NACHTIGAL REV. FRED C. NACHTIGAL, died in Ashtabula on Saturday. Born Oct. 21, 1922 in Cleveland, son of Anton and Mary (nee Jakse) Nachtigal. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during W.W. II.
After attending college he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in Houston, TX in 1958.
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Having his life spared changed course of his life
To Patricia Trolli of Willoughby, World War II will always be the story her mother told her about Trolli's uncle, Fred Nachtigal, a B-17 waist-gunner during the war who later became a Catholic priest in Ashtabula and died in 2005 at age 82.
After Nachtigal's plane was shot down and he was captured, a German guard who had been ordered to kill Nachtigal instead helped the POW escape. After the war, the guard came to Ashtabula to meet Nachtigal, who had become a priest -- partly because of that fortuitous encounter during the war.
"It really made me stop and think seriously about life and the meaning of life," Nachtigal told a reporter in 1994.
That's the lesson that has been passed down to his niece. "My mom stressed to me how popular Father Fred was in high school -- loved to go to dances, lots of girlfriends," she said. "The POW experience made him look at life differently."
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By NEWS HERALD
PUBLISHED: August 2, 2005 at 10:17 a.m. | UPDATED: July 16, 2021 at 3:55 a.m.
Services for Rev. Fred C. Nachtigal, 82, of Ashtabula, will be at noon Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, 3330 Lake Ave., Ashtabula.
Rev. Nachtigal died July 30, 2005, at Silver Sands Share Residency.
Born Oct. 21, 1922, in Cleveland, he was the son of Anton and Mary (Jakse) Nachtigal.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in Europe with the U.S. 8th Air Force 613 Bomb Squadron and 401 Bomb Group as waist gunner. On his 30th mission, his plane was shot down while flying over Germany and he was captured and jailed in a German camp. Ordered to be shot, he made friends with the German airman who was given that task. Instead, that soldier helped him escape. In later years in communication with Fritz Beckman, the man who saved his life, they again got together when Rev. Nachtigal became a priest and celebrated his first solemn mass.
He attended Ohio University and John Carroll University. After serving in the military and thankful for his blessings, he entered St. Mary's Seminary in Kentucky. He later completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston and was ordained as a priest in 1958, by Bishop Louis J. Reicher.
Following his ordination, Rev. Nachtigal ministered at St. Mary's Parish in Waco, Texas from 1958 to 1960, and St. Mary's Parish in Brenham, Texas from 1960 to 1966. Since then, he has served as associate pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ashtabula form 1966 to 1967; St. Mary's Parish Warren from 1967 to 1969; St. Joseph Parish Canton from 1969 to 1970; St. Mary's Parish Canton from 1970 to 1972; served as an asst. pastor at St. Stanislaus Parish Youngstown, OH from 1972 to 1981; St. Anthony's Parish Youngstown from 1981 to 1982; St. Stanislaus Parish Youngstown from 1982 to 1986; and St. Joseph Parish Ashtabula from 1986 to 1988.
Father Nachtigal also served as chaplain at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Community Hospital of Warren and chaplain at Juvenile Detention Home in Canton. He was also confessor at St. Christine Church Center.
Retiring in 1988 as associate pastor of St. Joseph Church, he continued serving area parishes when needed along with traveling and fishing.
Survivors are his sister, Florence Butler of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his sisters, Mary Brown, Anna Parke, Albina Trolli and Helen Gattozzi; brothers, Louis, Anthony, William, August, George and infant Anthony; and his parents.
Rev. Nachtigal will lie in state from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the church. There will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. After the services, burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland.
The familly suggests contributions be made in his name to St. Joseph Church.
Arrangements are being handled by Guerriero Funeral Home, 1550 W. 19th St., in Ashtabula.
After attending college he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in Houston, TX in 1958.
______________________________
Having his life spared changed course of his life
To Patricia Trolli of Willoughby, World War II will always be the story her mother told her about Trolli's uncle, Fred Nachtigal, a B-17 waist-gunner during the war who later became a Catholic priest in Ashtabula and died in 2005 at age 82.
After Nachtigal's plane was shot down and he was captured, a German guard who had been ordered to kill Nachtigal instead helped the POW escape. After the war, the guard came to Ashtabula to meet Nachtigal, who had become a priest -- partly because of that fortuitous encounter during the war.
"It really made me stop and think seriously about life and the meaning of life," Nachtigal told a reporter in 1994.
That's the lesson that has been passed down to his niece. "My mom stressed to me how popular Father Fred was in high school -- loved to go to dances, lots of girlfriends," she said. "The POW experience made him look at life differently."
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By NEWS HERALD
PUBLISHED: August 2, 2005 at 10:17 a.m. | UPDATED: July 16, 2021 at 3:55 a.m.
Services for Rev. Fred C. Nachtigal, 82, of Ashtabula, will be at noon Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, 3330 Lake Ave., Ashtabula.
Rev. Nachtigal died July 30, 2005, at Silver Sands Share Residency.
Born Oct. 21, 1922, in Cleveland, he was the son of Anton and Mary (Jakse) Nachtigal.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in Europe with the U.S. 8th Air Force 613 Bomb Squadron and 401 Bomb Group as waist gunner. On his 30th mission, his plane was shot down while flying over Germany and he was captured and jailed in a German camp. Ordered to be shot, he made friends with the German airman who was given that task. Instead, that soldier helped him escape. In later years in communication with Fritz Beckman, the man who saved his life, they again got together when Rev. Nachtigal became a priest and celebrated his first solemn mass.
He attended Ohio University and John Carroll University. After serving in the military and thankful for his blessings, he entered St. Mary's Seminary in Kentucky. He later completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston and was ordained as a priest in 1958, by Bishop Louis J. Reicher.
Following his ordination, Rev. Nachtigal ministered at St. Mary's Parish in Waco, Texas from 1958 to 1960, and St. Mary's Parish in Brenham, Texas from 1960 to 1966. Since then, he has served as associate pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ashtabula form 1966 to 1967; St. Mary's Parish Warren from 1967 to 1969; St. Joseph Parish Canton from 1969 to 1970; St. Mary's Parish Canton from 1970 to 1972; served as an asst. pastor at St. Stanislaus Parish Youngstown, OH from 1972 to 1981; St. Anthony's Parish Youngstown from 1981 to 1982; St. Stanislaus Parish Youngstown from 1982 to 1986; and St. Joseph Parish Ashtabula from 1986 to 1988.
Father Nachtigal also served as chaplain at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Community Hospital of Warren and chaplain at Juvenile Detention Home in Canton. He was also confessor at St. Christine Church Center.
Retiring in 1988 as associate pastor of St. Joseph Church, he continued serving area parishes when needed along with traveling and fishing.
Survivors are his sister, Florence Butler of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his sisters, Mary Brown, Anna Parke, Albina Trolli and Helen Gattozzi; brothers, Louis, Anthony, William, August, George and infant Anthony; and his parents.
Rev. Nachtigal will lie in state from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the church. There will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. After the services, burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland.
The familly suggests contributions be made in his name to St. Joseph Church.
Arrangements are being handled by Guerriero Funeral Home, 1550 W. 19th St., in Ashtabula.
NACHTIGAL REV. FRED C. NACHTIGAL, died in Ashtabula on Saturday. Born Oct. 21, 1922 in Cleveland, son of Anton and Mary (nee Jakse) Nachtigal. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during W.W. II.
After attending college he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in Houston, TX in 1958.
______________________________
Having his life spared changed course of his life
To Patricia Trolli of Willoughby, World War II will always be the story her mother told her about Trolli's uncle, Fred Nachtigal, a B-17 waist-gunner during the war who later became a Catholic priest in Ashtabula and died in 2005 at age 82.
After Nachtigal's plane was shot down and he was captured, a German guard who had been ordered to kill Nachtigal instead helped the POW escape. After the war, the guard came to Ashtabula to meet Nachtigal, who had become a priest -- partly because of that fortuitous encounter during the war.
"It really made me stop and think seriously about life and the meaning of life," Nachtigal told a reporter in 1994.
That's the lesson that has been passed down to his niece. "My mom stressed to me how popular Father Fred was in high school -- loved to go to dances, lots of girlfriends," she said. "The POW experience made him look at life differently."
_____________________________
By NEWS HERALD
PUBLISHED: August 2, 2005 at 10:17 a.m. | UPDATED: July 16, 2021 at 3:55 a.m.
Services for Rev. Fred C. Nachtigal, 82, of Ashtabula, will be at noon Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, 3330 Lake Ave., Ashtabula.
Rev. Nachtigal died July 30, 2005, at Silver Sands Share Residency.
Born Oct. 21, 1922, in Cleveland, he was the son of Anton and Mary (Jakse) Nachtigal.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in Europe with the U.S. 8th Air Force 613 Bomb Squadron and 401 Bomb Group as waist gunner. On his 30th mission, his plane was shot down while flying over Germany and he was captured and jailed in a German camp. Ordered to be shot, he made friends with the German airman who was given that task. Instead, that soldier helped him escape. In later years in communication with Fritz Beckman, the man who saved his life, they again got together when Rev. Nachtigal became a priest and celebrated his first solemn mass.
He attended Ohio University and John Carroll University. After serving in the military and thankful for his blessings, he entered St. Mary's Seminary in Kentucky. He later completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston and was ordained as a priest in 1958, by Bishop Louis J. Reicher.
Following his ordination, Rev. Nachtigal ministered at St. Mary's Parish in Waco, Texas from 1958 to 1960, and St. Mary's Parish in Brenham, Texas from 1960 to 1966. Since then, he has served as associate pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ashtabula form 1966 to 1967; St. Mary's Parish Warren from 1967 to 1969; St. Joseph Parish Canton from 1969 to 1970; St. Mary's Parish Canton from 1970 to 1972; served as an asst. pastor at St. Stanislaus Parish Youngstown, OH from 1972 to 1981; St. Anthony's Parish Youngstown from 1981 to 1982; St. Stanislaus Parish Youngstown from 1982 to 1986; and St. Joseph Parish Ashtabula from 1986 to 1988.
Father Nachtigal also served as chaplain at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Community Hospital of Warren and chaplain at Juvenile Detention Home in Canton. He was also confessor at St. Christine Church Center.
Retiring in 1988 as associate pastor of St. Joseph Church, he continued serving area parishes when needed along with traveling and fishing.
Survivors are his sister, Florence Butler of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his sisters, Mary Brown, Anna Parke, Albina Trolli and Helen Gattozzi; brothers, Louis, Anthony, William, August, George and infant Anthony; and his parents.
Rev. Nachtigal will lie in state from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the church. There will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. After the services, burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland.
The familly suggests contributions be made in his name to St. Joseph Church.
Arrangements are being handled by Guerriero Funeral Home, 1550 W. 19th St., in Ashtabula.
After attending college he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in Houston, TX in 1958.
______________________________
Having his life spared changed course of his life
To Patricia Trolli of Willoughby, World War II will always be the story her mother told her about Trolli's uncle, Fred Nachtigal, a B-17 waist-gunner during the war who later became a Catholic priest in Ashtabula and died in 2005 at age 82.
After Nachtigal's plane was shot down and he was captured, a German guard who had been ordered to kill Nachtigal instead helped the POW escape. After the war, the guard came to Ashtabula to meet Nachtigal, who had become a priest -- partly because of that fortuitous encounter during the war.
"It really made me stop and think seriously about life and the meaning of life," Nachtigal told a reporter in 1994.
That's the lesson that has been passed down to his niece. "My mom stressed to me how popular Father Fred was in high school -- loved to go to dances, lots of girlfriends," she said. "The POW experience made him look at life differently."
_____________________________
By NEWS HERALD
PUBLISHED: August 2, 2005 at 10:17 a.m. | UPDATED: July 16, 2021 at 3:55 a.m.
Services for Rev. Fred C. Nachtigal, 82, of Ashtabula, will be at noon Wednesday at St. Joseph Church, 3330 Lake Ave., Ashtabula.
Rev. Nachtigal died July 30, 2005, at Silver Sands Share Residency.
Born Oct. 21, 1922, in Cleveland, he was the son of Anton and Mary (Jakse) Nachtigal.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in Europe with the U.S. 8th Air Force 613 Bomb Squadron and 401 Bomb Group as waist gunner. On his 30th mission, his plane was shot down while flying over Germany and he was captured and jailed in a German camp. Ordered to be shot, he made friends with the German airman who was given that task. Instead, that soldier helped him escape. In later years in communication with Fritz Beckman, the man who saved his life, they again got together when Rev. Nachtigal became a priest and celebrated his first solemn mass.
He attended Ohio University and John Carroll University. After serving in the military and thankful for his blessings, he entered St. Mary's Seminary in Kentucky. He later completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston and was ordained as a priest in 1958, by Bishop Louis J. Reicher.
Following his ordination, Rev. Nachtigal ministered at St. Mary's Parish in Waco, Texas from 1958 to 1960, and St. Mary's Parish in Brenham, Texas from 1960 to 1966. Since then, he has served as associate pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ashtabula form 1966 to 1967; St. Mary's Parish Warren from 1967 to 1969; St. Joseph Parish Canton from 1969 to 1970; St. Mary's Parish Canton from 1970 to 1972; served as an asst. pastor at St. Stanislaus Parish Youngstown, OH from 1972 to 1981; St. Anthony's Parish Youngstown from 1981 to 1982; St. Stanislaus Parish Youngstown from 1982 to 1986; and St. Joseph Parish Ashtabula from 1986 to 1988.
Father Nachtigal also served as chaplain at Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Community Hospital of Warren and chaplain at Juvenile Detention Home in Canton. He was also confessor at St. Christine Church Center.
Retiring in 1988 as associate pastor of St. Joseph Church, he continued serving area parishes when needed along with traveling and fishing.
Survivors are his sister, Florence Butler of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his sisters, Mary Brown, Anna Parke, Albina Trolli and Helen Gattozzi; brothers, Louis, Anthony, William, August, George and infant Anthony; and his parents.
Rev. Nachtigal will lie in state from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the church. There will be a prayer service at 7 p.m. After the services, burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland.
The familly suggests contributions be made in his name to St. Joseph Church.
Arrangements are being handled by Guerriero Funeral Home, 1550 W. 19th St., in Ashtabula.
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