Obit: Moberg, Arvid E. #4 (1891 - 1953)

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Surnames: Moberg, Cronin, Kolstad

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 05 Mar 1953

Moberg, Arvid E. (14 JUN 1891 - 12 FEB 1953)

Arvid E. Moberg, 63, of 816 Baugh Ave., East St. Louis, Mo., war veterans leader and state official of the Disabled American Veterans, died at 9;00 P.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, 1953 in Christian Welfare Hospital, where he had been for two hours.

Mr. Moberg, a disable World War I veteran, had been hospitalized recently at Jefferson Barracks Veterans Administration Hospital.

He was known as a campaigner for veterans' rights. Nearly all of his spare time was spent in assisting disabled veterans. Scores of East St. Louis area war veterans received personal help from him in obtaining disability pensions, hospitalization and other assistance. Mr. Moberg was considered an authority on legislation affecting war veterans. He also was noted for leading memorial services in honor of the war dead.

Born in Ramijo, Sweden, he lived her 30 years. For the past 6 years he was salesman at the Sears & Roebuck Company Store.

During World War I Mr. Moberg served in the Tank Corps in France. For the past 12 years hew as deputy chief of staff of the D.A.V. for Illinois and adjutant and service officer for east St. Louis Chapter 24 of D.A.V.

Mr. Moberg was a member of the Fond du Lac (Wis.) Lodge 140 A.F. & A.M., the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Lodge 356 of Fond du Lac, Mississippi Valley Consistory, the American Legion and the Allie Veterans Council.

Mr. Moberg is survived by his widow, Lillian, three brothers, John of Escanaba, Mich.; Harry of Abbotsford, Wis.; and Elery of Neillsville, Wis., and one sister, Mrs. Patrick (Levina) Cronin, Minneapolis, Minn.; and an aunt, Mrs. Emil Kolstad, Greenwood, Wis. (East St. Louis Journal)

Arvid E. Moberg, son of the late Ole and Christina Moberg, was born in Ramijo, Sweden on June 14, 1891 and came with his parents to Greenwood on Jun 24, 1904. He received his education and grew to manhood here.

He was a veteran of World War I and for a time worked on the railroad out of Fond du Lac. In 1923 he went to East St. Louis, where he has since resided.

The body arrived here on Thursday and lay in state at the Schiller Funeral Parlors until 10:00 a.m. Friday, when it was taken to Grace Methodist Church where services were held at 1:30 p.m. He was laid to rest in the Greenwood Cemetery. The Rev. Virgil Nulton of Neillsville officiated.

During the service Mrs. Chal Perkins and Mrs. Louis Behrens sand "Rock of Ages," "Beyond the Sunset" and "The Lord is My Shepherd," accompanied by Charles Ivey at the organ.

The honorary pallbearers were members of the Wallis-Hinker American Legion Post: Leonard Johnson, Harry Stafford, Ed Johnson, Frank Smaldone, Adelbert Welsh and Joseph Klune.

The active pallbearers were members of the Masonic Lodge: James Plank, Norman Reineking, Louis Behrens, Russell Mead, Julius Hoehne and Richard Thompson.