Posted here because as of this date, there are no message boards at Ancestry.com for WITBRACHT. Based on the research detailed after the death notice, this was EARL EDWARD WITBRACHT, husband of BERNADINE LENA REUHMKORFF.

Posted as a random act of genealogical kindness, no relation to me and no further info available from me, sorry. Copied here under the Fair Use provisions for non-commercial research use, qualifying under subsections (1) - (4) of U.S. Code Title 17 Chapter 1 Sec. 107 regarding copyrights. -- LS

Published in The Southern Illinoisan on 7/24/2009
Earl Witbracht

PERCY - Earl E. Witbracht, 89, died at 10:08 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2009, in Sparta Community Hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Peace Lutheran Church in Steeleville, with Pastor Julie Posth officiating. Burial will be in Peace Lutheran Church Cemetery in Steeleville. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Memorials may be made to Peace Lutheran Church Cemetery.

McDaniel Funeral Home in Sparta is in charge of arrangements.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Ancestry's US PUBLIC RECORDS database at this address from at least 1994 - 2002:

Earl E Witbracht
Percy Illinois 62272
Phone 618-497-2681

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment RECORDS, 1938-1946 Results
Earl E Witbracht
Birth Year: 1920
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Illinois
State of Residence: Illinois
County or City: Randolph
Enlistment Date: 23 Jul 1942
Enlistment State: Illinois
Enlistment City: East St Louis
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled construction occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 70 Weight: 148


Ancestry Database Missouri Marriage RECORDS, 1805-2002

A dual marriage license/certificate of marriage was granted to EARL EDWARD WITBRACHT,and BERNADINE LENA RUEHMKORFF, both of Percy, Illinois. Bernadine was 18 years old, and Earl was "over 21," which is all the form asked for. They were married in Perryville, Perry County, Missouri on May 2, 1942, though both of them were from Percy, Randolph County, Illinois. (See above: he went into military service two months later.)

I found an obit and a Social Security Death Index record for Bernadine [RUEHMKORFF] Witbracht, but couldn't get the Ancestry obit archive to cough up the whole obit. She was born 17 Jan 1926 and died 8 Sep 2004 in Percy.

There were at least two other WITBRACHT families in the Percy area during Earl's lifetime, but I do not know how they were related. As a lot of what I found relates to living people, I'm not posting it at this time.