| Sgt. Hugh Colgan
Mrs. Hugh Colgan of Creston Monday was notified by the War
Department of the death of her son, Sgt. Hugh Colgan, who died in a
hospital, presumably on Leyte Island, January 6, 1945. The family a few
days before had been notified that Hugh had been wounded in fighting on
Leyte on December 26, 1944.
Sgt. Colgan was inducted into service from Adams County in June
1941 and went overseas in August, 1944. He was employed by the
government in Washington, D. C. before entering service. Hugh was born
on the Colgan homestead southeast of Corning, on June 19, 1911 and grew
to manhood in this community. His mother and sister, Mary Colgan, now
reside in Creston. A brother, Lt. Joseph Colgan is stationed at New
Orleans. Sgt. Colgan is the 30th death among the Adams County men
serving their Country in World War II.
A funeral Mass for Sgt. Colgan will be celebrate at St. Patrick's
Church in Corning, by the pastor, Rev. Father M. J. Powers, on next
Saturday morning, February 17, at 10 o'clock.
(Adams County Free Press, Thursday, February 15, 1945) |
