[208-34] DR. FREDERICK OSWIN WAAGE, 6b Oct. 26, 1877; d Oct. 31, 1918; s Rev. Oswin Frederick and Hannah Young (Schelly) Waage [208-21]; m Sept. 6, 1905, VINNIE 0. MENSCH, b Sept. 22, 1877; dau Dr. James G. and Elizabeth M. (Hillegass) Mensch. Physician. Res. of widow, 1204 W. Broad St., Bethlehem, Pa. (1920.)
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Frederick O. Waage, M. D., was a graduate of Perkiomen Seminary in 1896, and of Princeton University in 1900. He enlisted in Company D, Ist Pennsylvania Infantry, March 3, 1902, and was transferred to the Sanitary Department in June. In 1903 he was made Ist Class Sergeant, and commissioned Ist Lieutenant of the Medical Corps in 1907. In 1912 he was commissioned a Captain, and was promoted to Major in 1914.
Major Waage served with the army on the Mexican border from June, 1916, to October of the same year, and made a splendid record in military sanitation during his service at this post. After the outbreak of the World War Dr. Waage was appointed an instructor in the Medical Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, by the War Department, but on account of ill health was unable to accept the appointment. After regaining his health he was called to Fort Bliss, Texas, as a surgeon, having been recommissioned as Major, M. R.C. He died at Fort Bliss, from overwork during the great influenza epidemic of October, 1918.
Dr. Waage also served for a number of years as a member of the faculty of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. The Class of 1900 of Princeton University established a memorial scholarship in his memory.
Vinnie Mensch Waage was graduated from Perkiomen Seminary in 1895.
Parents’ family: [208-21] Hannah Young Schelly and Rev. Oswin Frederick Waage