Sgt Rosalio Briseno, Jr

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Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent July 1, 1948

Bodies of 5,374 Americans who lost their lives during World War II are being returned to the United States aboard the Transport Lawrence Victory, the army announced today. Forty-seven bodies on board the transport are destined for Nebraska. Of this total, two are being brought to Grand Island and four others to central Nebraska. Armed forces dead originally interred in temporary cemeteries in France, Luxumbourg and the United Kingdom are among those being returned to this country.

Bodies destined to Grand Island are those of Sgt. Rosalio Briseno, son of Rosalio Briseno, 614 East Third, and Capt. Wayne G. Schomburg. Capt. Schomburg's next of kin is Louis Schomburg, 524 West Koenig.

(Copied from FindAGrave, Memorial ID 86819192)

Rosalio married Maria Aguilera on 6 Aug 1921 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. Maria was born on 7 Oct 1899 in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico; died on 11 May 1967 in Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent Saturday, May 13, 1967

Mrs. Rosalio (Maria) Briseno, 67, of 221 North Vine died Thursday at her home. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Mary's Cathedral with a requiem mass. Burial will be in the Grand Island Cemetery. (Further funeral arrangements omitted here)

Mrs. Briseno was born Oct 7, 1899, at Silao, Qot (Gto?), Mexico. When she was 19, the family moved to El Paso, Texas, and came to Grand Island a year later. Mr. and Mrs. Briseno married in 1921 in Grand Island and have made their only home here. She belonged to St. Mary's Cathedral Parish and was affiliated with its Altar Society.

She is survived by her husband; four sons, Rudolph of Wayne, Mich., and Tom, John and Robert of Grand Island; five daughters, Juanita and Mary Ellen of Omaha, Basiliza of Washington, D.C., and Frances and Mrs. Tom Jensen of Grand Island; 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Sgt. Rosalio Briseno, Jr., who was killed in World War II; three infant children and three sisters.