From the July 29, 2021, Quad-City (Illinois/Iowa) Times "Closure at last: North Iowa family says goodbye to Pearl Harbor victim after 80 years" by Jared McNett.
This article from the Waterloo (Iowa) Courier was reprinted in yesterday's paper.
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ELMA RESIDENTS ANXIOUS ABOUT SONS IN HAWAII
Elma, Iowa.
Several Elma families have been quite anxious over sons and relatives at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, including George Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sullivan; Dean Garrett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Garrett; Francis Duluhery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duluhery; Duane Hayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hayes, Luverne Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy; and John Mulick, son of John Mulick.
The last named was on the U.S.S. Oklahoma, bombed by the Japanese.
Ray M. Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Evans, arrived here Wednesday from Pensacola, Fla., where he has been stationed for six months, and left Thursday for his new station at Seattle, Wash. He is an army bomber pilot.
Russell Schroeder, seaman, has completed a 15-day furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Schroeder.
And, John Mulick did not return home, He died on the USS Oklahoma.
The War Strikes Home This Early in a Small Iowa Town. --GreGen
According to Wikipedia, the population of Elma in 2010 was 546. In the early 1900s, it was around 1500. Elma is 17 miles northeast of Charles City.
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