Individual Details
Dell Warner Frazer
(10 Apr 1918 - 1 Jun 1996)
The Oelwein Daily Register, Oelwein, Iowa, February 7, 1941: Dell Frazer, Robert Frazer [plus several others] left Thursday morning for Rolla, Missouri where the are to report for work to the Baker Construction Company that is providing crushed rock for sale to the Decatur Construction Company. This rock is being used in the building of the army barracks at Rolla, Missouri [Fort Leonard Wood].
Name: Dell W Frazer
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Iowa
State of Residence: Iowa
County or City: Fayette
Enlistment Date: 14 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Iowa
Enlistment City: Camp Dodge Herrold
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency,
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading,
unloading, and related occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 66
Weight: 151
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa, June 6, 1996: Dell W. Frazer, 78, died Monday afternoon, June 3, 1996, in Mercy Hospital after a short illness. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, by the Rev. Robert Elam. Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, with military rites. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and after 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; five sons, Pat of San Diego, Warner, Mike and Tom, all of Oelwein, and Gary of Fort Madison; a brother, James, and two sisters, Mardelle Loux and Evelyn Michels, all of Oelwein. Also surviving are eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A memorial fund has been established in his name.
Name: Dell W Frazer
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Iowa
State of Residence: Iowa
County or City: Fayette
Enlistment Date: 14 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Iowa
Enlistment City: Camp Dodge Herrold
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency,
plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled warehousing, storekeeping, handling, loading,
unloading, and related occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 66
Weight: 151
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa, June 6, 1996: Dell W. Frazer, 78, died Monday afternoon, June 3, 1996, in Mercy Hospital after a short illness. Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, by the Rev. Robert Elam. Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, with military rites. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and after 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Ruth; five sons, Pat of San Diego, Warner, Mike and Tom, all of Oelwein, and Gary of Fort Madison; a brother, James, and two sisters, Mardelle Loux and Evelyn Michels, all of Oelwein. Also surviving are eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A memorial fund has been established in his name.
Events
| Birth | 10 Apr 1918 | Iowa |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Jul 1942 | St Charles, St Charles Co., Missouri - Ruth E Coselman | | ||
| Death | 1 Jun 1996 | Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa | | ||
| Burial | Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette Co., Iowa | |
Families
| Spouse | Ruth E Coselman (1917 - 1999) |
| Father | Robert Leo Frazer (1882 - 1971) |
| Mother | Laura C Wetherbee (1894 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Robert Lewis Frazer Jr. (1912 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Evelyn Louise Frazer (1914 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Jack A. Frazer (1916 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Mardell E. Frazer (1922 - 2002) |
| Sibling | James Earl "Jim" Frazer (1928 - 2013) |
Endnotes
1. 1930 Census Fayette Co., Iowa.
2. Social Security Death Index.
3. Ancestry.com.
4. Social Security Death Index.
5. Obituary of Dell W. Frazer, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa, June 6, 1996.