Ernest Straw

  General Notes:

24 July 1944 - Fort Levenworth, S - U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record Ernie Straw of Nemaha, NE; born 1919 Nemaha, NE; ED: grammar school; occ: Petroleum Storage Technician or Welder, Electric Arc* or Welder, Combination (Welder, general. ) or Welder, Acetylene* An asterisk (*) appearing after a job title indicates that a trade test for the particular occupation will be found in the United States; married

Ernest Straw: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) - February 2, 2000
Deceased Name: Ernest Straw
Oct. 1, 1918 Jan. 31, 2000
Ernie Straw, a welder for Fred J. Early Construction Co. for 35 years, died at home in Oakley. He was 81.
The native of Peru, Neb., lived in Oakley for 58 years.
Affiliations and hobbies: Disabled American Veterans No. 549 in Concord, Family Bible Church in Pittsburg and Gospel Light Temple in Pacheco; fishing and gardening.
Military: Army, World War II.
Survivors: Wife of 62 years, Nellie; daughters, Sondra Straw Bender of Martinez and Delores Lucas of Clayton; 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. His daughter, Ernestine Barnacascel, died in 1997.
Services: 11 a.m. funeral Friday at Higgins Chapel with burial at Oak View Cemetery in Antioch. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the chapel


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Ernie STRAW
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1918
Death Date: 31 Jan 2000
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Nebraska
Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 94561
Localities: Oakley, Contra Costa, California

Ernest married Nellie Emma Dishong, daughter of William Ellsworth Dishong and Jennie A. Roberts, on 3 Oct 1937 in Rockport, MO. (Nellie Emma Dishong was born on 23 Feb 1922 in Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska, died on 2 Apr 2007 in Oakley, Contra Costa, California and was buried in Oak View Cemetery in Antioch, California.)