Individual Details
Frank Servatius
(29 Dec 1880 - 12 Jan 1918)
Rockford Daily Register Gazette, Rockford, Illinois, January 14, 1918. Rockford Boy Dies in Service. Frank Servatius' Death at Fort Sam Houston is Reported to his father. Frank Servatius, a soldier in the regular army for ten years, died on Saturday at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, according to a telegram received by his father, Mathews Servatius, 501 Lincoln avenue. The message did not give the cause of death, but merely announced the passing of the soldier and asked what disposition it was desired should be made of the body. Mr. Servatius ordered the body sent to Rockford. Funeral services will take place here and Camp Grant officers will be asked to send a firing squad for the burial. Relatives of the soldier are inclined to think his death was due to accident or violent means. A letter from him which was received here six days ago said he was in excellent health. Frank was 36 years old. He was a member of the Fifty-seventh infantry.
Mortuary Notice in The Rockford Morning Star, January 20, 1918: Frank Servatius. The body of Frank Servatius who died in the military service at Fort Houston, Texas, will be buried here today with military honors, following funeral services at the home, 501 Lincoln avenue, at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Servatius was born in Wood county, Ohio, December 29, 1880, and came with his parents to Rockford in 1886. For several years he was employed as molder at the Rockford Brass works, and later as a carpenter. In February 1908, he enlisted in the army, serving at Fort Riley for three years in the artillery and at the Phillipine isalnds for three years. He had been at Fort Houston, Tex., for eleven months.
Mortuary Notice in The Rockford Morning Star, January 20, 1918: Frank Servatius. The body of Frank Servatius who died in the military service at Fort Houston, Texas, will be buried here today with military honors, following funeral services at the home, 501 Lincoln avenue, at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Servatius was born in Wood county, Ohio, December 29, 1880, and came with his parents to Rockford in 1886. For several years he was employed as molder at the Rockford Brass works, and later as a carpenter. In February 1908, he enlisted in the army, serving at Fort Riley for three years in the artillery and at the Phillipine isalnds for three years. He had been at Fort Houston, Tex., for eleven months.
Events
| Birth | 29 Dec 1880 | Wood Co., Ohio |  | ||
| Death | 12 Jan 1918 | Fort Sam Houston, Bexar Co., Texas | | ||
| Burial | Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois | |
Families
| Father | Mathias Servatius (1848 - 1936) |
| Mother | Anna Mary Thiel (1850 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Joseph E. Servatius (1875 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Fred Henry Servatius (1876 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Peter Servatius (1878 - 1936) |
| Sibling | John Joseph "Grover" Servatius (1884 - 1903) |
Endnotes
1. Mortuary Notice for Frank Servatius, The Rockford Morning Star, January 20, 1918.
2. Obituary of Frank Servatius, Rockford Daily Register Gazette, January 14, 1918.
3. Obituary of Frank Servatius, Rockford Daily Register Gazette, January 14, 1918.
4. Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago Co., Illinois, E-Mail reply from James Welte on August 9, 2011.