Lt. Col. Fred Ellsworth Kiehle, Jr.

Male 1920 - 2011  (91 years)


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  • Name Fred Ellsworth Kiehle 
    Title Lt. Col. 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 18 Jul 1920  Dansville, North Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Service Abt 1942 
    World War II (US)
    US Marines
     
    Military Service Abt 1951 
    Korean War (US)
    US Marines 
    Death 22 Oct 2011  Chapin, Lexington Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bearwallow Cemetery, Gerton, Henderson Co., North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • CHAPIN, S.C. — Memorial service for Lt. Col. Fred E. Kiehle, Jr. U.S.M.C. (Ret.), 91, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 5, 2011, at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Bat Cave, N.C. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, Columbia, is assisting the family.

      Lt. Col. Kiehle died Saturday, October 22, 2011. Born in Dansville, N.Y., he was the son of the late Fred E. Kiehle, Sr. and Isabelle Lortz Kiehle. After spending his childhood in West Palm Beach, Fla., he graduated from Stetson University and received a JD from the University of Florida. He served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean Conflict, retiring after 23 years of service. Following his retirement, he taught for ten years at Forest Hill High School in West Palm Beach. He retired to Gerton N.C., where he was an active member of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Bat Cave, N.C., serving as Senior Warden.

      Surviving are his son, Fred E. Kiehle III of Atlanta; grandsons, Andrew J. Kiehle of Marietta, Ga. and Tyler C. Kiehle of New Orleans. He was predeceased by his wife, Frances M. Twitty Kiehle.

      Interment will be in Bearwallow Cemetery Gerton., Hendersonville County., North Carolina.

      Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011 (alz.org).

      Published in The State on October 30, 2011
    Person ID I46639  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2021 

    Father Fred Ellsworth Kiehle,   b. 1884   d. 1946 (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Isabelle Mae Lortz,   b. 1891   d. 1977 (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F2597  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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