAN'S ROLE IN WORLD WAR I

 For a city its size, East Jordan had an unusually large number of young men serving in the U.S. Army in World Ward I.
The reason, explained 90-year-old Dewey Hosler, was because the entire East Jordan National Guard was unducted into the Army...Many of them did not come back, Hosler recalled, including his own brother Clifford, who was killed in France on October 8, 1918.  Dewey Hosler would have been with him if he had had his way.  He wanted to enlist when his brother entered the service, but his parents would not give the permission he needed to enlist before his eighteenth birthday.
 By the time Hosler got into Calvary Outfit No. 311, the war was coming to a close. "I was just turning in my equipment when November 11 came around," Hosler said. The day that marked the end of World War I fighting is still observed in the United States as Veterans Day.
 Hosler nevertheless saw his share of horrors, being stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1918 when the flu wiped out hundreds of soldiers. The artifacts at the library brought back old memories to Hosler, one of the city's three remaining World War I veterans.  A manikin on display wears the same khaki uniform he wore, complete with jodhpurs and leather leggings worn by the calvary. Illness prevented Russell Barnett and Ray Barrick, the other local World War I veterans, from visiting the exhibit...

Obituaries Dewey W. Hosler, 92

Dewey Watson Hosler, 92, of East Jordan, died July 26, 1990, at his residence.
Funeral will be 4 p.m. Sunday, at the Paullin Funeral Home, East Jordan, Elder Theodore (Ted) Mockerman of The Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints will officiate and burial will be in Morehouse Cemetery, East Jordan.
Mr. Hosler was born July 7, 1898, at Six Mile Lake, Antrim County, the son of Joseph* and Katie (McKay) Hosler.
On Jan 18 1947, he married the former Leda Mae Wood in Angola Ind. She preceded him in death on Nov. 19, 1986.
Mr. Hosler had spent most of his life in the East Jordan area. As a young man, he cooked in area lumber camps and at one time owned and operated the Stein Restaurant (now The Round Table) in East Jordan.
Mr. Hosler was a veteran of World War I, serving in the U.S. Army in the Medical Corps. In World War II, Mr. Hosler was a Merchant Marine.
He was a life insurance salesman for Gleaners Life and enjoyed fishing, cards and astonomy.
Mr. Hosler was a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints; a member of Odd Fellows Round Lake Lodge No. 293 in East Jordan and Hosler-Rebec-Sweet Post No. 227, American Legion.
He was preceded in death by his wife; two sons, Duane of Flint and Robert of Clio; three brothers, William, Edward and John**; a sister, Sadie; a stepdaughter, Mary Jo Kramer of East Jordan a step-son Glen Persons of Columbus, Ohio.
Survivors include: one daughter, Bonnie Cook of Lansing; one son, Clifford Hosler of Charlevoix, a stepdaughter Myrtle Persons of Pickering, Ohio; a stepson, James Blaha of Santa Clara, Calif.; 33 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the Paullin Funeral Home, East Jordan and from 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Saturday.

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