Seymour Daily Tribune 
Willard N. Everhart Jr.
June 27, 1919 – July 9, 2006 

Willard N. “Bud” Everhart Jr., 87, died Sunday, July 9, 2006.
Mr. Everhart was a member of Jackson Lodge 146 Free and Accepted Masons, York Rite, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis and Murat Shrine of Indianapolis. He was the former president of Jackson County Mental Health Association, Redding Parent-Teacher Association and South Central Shrine Club. He sponsored several children in the Shriners Crippled Children Hospitals and Burns Hospital. He was the former vice commander of American Legion Post 89 and former adjutant of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 47. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Seymour American Legion Post 89. He was active in local archery and gun clubs and was a former National Muzzleloading Trap Shooting Champion. He was a member of First United Methodist Church. He was active in Scouting for many years and formerly was Scoutmaster of Troop 3 at First United Methodist Church. He was a neighborhood commissioner, assistant district commissioner of Hoosier Hills Council and district commissioner of Hoosier Hills Council. He served on the administrative board of First United Methodist Church and the Pastor Parish Committee. He was also an institutional representative for Scouting at First United Methodist Church, a Sunday school teacher and a lay speaker of the church.
Mr. Everhart served in World War II in the European Theatre as a staff sergeant. He was selected to be trained in intelligence and reconnaissance. His basic and advanced training was with the 83rd Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, attached to the 29th Infantry Division as an intelligence and reconnaissance specialist. His responsibility was to establish relations with the French underground and assist in their resistance.
Additionally he was to provide intelligence of German troop movements and was trained in the mapping of advanced areas. He was seriously wounded in July 1944, later rejoining the 83rd Infantry Division as a staff sergeant in Company G 330th Infantry. Being wounded several times, he requested to return to his outfit. He participated in many engagements in the European Theatre, one of which continued to stir vivid memories until his death. That was the liberation of the prison camp Langenstein, which was a sub camp of Buchenwald. He received two Purple Hearts with One Device and a Bronze Star. He also received the ETO Medal with Three Bronze Stars, the Good Conduct Medal with Two Knots, Victory Medal American Defense and the American Occupational Medal. At the cessation of hostilities, he became a drill instructor for the U.S. Army. In 1988, he was honored for his service to his country by being the guest of honor for a basic training class at Fort Knox, Ky. He was employed at Seymour Woolen Mill and Railway Express. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 30 years. He was a member of the Board of U.S. Civil Examiners and also had his own income tax business. 
Born June 27, 1919, in Jackson County, he was a son of Willard N. Everhart Sr. and Adda Belle Daly Everhart, both of whom preceded him in death. On Feb. 3, 1940, he married Ruth E. Galbreath, who survives.
Other survivors include two children, William N. (Mary) Everhart III and William G. (Robin) Everhart; four grandchildren, Sarah Lynn Everhart (Zach) Kellermeier, Christopher M. Everhart, Blake W. Everhart and Rachael E. Everhart; and two great-grandchildren, Andrew Tyler Kellermeier and Sydney Ellen Marie Kellermeier.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Benjamin G. Everhart; a brother, William G. Everhart; and a sister, Betty Louise Everhart.
The Rev. Steve Cherry will conduct funeral services at 11 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church, Seymour. Burial will take place at Riverview Cemetery with full military rites.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Voss Funeral Chapel, Seymour, and from 10 a.m. until time of service Thursday at the church. A Masonic service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be given to the Endowment Fund of First United Methodist Church or the Benjamin Everhart Scholarship Program