Paul George Gartner

1923 - 1943

• Name	Paul George Gartner
  	https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18557446 Birth: Aug. 28, 1923 Topeka Shawnee County Kansas, USA Death: Aug. 9, 1943 Topeka Shawnee County Kansas, USA Note: Raised by his mother and adoptive father, Peter Burkhart memorial no. 22619141, after his father died young. ------------------- Auto Crash Fatal To Paul Burkhart, Submarine Veteran Home on his first leave, Paul Burkhart, 19, seaman second class, a veteran of submarine warfare in the Pacific, was dead Monday, as the result of injuries received in a motor car accident a week ago. Funeral services for Burkhart, who died Saturday night at Winter General Hospital, will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Assumption Church, and representatives of the Navy will participate in the ceremonies. John Schmidt Jr., a cousin, was with Burkhart when the motor car he was driving rolled over at the cloverleaf intersection north of Topeka. Taken to Stormont hospital in a serious condition, Schmidt was still only semiconscious Monday. A native Topekan, Seaman Burkhart was born here August 28, 1923, and attended the Sacred Heart School, Lyman school and Seaman high school. He joined the Navy December 10, 1940, almost a year before Pearl Harbor. He had been in the submarine service about two and one-half years. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Burkhart; a sister, Louise Burkhart, and a brother, Lawrence Burkhart, all of the home; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hefner and Mr. and Mrs. George Gartner, all of Topeka. Topeka State Journal, 8/9/1943 Info provided by 47188065 Family links: Parents: John M. Gartner (1902 - 1931) Catherine M. Hefner Burkhart (1904 - 1985) Sibling: Paul George Burkhart (1923 - 1943) Louise M. Gartner Jacques (1925 - 2008)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery Topeka Shawnee County Kansas, USA Plot: Sec 7, Lot 64-W-C Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Oz Record added: Mar 22, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 18557446
  Birth	Aug 28 1923	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 9 1943	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Burial	Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I3785	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	John M Gartner,   b. Feb 6 1902, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA d. Sep 26 1931, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Mother	Catherine M Hefner,   b. Oct 26 1904, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA d. Aug 13 1985, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Family ID	F1804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart