ERVIN QUANTE
Truck Rams Train, Valders Man Killed
Cleveland (Special) -
A Valders man was killed today when the truck in which he was riding
skidded 160 feet into the side of a Chicago and Northwestern freight
train.
The victim, Ervin Quante, about 30, of R.1, Valders, died of a cerebral
hemorrhage caused by a skull fracture.
Quante was riding in a Lakeland Co-operative egg truck driven by Kennard
Erickson, R.1, Valders, at the time of the accident.
Erickson, hospitalized at Manitowoc with facial lacerations, and a possible
arm fracture, told police he was talking with Quante and failed to see the
train at the crossing until it was too late to stop.
Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, said an inquest will be
held.
The driver's side of the truck, traveling east on County Trunk U through
Newton, struck the train. It then was knocked into the ditch north of the
road burying Quante under smashed egg crates.
The victim started work with the co-operative Wednesday and was riding
with Erickson to learn the egg route.
Conductor of the north bound freight, C.A. Gratton of Green Bay, stated
he was riding in the caboose and did not know of the accident until he
saw the truck in the ditch. He then pulled the emergency brake. Thad
Black, also of Green Bay, was the engineer.
Ervin Quante moved to Valders from DePere a year ago and lived on a farm
with his wife, the former Kathleen Frowley. The couple was married in
DePere June 13, 1953. They have no children.
Survivors are his wife, his parents, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Clark Mills. The Rev. Father Setko, pastor, will be celebrant
of the mass and will officiate at the burial in church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home, Valders, after 2 p.m. Monday
until 9 a.m. Tuesday. The rosary will be recited at 9 p.m. Monday at
the funeral home.
Front page Sheboygan Press, 04 Feb 1956
Truck Rams Train, Valders Man Killed
Cleveland (Special) -
A Valders man was killed today when the truck in which he was riding
skidded 160 feet into the side of a Chicago and Northwestern freight
train.
The victim, Ervin Quante, about 30, of R.1, Valders, died of a cerebral
hemorrhage caused by a skull fracture.
Quante was riding in a Lakeland Co-operative egg truck driven by Kennard
Erickson, R.1, Valders, at the time of the accident.
Erickson, hospitalized at Manitowoc with facial lacerations, and a possible
arm fracture, told police he was talking with Quante and failed to see the
train at the crossing until it was too late to stop.
Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, said an inquest will be
held.
The driver's side of the truck, traveling east on County Trunk U through
Newton, struck the train. It then was knocked into the ditch north of the
road burying Quante under smashed egg crates.
The victim started work with the co-operative Wednesday and was riding
with Erickson to learn the egg route.
Conductor of the north bound freight, C.A. Gratton of Green Bay, stated
he was riding in the caboose and did not know of the accident until he
saw the truck in the ditch. He then pulled the emergency brake. Thad
Black, also of Green Bay, was the engineer.
Ervin Quante moved to Valders from DePere a year ago and lived on a farm
with his wife, the former Kathleen Frowley. The couple was married in
DePere June 13, 1953. They have no children.
Survivors are his wife, his parents, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Clark Mills. The Rev. Father Setko, pastor, will be celebrant
of the mass and will officiate at the burial in church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home, Valders, after 2 p.m. Monday
until 9 a.m. Tuesday. The rosary will be recited at 9 p.m. Monday at
the funeral home.
Front page Sheboygan Press, 04 Feb 1956
ERVIN QUANTE
Truck Rams Train, Valders Man Killed
Cleveland (Special) -
A Valders man was killed today when the truck in which he was riding
skidded 160 feet into the side of a Chicago and Northwestern freight
train.
The victim, Ervin Quante, about 30, of R.1, Valders, died of a cerebral
hemorrhage caused by a skull fracture.
Quante was riding in a Lakeland Co-operative egg truck driven by Kennard
Erickson, R.1, Valders, at the time of the accident.
Erickson, hospitalized at Manitowoc with facial lacerations, and a possible
arm fracture, told police he was talking with Quante and failed to see the
train at the crossing until it was too late to stop.
Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, said an inquest will be
held.
The driver's side of the truck, traveling east on County Trunk U through
Newton, struck the train. It then was knocked into the ditch north of the
road burying Quante under smashed egg crates.
The victim started work with the co-operative Wednesday and was riding
with Erickson to learn the egg route.
Conductor of the north bound freight, C.A. Gratton of Green Bay, stated
he was riding in the caboose and did not know of the accident until he
saw the truck in the ditch. He then pulled the emergency brake. Thad
Black, also of Green Bay, was the engineer.
Ervin Quante moved to Valders from DePere a year ago and lived on a farm
with his wife, the former Kathleen Frowley. The couple was married in
DePere June 13, 1953. They have no children.
Survivors are his wife, his parents, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Clark Mills. The Rev. Father Setko, pastor, will be celebrant
of the mass and will officiate at the burial in church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home, Valders, after 2 p.m. Monday
until 9 a.m. Tuesday. The rosary will be recited at 9 p.m. Monday at
the funeral home.
Front page Sheboygan Press, 04 Feb 1956
Truck Rams Train, Valders Man Killed
Cleveland (Special) -
A Valders man was killed today when the truck in which he was riding
skidded 160 feet into the side of a Chicago and Northwestern freight
train.
The victim, Ervin Quante, about 30, of R.1, Valders, died of a cerebral
hemorrhage caused by a skull fracture.
Quante was riding in a Lakeland Co-operative egg truck driven by Kennard
Erickson, R.1, Valders, at the time of the accident.
Erickson, hospitalized at Manitowoc with facial lacerations, and a possible
arm fracture, told police he was talking with Quante and failed to see the
train at the crossing until it was too late to stop.
Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, said an inquest will be
held.
The driver's side of the truck, traveling east on County Trunk U through
Newton, struck the train. It then was knocked into the ditch north of the
road burying Quante under smashed egg crates.
The victim started work with the co-operative Wednesday and was riding
with Erickson to learn the egg route.
Conductor of the north bound freight, C.A. Gratton of Green Bay, stated
he was riding in the caboose and did not know of the accident until he
saw the truck in the ditch. He then pulled the emergency brake. Thad
Black, also of Green Bay, was the engineer.
Ervin Quante moved to Valders from DePere a year ago and lived on a farm
with his wife, the former Kathleen Frowley. The couple was married in
DePere June 13, 1953. They have no children.
Survivors are his wife, his parents, and a sister.
Funeral services will be held 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Clark Mills. The Rev. Father Setko, pastor, will be celebrant
of the mass and will officiate at the burial in church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home, Valders, after 2 p.m. Monday
until 9 a.m. Tuesday. The rosary will be recited at 9 p.m. Monday at
the funeral home.
Front page Sheboygan Press, 04 Feb 1956
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