This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yYB.2ACI/15104.2 Message Board Post: Chicago Tribune (IL) - February 20, 2003 Deceased Name: GIESE, VERNON H.J. Vernon H. J. Giese, age 76, of Columbus, Ohio, died Sunday, February 16, 2003. Preceded in death by parents, Frederick F. and Irma E., nee Krubaeck, Giese; brother, Frederick Giese; sister, Bernice Fenneman. Survived by nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and one great-great-niece. A retired employee of the William Wrigley, Jr. Company in Chicago, IL and Veteran of WW II, serving in the U.S. Army. A brief graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 22, 2003 at the Mt. Emblem Cemetery, Grand Avenue and County Line Road, Elmhurst, IL, 630-834-6080, with Rev. Robert Degner of St. John's Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL officiating. A memorial service will be held at Atonement Lutheran Church, 1621 Francisco Road, Columbus, OH, 614-451-1880 at 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 25, 2003, Rev. Daniel Bell officiating. Arrangements by Schoedinger Northwest Chapel, 1740 Zollinger Road, Columbus, OH, 614-457-5481 . If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Atonem! ent Lutheran Church or a charity of your choice.