James Wilfred EMANUEL

1918 - 2000  (81 years)

• Name	James Wilfred EMANUEL
  Birth	8 Oct 1918	Dodge, Dodge County, Nebraska, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	12 Oct 1918	Dodge, Dodge County, Nebraska, USA   [1]
  Death	9 Sep 2000	CO, USA   [2]
  	Place of death uncertain.
  Notes	Obituary 10 Sep 2000: James Wilfred Emanuel passed away yesterday, Saturday, September 9, 2000. James was the second child of Albert P. and Margaret Rumery Emanuel. He was born in his grandfather's farm in Dodge, Nebraska, October 8, 1918. When James was three, the family moved to Cheyenne Wells, Colorado then on to Fort Collins where he lived until his graduation from Fort Collins High School. After graduation he entered the Civilian Conservation Corps and on the onset of WWII joined the Army and was assigned to the Philippines. Captured by the Japanese when the Philippines fell, was on the Baatan Death March, and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner. He was initially held at Cabana Twan, Philippines and later transferred to Japan by ship where he worked in the copper mines. James made the Army his career and retired in 1959 (?) with the rank of Major. He returned to Denver and worked for the Internal Revenue Service for a short time. He purchased a bankrupt store in Golden, Colorado, named Jefco Blueprinting, which he and his family built into a thriving business as the main source for college textboos for the students of Colorado School of Mines. James is survived by his wife Helen and 5 children, Donald, Thomas, Margaret Black, Patrick and Stephen. [3]
  Person ID	I5366	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2010

  
  

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  F617

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• Sources

  [S166] Personal Correspondence, Eugene Emanuel (Reliability: 3). [S149] Obituary, Posted on Rumery Web site by Nancy Kelly, 10 Sep 2000 (Reliability: 3). [S149] Obituary, Posted on Rumery Web Site (MyFamily.Com) by Nancy Kelley (Reliability: 3).