August Fred Unnewehr

"Private August Fred Unnewehr Killed"

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Unnewehr and family, who reside in the Pleasant Ridge
neighborhood about eight miles southwest of Harrisonville, received the
sad news on Monday evening of this week, that one of their sons, Private
August Fred Unnewehr, had died in France, on October 27, 1918, as a
result of wounds received in battle.
Private Unnewehr was a native Cass County boy, having grown to manhood on
his father's farm in the Pleasant Ridge community, leaving there a few
years ago for Twin Falls, Idaho.  He was called for Selective Service
Draft National Army service from the latter place, and, after receiving
his training as a soldier, was assigned as a member of the 159th Regiment
of United States Infantry, 40th Division, to which organization he
belonged at the time of his death.  He was 25 years old on August 21,
1918.
The death of this young soldier, in the prime of his manhood, comes as a
shock to his many Cass 
County friends, who had earnestly hoped that he would not be required to
make the "supreme
sacrifice", but the grief they cannot help but feel will be lessened by
their knowledge of the fact that he performed his duty nobly, and died
gloriously, fighting for the cause of Humanity, and that his name will be
honored, forever, by his country, as that of a true patriot.  His
relatives have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.

From the Cass County Democrat, 05 Dec 1918.
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"Funeral of Private August Fred Unnewehr on Sunday, September 18"

The body of Private August Fred Unnewehr arrived in Harrisonville on
Tuesday of this week, and has been lying in state at the undertaking
parlors of Runnenburger Bros. & Company, North Independence Street, this
city.  On Saturday, September 17, the remains of Private Unnewehr will be
taken to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Unnewehr, 1 1/2 miles
southwest of Lone Tree, this county.
The funeral ceremony will be held under the auspices of Hurley Lee Spicer
Post  No. 42 of the
American Legion of Harrisonville.  The pallbearers will consist of three
ex-soldiers and three ex-
sailors.  A firing squad will fire a salute over the grave, which will be
followed by "taps".
The funeral cortege will leave the Unnewehr home at 1:30 o'clock in the
afternoon, and the sermon will be delivered at 2 o'clock in the Pleasant
Ridge Baptist Church by the Rev. George C. Monroe, a Baptist minister of
Harrisonville.  Burial will be made in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.

From the Cass County Democrat, 15 Sep 1921.
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