Wright County

 

Cpl. Robert Leroy Blecker

 

 

 

Robert Leroy Blecker was born Oct. 20, 1925 to Chellis Leroy and Marie Elizabeth Turk Blecker. He died Sept. 10, 1974 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA.

Cpl. Blecker served with the U.S. Army in World War II with the Military Police Detachment in IL. After discharge he served as Sheriff of Wright County.

Sources: “Ordinary Heroes”, by Judge Newt Draheim; ancestry.com