George Eugene Naegle

Seaman 1 ^st Class George E. Naegle died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, while serving aboard the USS Oklahoma.

He was born in La Crosse on September 29, 1919, to George W. and Anna Naegle.  He was a 1938 graduate of La Crosse Central High School, where he excelled on the football team.  He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939.

Survivors include his niece, Mary Ann Lyden, of La Crosse and several great nieces and nephews and their families.  Those family members who have passed away since include his parents; his sister, Louise Weimar; and his nephew, George W. Weimar.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 18 ^th , at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman, 530 Main St., La Crosse.  Msgr. Charles Stoetzel will officiate.  Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the church and continue until 10:00 a.m.  There will be time allotted for several speakers beginning at 10:00 a.m. until the time of Mass.  Entombment and military honors will follow the Mass at St. Joseph Mausoleum in the Catholic Cemetery.