Otto Prebeck, Jr.

Birth: March 22, 1916 in Templeton, Iowa
Death: March 5, 1983 at Des Moines
Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Templeton
Son of Otto and Hedwig (Kraus) Prebeck
Siblings: John & Joseph, twins died in infancy, Eleanor Soyer, Marie Lang, Alphonse

Branch Army
Enlistment June 6, 1942
Discharge February 15, 1946

NOW IN MARYLAND
Private Otto Private has been moved from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, where his address is: Hq. Btry, 3rd Bn., 74th C.A.A.A.
He was recently home on a short furlough. Pvt. Prebeck is the son of Otto Prebeck of Templeton.
Carroll Daily Times Herald March 11, 1943

OTTO PREBECK, JR. Otto Prebeck, Jr., 67, of Templeton, died Saturday, March 5, 1983, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Des Moines. A farm worker, he had been in failing health for the past three years.

Rite of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, at Sacred Heart Church in Templeton with the Rev. Joseph Steib as celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery with military graveside honors by the Manning Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts. Casketbearers will be Rick Lang, Tom and Lynn Soyer, Dale, Bill, and Randy Prebeck.

Mr. Prebeck is survived by three sisters: Mrs. Joe (Eleanor) Soyer, Glidden; Mrs. George (Ann) Hicks, Mountain Home, Ark.; Mrs. Marie Lang and Allie Prebeck, both of Templeton; nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers in infancy.

Mr. Prebeck was born March 22, 1915, near Templeton, a son of Otto and Hedwig (Kraus) Prebeck. He attended school in Templeton and during World War II he served in the U.S. Army in the European theater.

The Ohde Funeral Home of Manning was in charge of arrangements.
March 7, 1983 Carroll Times Herald