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Percy J. Werlich
Dies in Chicago
United States Naval Officer
Was Former Resident
Enlisted in Navy as Cadet When a Boy and
Rose to High Rank
c1920
Percival J. Werlich, retired United States
Naval Officer, died in Chicago on Thursday, following an illness of about one
year. He was retired from active duty
several years ago and but recently returned from Europe where he had been
living several years.
Mr. Werlich was a son of the late GUSTAV WERLICH of this city, and was born and
reared in Watertown. He received his
education at the old Bernhardt school, entering the Navy when a young man as a
cadet. He rose rapidly and was given the
rank of captain, and served as navigating officer in the Pacific fleet for
awhile. He was a frequent visitor in
Watertown and had many warm friends here who will regret to learn of his death. He was about 60 years old and is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Isabella Carr, at whose home he died, Mrs. Albert Struebing,
and two brothers Constance and Julius Werlich, all of Chicago. The burial will be in Chicago from the
residence of Mrs. Carr,
WERLICH – Percival J. Werlich, Capt. U. S.
N., retired, March 16, brother of Mrs. Isabel Seeger Carr, Mrs. A. J.
Struebing, Julius F. and Con Werlich.
Funeral from his son’s residence, 961 Edgecomb, Sunday, March 19, at 3
p.m.; interment at Rosehill cemetery.
Cross References:
Percy Werlich on early baseball team
