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- Seaman Rodney P. Demler, 23, a construction builder was found dead by his mother, Mrs. James Demler, in a bedroom of their home at 515 Memorial Dr., Chilton, Saturday.
The young serviceman, a veteran of Vietnam, had arrived home Friday evening on a weekend pass from Great Lakes Naval Training Station where he had been hospitalized.
He joined the Navy Dec. 18, 1963, and was in Vietnam for nine months, returning to the States in October.
Rodney Demler was born in Chilton Feb. 1, 1943, the son of the late Dr. James Demler and Anastasia Rolf Demler. He attended St. Marys Catholic grade school and was a graduate of Chilton High School.
Surviving are his mother; two brothers, James Demler, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland and Richard, Stockbridge; four sisters, Mrs. Jack Bostwick, Glendora, Calif.; Mrs. Emil Custer, Stockbridge, Mrs. James Liverois, Jackson, Mich. And Mrs. Simon Schoenung, Chilton.
Funeral services were at St. Mary Church with the Rev. Henry Schmitt, pastor, the celebrant of the requiem Mass. Burial was in the church cemetery.
An honor guard from the Naval Reserve Training Center, Sheboygan conducted military rites at graveside.
Chilton Times Journal December 22, 1966
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1943 - 1966 (23 years)
, d. 27 Jan 1964, Chilton, Calumet Co, Wisconsin