Oliver Edward Straw

  General Notes:

Per sister Annette's obit.

Issued a passport on 8 Oct 1918 to go abroad to Italy, France and Great Britain for the American Red Cross; to depart from Port of NY and return within 6 months;

SSDI
Oliver STRAW
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1896
Death Date: Dec 1978
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Wisconsin
Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 49821
Localities: Daggett, Menominee, Michigan

5 June 1918 - World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record - Oliver Edward Straw of West Allis, Milwaukee County, WI; age 21 and of medium height with brown eyes and dark brown hair; occ: employed by Allis Chalmers in West Allis; nearest relative is father Bertram STRAW of same address

Home in 1930:West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [all born WI]
Oliver E Straw33 WI [head]
Merle H Straw29 WI [wife]
Dorothy Straw9 WI [dau]
Thomas Straw3 WI [son]
Robert Straw1 Wi [son]
Thomas Hittman22 [BIL]
John Hittman20 [BIL
Raymond Hittman16 [BIL]
Katherine Hittman25 [SIL]

1940 West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [all born WI]
Oliver Straw43
Merle Straw29
Dorothy Straw19
Thomas Straw13
Robert Straw11
Raymond Hittman25

Michigan death index

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Marinette Eagle Star Dec. 12, 1978 pg.2
DAGGETT-Oliver Straw, 82, Daggett, died Monday at Menominee County Lloyd Hospital.
A native of Jefferson, he was born Aug.8, 1896. He married the former Merle Hittman April 7, 1920.
During World War 1, he served with the American Red Cross in France. Mr. Straw was a member of the Daggett Lions Club. For 50 years he was the foreman at the Allis-Chalmers Corp. in West Allis.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Thomas of New Berlin, Robert of West Allis; a daughter, Mrs. Tim Morth of Los Angeles, Calif; nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at Sorenson Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Services will be held there at 10 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Joseph Felix will officiate. Burial will be in the Stephenson Township Cemetery.

Oliver married Merle Rose Hittmann, daughter of William Hittman and Anna Holmay. (Merle Rose Hittmann was born on 15 Feb 1901 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, died on 25 May 1979 and was buried in Stephenson Township Cemetery in Michigan.)