He enlisted in the US Army for 4 years at an early age without his father's consent by overstating his age. He was assigned the job of taking care of the horses and was noted for his excellent horsemanship. He was discharged on June 24, 1926 with the rank of Sergeant in the 18th Field Artillery.
He died on 17 Jun 1972 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois.
Obituary - Freeport - John G. Feld, 66, 918 E. Clinton St., a retired Freeport police officer, died Saturday in Freeport Memorial Hospital. He retired from the police force in 1955. Survivors include his widow, Viola; five daughters, Mrs. Edith Timmer, Ananheim, Calif., Mrs. Dorothy Grinnell, Mrs. Betty Wells and Mrs. Ruth Witters, all of San Diego, and Mrs. Barbara Blair, Freeport; a son, John, Roscoe; four brothers, Richard and Robert, in California, and George and Benjamin, both of Freeport; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Kraft, Mrs. Grace Fye and Mrs. Gertrude Steffen, all of Freeport; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in the Walker Mortuary. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the mortuary.
He was buried on 19 Jun 1972 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Oakland Cemetery.[1]
John was born in 1905. He was the son of John Feld and Catherine Laymeyer. He passed away in 1972.
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