Individual Details

Marriage

The police of Alexandria were yesterday requested by Mrs. Harris, 1123 Duke street, to ascertain the whereabouts of her daughter, Fanny, sixteen years old, who has been missing from her home since Thursday morning. It is said that she left Alexandria accompanied by Harry R. Lemerise, who boarded with the family, and that a marriage license had been issued for the couple in Washington and that after being married they returned to this city and took quarters at a hotel.
The Washington Post, Washington, District of Columbia, February 8, 1908

Death

Suddenly, on Saturday, September 5, 1953, at Prince Georges Hospital, Cheverly Md., Harry Roderick Lemerise of 4904 Monroe st.. Newton Village, Md., beloved husband of Mary Alice Lemerise and father of Loretta C. Lombardi and Leo Patrick Lemerise and brother of Mrs. Edwin Lobewell, Mrs. Sylvester Miller, Mrs. Charles Cridler and Clarence Lemerise. He also is survived by two grandchildren, Mrs. Margaret Harding and Anthony W. Lombardi, and three great-grandchildren. Remains resting at Gasch’s Funeral Home, Hyattsville, Md., where services will be held on Thursday, September 10, at 8:30 a.m. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Arlington National Cemetery.
Officers and members of Pepco Post, No. 43, American Legion are hereby notified of the death of Comrade Harry R. Lemerise. The Honor Guard will assemble at the Gasch Funeral Home, Hyattsville, Md., at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, September 9, 1953, and for funeral services at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, September 10. Interment Arlington National Cemetery. J. P. Keegin, Captain Honor Guard. H. H. Andrews, Commander.
Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, September 8, 1953

Military

Private Harry Lemerise, a drafted man from Camp Meade, a member of the Machine Gun Battalion, formerly an employe (sic) of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, and a resident of Washington for ten years, is reported severely wounded in the official casualty list today. In the window of the Lemerise home, at 1718 17th street, the service flag has three stars. Within are two children, Leo, aged eight, and Loretto, aged seven, who are proud of their soldier father. Private Harry Lemerise is thirty years old. He was drafted and sent to Camp Meade in September and has been fighting in France for about a month in Company C of the Machine Gun Battalion. He came to Washington from Burlington, Vt., and was educated in that state. He had a wide circle of acquaintances among the employes (sic) of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, of which he had been a trusted employe (sic) for a number of years. His last letter was dated July 7. At that time he was well in the thick of the fighting, and said he hoped to be home for Christmas dinner. His mother is Mrs. Louise Lemerise. Mrs. Fanny Lemerise is his wife.
Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, August 8, 1918

Harry R. Lemerise, a District soldier who was wounded at the battle of Chateau Thierry, arrived home yesterday from France. He is the son of Mrs. L. T. Lemerise of 1718 17th street. He was injured by shrapnel in the leg, and was placed in a hospital five miles back from the front. This hospital was shelled by the Germans and blown to pieces, but, luckily for Lemerise and other wounded men, they had been removed to the basement of the building. When the hospital had been blown up over them, Lemerise crawled from the ruins. This was one of many thrilling tales he had to tell his mother and sister today.
Evening star, Washington, District of Columbia, February 7, 1919