Konrad Leo Kohler (1918 - 1997)

Born 1 Jan 1918 in Wien, Austria

Died 16 Dec 1997 at age 79 in Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Conrad was born in 1918.^[1] He died in 2007.^[2]

Immigration and Naturalization

Passenger manifest for the S.S. De Grasse, sailing from Le Havre, France on 12 Feb 1942, arriving in New York on 26 Feb 1940 (line 13)^[3]

Name: Konrad Kohler

Age: 22

Sex: male

Status: single

Occupation: Sports professor

Birthplace: Wien, Germany

Nationality: without

Last permanent residence: Marseilles, France

Contact at former residence: Friend, Hermann Pollak, 8 Place du Danube-Paris, France

Destination: NYC, NY

Contact at destination: Aunt, Mrs. Karpeles, I215 Elder Avenue, NYC

Obituary

Conrad L. "Conny" Kohler, 89, of Shrewsbury, died Sunday, December 16th in the UMass Medical Center- University Campus after being stricken ill at home at Southgate in Shrewsbury.

Mr. Kohler was born in Vienna, Austria, January 3, 1918. He leaves his wife, Ellena and several cousins.

Conny served in the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops during World War II and was in action in Italy. He served as an intelligence analyst and translator with the United States Forces in Austria (USFA) and met his wife, Ellena, who also was a USA veteran and employed with USFA.

In 1955, they transferred to State Department and Conny became the Chief of the Refugee Relief Program from 1955 until 1957. They then returned to Massachusetts and Conny became a Scholarship Officer with the Board of Higher Education until 1984. He retired from that post to accept a position with Tufts University as the Coordinator of Parent Financing Programs from 1985-1993.

Conny held both a B.S. and M.S. Degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University. Since his birth in Austria, Conny was a skier his entire life. He also liked playing tennis and adored classical music and found time to volunteer at the Worcester Ecotarium.

A Celebration of Conny's life will be held on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 at 11 A.M. in the Chapel at Southgate, with a reception to follow in the Saratoga Lounge, 40 Julio Drive, Shrewsbury.

Britton-Shrewsbury Funeral Home is assisting the Kohler family with these arrangements. For directions and Conny's personal online memorial guestbook, please visit, www.brittonfuneralhomes.com.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJVX-Y57P : 16 June 2020), Conrad L Kohler, 2007-2008.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTNL-V6K : 12 January 2021), Conrad L Kohler, 16 Dec 2007; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:242B-FNK : 2 March 2021), Konrad Kohler, 1940; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Published 21-23 Dec 2007 in Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts), retrieved 28 Sep 2023.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ21-393 : Thu Sep 28 19:16:27 UTC 2023), Konrad Kohler, nephew, in household of Bertha Karpeles, 1940. Age: 22; birthplace: Austria; 1935 residence: France; naturalization status: papers.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8RN-TZ6 : 5 December 2014), Conrad Leo Kohler, enlisted 23 Oct 1942, New York City, New York, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.