(From the Chatsworth Plain Dealer Newspaper found on Genealogy trip June 2004. Microfilm kept at the Corner bank. Jr. died Sept 1, 1937. The accident occurred Sunday, Aug. 29, 1937) Newspaper date Sept. 2, 1937
Two Chatsworth Men Are Killed
In Motor Accident
Early Sunday Morning
Raymond Kurtenbach and A.C. Ehman, Jr. Die As Result of Crash.
Raymond Kurtenbach, 26, met almost instant death, and Alfred (Junior) Ehman, 25, died Wednesday forenoon as a result of a motor accident about two miles east of Fairbury Sunday morning about 4 o'clock.
The two young Chatsworth business men were en route home in Mr. Ehman's coupe when the car left the pavement and crashed into a stone abutment of a small culvert.
Just what caused the accident or the exact time it happened will probably never be known as both occupants of the car are dead.
It seems pretty well established that the two had driven to Chenoa for a late lunch after having spent the evening together.
Mrs. Ehman had served a midnight chicken supper in honor of Mr. Kurtenbach and later the boys had gone for a drive.
Sam Steider, Eureka man, who first came to the rescue, says Mr. Kurtenbach was still alive when he found them but he thins was dead when he returned from summoning help. Both were rushed to Fairbury hospital, where Mr. Kurtenbach was pronounced dead and the body taken to a funeral home awaiting the arrival of the coroner.
Mr. Ehman was unconscious when picked up and his condition was considered very grave from the first as he seemed to have lung punctures and a badly crushed foot. He was placed in an oxygen tent and every effort made to save him but pneumonia developed early Wednesday morning and he passed peacefully away at 11:25, conscious most of the time to the end.
The inquest for Mr. Ehman and the conclusion of that for Mr. Kurtenbach will be resumed Friday, presumably in Fairbury.
Car Wedged Over Ledge
The condition of the Plymouth coupe indicates that the front end of the car struck the cement almost exactly in the middle of the bumper. The bumper and radiator were crushed back under the motor the shape of the shape of the stone abutment over which the car stopped. The motor was forced back under the windshield. The shattered windshield and right window ventilator indicates that Raymond's head and possibly right shoulder struck the glass. The seats were torn loose and forced back and the car generally wrecked.
The car was wedged tight over the top of the low cement bridge ledge and did not tip over. Both boys were found slumped down in the seat with Junior's body partially out the open door.
Funeral Services Tuesday
Funeral Services for Mr. Kurtenbach were held Tuesday forenoon at 9:30 o'clock from Saints Peter and Paul church with the Rev. Father Markey officiating. Burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. In conformity with the customer of closing during the funeral of a member of the Community club, most business houses were closed during the hour of the funeral.
Casket bearers at the funeral were Eugene Cline, Francis Kurtenbach, Bud Stone, Clarence Kurtenbach, Leonard Kerber, Claude See, Norman Grimsley and Francis Culkin.
Was Leaving First of Week
The day preceding his death Mr. Kurtenbach visited a number of his business associates and friends and bid them goodbye as he planned to leave Monday or Tuesday for Chicago for a year's course in an embalming school. He was light hearted and enthusiastic over leaving when he visited The Plaindealer office and bid the force goodbye and arranged to have the paper sent to him in the city.
He had been associated for about two years with E.J. Roach in the furniture business and was also an apprentice in the undertaking business.
He took an active part in the civic affairs of the village and was popular with his acquaintances.
A Native of Chatsworth
Raymond was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kurtenbach and was born Nov. 5, 1911 on a farm south of Chatsworth. He graduated from the Chatsworth township high school with the class of 1932 and had lived in this locality all his life. Junior, too, graduated from the high school at the same time and the boys continued their friendship in the years that followed their school days.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Culkin of Streator and Monica, at home.
Mr. Kurtenbach was a member of the Catholic Church and an active worker in church activities. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus lodge and was given and honorary escort at the funeral services.
Inquest Continued
The inquest was opened Sunday at Fairbury by Deputy Coroner Roy Ostrander, Pontiac, but was continued indefinitely because of the inability of Mr. Ehman to testify.
The jury, as impaneled by Acting Coroner Roy J. Ostrander, is as follows: Gene Bedell, foreman; O.B. Baylor, J.P. Somers, Harry Miller, Foster Decker and George Harris.
Found by Paper Man
Sam Steider, of Eureka, found the wreck about 4:10 o'clock. He first released Mr. Ehman's body which was held fast but slumped out of the door. He says Mr. Kurtenbach was still breathing but both he and Mr. Ehman were unconscious. He next summoned help from a nearby farm house and called a doctor and ambulance and police from Fairbury. He waited until a highway patrolman arrived and helped load both the injured into a police car and then came on to Chatsworth.
Mr. Streator for the past 14 years has delivered daily newspapers out of Peoria. His daily trip is every morning and Sunday morning. He also brings the Bloomington Pantagraph from Chenoa daily. He told a Plaindealer reporter that he was quite sure the Ehman car passed him about a mile west of Fairbury and that he did not think it was going more than 50 miles an hour then. He had a heavy load of papers and was traveling about 35 or 40. He made a five minute stop in Fairbury and then came on east. He saw the car and drove past it a short distance to the highway crossing. Wondering if someone might have been injured he stopped and walked back to the car. In the 14 years of his long daily trips this was the first serious accident he had witnessed. His daily trip includes a trip from Eureka into Peoria for his load, then east to Piper City, north to Cullom, west to Minonk, then south to El Paso and west to Eureka. He estimated that he reached the wreck about ten minutes after it happened.
Junior Ehman
Funeral services for Mr. Ehman will be held in Saints Peter and Paul's church, Chatsworth at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning. Interment will be made in St. Patrick's cemetery.
Alfred Constance Ehman, oldest child of Alfred C. and Loretta (Roan) Ehman was born in Mendota Sept. 18, 1912.
When the family came to Chatsworth from Chenoa in 1925, Junior, as he was generally known, attended St. Patrick's school until he finished the grades. He graduated from the Chatsworth township high school with the class of 1932. He was a valuable member of the athletic squad, being a good basketball and football player and continued an ardent interest in athletics after leaving school.
At an early age he became a co-worker with his father in the implement business and following his father's death in January of last year continued as a valuable asset in the management of the business with his mother and his brother, Stephen Joe.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Modern Woodmen of America. Possessed of a genial personality and a generous disposition, he won and held strong friendships, not only among his younger associates but among his elders in the business and social sphere of the community.
He is survived by his sorrowing mother and the following brothers and sisters: Marguerite, registered nurse, of Chicago; Stephen Joe; his associate in the business firm; Justin, college student and Bernadine, at home.
General grief is felt in the community over the untimely deaths and the families and friends have the sympathy of all who know them.
Similar to Another Accident
The accident that befell the two Chatsworth men Sunday was very similar to that of last February when a car containing five Chatsworth men hit a culvert near Gilman except that there were no fatalities in that crash.
Two Chatsworth Men Are Killed
In Motor Accident
Early Sunday Morning
Raymond Kurtenbach and A.C. Ehman, Jr. Die As Result of Crash.
Raymond Kurtenbach, 26, met almost instant death, and Alfred (Junior) Ehman, 25, died Wednesday forenoon as a result of a motor accident about two miles east of Fairbury Sunday morning about 4 o'clock.
The two young Chatsworth business men were en route home in Mr. Ehman's coupe when the car left the pavement and crashed into a stone abutment of a small culvert.
Just what caused the accident or the exact time it happened will probably never be known as both occupants of the car are dead.
It seems pretty well established that the two had driven to Chenoa for a late lunch after having spent the evening together.
Mrs. Ehman had served a midnight chicken supper in honor of Mr. Kurtenbach and later the boys had gone for a drive.
Sam Steider, Eureka man, who first came to the rescue, says Mr. Kurtenbach was still alive when he found them but he thins was dead when he returned from summoning help. Both were rushed to Fairbury hospital, where Mr. Kurtenbach was pronounced dead and the body taken to a funeral home awaiting the arrival of the coroner.
Mr. Ehman was unconscious when picked up and his condition was considered very grave from the first as he seemed to have lung punctures and a badly crushed foot. He was placed in an oxygen tent and every effort made to save him but pneumonia developed early Wednesday morning and he passed peacefully away at 11:25, conscious most of the time to the end.
The inquest for Mr. Ehman and the conclusion of that for Mr. Kurtenbach will be resumed Friday, presumably in Fairbury.
Car Wedged Over Ledge
The condition of the Plymouth coupe indicates that the front end of the car struck the cement almost exactly in the middle of the bumper. The bumper and radiator were crushed back under the motor the shape of the shape of the stone abutment over which the car stopped. The motor was forced back under the windshield. The shattered windshield and right window ventilator indicates that Raymond's head and possibly right shoulder struck the glass. The seats were torn loose and forced back and the car generally wrecked.
The car was wedged tight over the top of the low cement bridge ledge and did not tip over. Both boys were found slumped down in the seat with Junior's body partially out the open door.
Funeral Services Tuesday
Funeral Services for Mr. Kurtenbach were held Tuesday forenoon at 9:30 o'clock from Saints Peter and Paul church with the Rev. Father Markey officiating. Burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. In conformity with the customer of closing during the funeral of a member of the Community club, most business houses were closed during the hour of the funeral.
Casket bearers at the funeral were Eugene Cline, Francis Kurtenbach, Bud Stone, Clarence Kurtenbach, Leonard Kerber, Claude See, Norman Grimsley and Francis Culkin.
Was Leaving First of Week
The day preceding his death Mr. Kurtenbach visited a number of his business associates and friends and bid them goodbye as he planned to leave Monday or Tuesday for Chicago for a year's course in an embalming school. He was light hearted and enthusiastic over leaving when he visited The Plaindealer office and bid the force goodbye and arranged to have the paper sent to him in the city.
He had been associated for about two years with E.J. Roach in the furniture business and was also an apprentice in the undertaking business.
He took an active part in the civic affairs of the village and was popular with his acquaintances.
A Native of Chatsworth
Raymond was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kurtenbach and was born Nov. 5, 1911 on a farm south of Chatsworth. He graduated from the Chatsworth township high school with the class of 1932 and had lived in this locality all his life. Junior, too, graduated from the high school at the same time and the boys continued their friendship in the years that followed their school days.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Culkin of Streator and Monica, at home.
Mr. Kurtenbach was a member of the Catholic Church and an active worker in church activities. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus lodge and was given and honorary escort at the funeral services.
Inquest Continued
The inquest was opened Sunday at Fairbury by Deputy Coroner Roy Ostrander, Pontiac, but was continued indefinitely because of the inability of Mr. Ehman to testify.
The jury, as impaneled by Acting Coroner Roy J. Ostrander, is as follows: Gene Bedell, foreman; O.B. Baylor, J.P. Somers, Harry Miller, Foster Decker and George Harris.
Found by Paper Man
Sam Steider, of Eureka, found the wreck about 4:10 o'clock. He first released Mr. Ehman's body which was held fast but slumped out of the door. He says Mr. Kurtenbach was still breathing but both he and Mr. Ehman were unconscious. He next summoned help from a nearby farm house and called a doctor and ambulance and police from Fairbury. He waited until a highway patrolman arrived and helped load both the injured into a police car and then came on to Chatsworth.
Mr. Streator for the past 14 years has delivered daily newspapers out of Peoria. His daily trip is every morning and Sunday morning. He also brings the Bloomington Pantagraph from Chenoa daily. He told a Plaindealer reporter that he was quite sure the Ehman car passed him about a mile west of Fairbury and that he did not think it was going more than 50 miles an hour then. He had a heavy load of papers and was traveling about 35 or 40. He made a five minute stop in Fairbury and then came on east. He saw the car and drove past it a short distance to the highway crossing. Wondering if someone might have been injured he stopped and walked back to the car. In the 14 years of his long daily trips this was the first serious accident he had witnessed. His daily trip includes a trip from Eureka into Peoria for his load, then east to Piper City, north to Cullom, west to Minonk, then south to El Paso and west to Eureka. He estimated that he reached the wreck about ten minutes after it happened.
Junior Ehman
Funeral services for Mr. Ehman will be held in Saints Peter and Paul's church, Chatsworth at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning. Interment will be made in St. Patrick's cemetery.
Alfred Constance Ehman, oldest child of Alfred C. and Loretta (Roan) Ehman was born in Mendota Sept. 18, 1912.
When the family came to Chatsworth from Chenoa in 1925, Junior, as he was generally known, attended St. Patrick's school until he finished the grades. He graduated from the Chatsworth township high school with the class of 1932. He was a valuable member of the athletic squad, being a good basketball and football player and continued an ardent interest in athletics after leaving school.
At an early age he became a co-worker with his father in the implement business and following his father's death in January of last year continued as a valuable asset in the management of the business with his mother and his brother, Stephen Joe.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Modern Woodmen of America. Possessed of a genial personality and a generous disposition, he won and held strong friendships, not only among his younger associates but among his elders in the business and social sphere of the community.
He is survived by his sorrowing mother and the following brothers and sisters: Marguerite, registered nurse, of Chicago; Stephen Joe; his associate in the business firm; Justin, college student and Bernadine, at home.
General grief is felt in the community over the untimely deaths and the families and friends have the sympathy of all who know them.
Similar to Another Accident
The accident that befell the two Chatsworth men Sunday was very similar to that of last February when a car containing five Chatsworth men hit a culvert near Gilman except that there were no fatalities in that crash.
(From the Chatsworth Plain Dealer Newspaper found on Genealogy trip June 2004. Microfilm kept at the Corner bank. Jr. died Sept 1, 1937. The accident occurred Sunday, Aug. 29, 1937) Newspaper date Sept. 2, 1937
Two Chatsworth Men Are Killed
In Motor Accident
Early Sunday Morning
Raymond Kurtenbach and A.C. Ehman, Jr. Die As Result of Crash.
Raymond Kurtenbach, 26, met almost instant death, and Alfred (Junior) Ehman, 25, died Wednesday forenoon as a result of a motor accident about two miles east of Fairbury Sunday morning about 4 o'clock.
The two young Chatsworth business men were en route home in Mr. Ehman's coupe when the car left the pavement and crashed into a stone abutment of a small culvert.
Just what caused the accident or the exact time it happened will probably never be known as both occupants of the car are dead.
It seems pretty well established that the two had driven to Chenoa for a late lunch after having spent the evening together.
Mrs. Ehman had served a midnight chicken supper in honor of Mr. Kurtenbach and later the boys had gone for a drive.
Sam Steider, Eureka man, who first came to the rescue, says Mr. Kurtenbach was still alive when he found them but he thins was dead when he returned from summoning help. Both were rushed to Fairbury hospital, where Mr. Kurtenbach was pronounced dead and the body taken to a funeral home awaiting the arrival of the coroner.
Mr. Ehman was unconscious when picked up and his condition was considered very grave from the first as he seemed to have lung punctures and a badly crushed foot. He was placed in an oxygen tent and every effort made to save him but pneumonia developed early Wednesday morning and he passed peacefully away at 11:25, conscious most of the time to the end.
The inquest for Mr. Ehman and the conclusion of that for Mr. Kurtenbach will be resumed Friday, presumably in Fairbury.
Car Wedged Over Ledge
The condition of the Plymouth coupe indicates that the front end of the car struck the cement almost exactly in the middle of the bumper. The bumper and radiator were crushed back under the motor the shape of the shape of the stone abutment over which the car stopped. The motor was forced back under the windshield. The shattered windshield and right window ventilator indicates that Raymond's head and possibly right shoulder struck the glass. The seats were torn loose and forced back and the car generally wrecked.
The car was wedged tight over the top of the low cement bridge ledge and did not tip over. Both boys were found slumped down in the seat with Junior's body partially out the open door.
Funeral Services Tuesday
Funeral Services for Mr. Kurtenbach were held Tuesday forenoon at 9:30 o'clock from Saints Peter and Paul church with the Rev. Father Markey officiating. Burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. In conformity with the customer of closing during the funeral of a member of the Community club, most business houses were closed during the hour of the funeral.
Casket bearers at the funeral were Eugene Cline, Francis Kurtenbach, Bud Stone, Clarence Kurtenbach, Leonard Kerber, Claude See, Norman Grimsley and Francis Culkin.
Was Leaving First of Week
The day preceding his death Mr. Kurtenbach visited a number of his business associates and friends and bid them goodbye as he planned to leave Monday or Tuesday for Chicago for a year's course in an embalming school. He was light hearted and enthusiastic over leaving when he visited The Plaindealer office and bid the force goodbye and arranged to have the paper sent to him in the city.
He had been associated for about two years with E.J. Roach in the furniture business and was also an apprentice in the undertaking business.
He took an active part in the civic affairs of the village and was popular with his acquaintances.
A Native of Chatsworth
Raymond was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kurtenbach and was born Nov. 5, 1911 on a farm south of Chatsworth. He graduated from the Chatsworth township high school with the class of 1932 and had lived in this locality all his life. Junior, too, graduated from the high school at the same time and the boys continued their friendship in the years that followed their school days.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Culkin of Streator and Monica, at home.
Mr. Kurtenbach was a member of the Catholic Church and an active worker in church activities. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus lodge and was given and honorary escort at the funeral services.
Inquest Continued
The inquest was opened Sunday at Fairbury by Deputy Coroner Roy Ostrander, Pontiac, but was continued indefinitely because of the inability of Mr. Ehman to testify.
The jury, as impaneled by Acting Coroner Roy J. Ostrander, is as follows: Gene Bedell, foreman; O.B. Baylor, J.P. Somers, Harry Miller, Foster Decker and George Harris.
Found by Paper Man
Sam Steider, of Eureka, found the wreck about 4:10 o'clock. He first released Mr. Ehman's body which was held fast but slumped out of the door. He says Mr. Kurtenbach was still breathing but both he and Mr. Ehman were unconscious. He next summoned help from a nearby farm house and called a doctor and ambulance and police from Fairbury. He waited until a highway patrolman arrived and helped load both the injured into a police car and then came on to Chatsworth.
Mr. Streator for the past 14 years has delivered daily newspapers out of Peoria. His daily trip is every morning and Sunday morning. He also brings the Bloomington Pantagraph from Chenoa daily. He told a Plaindealer reporter that he was quite sure the Ehman car passed him about a mile west of Fairbury and that he did not think it was going more than 50 miles an hour then. He had a heavy load of papers and was traveling about 35 or 40. He made a five minute stop in Fairbury and then came on east. He saw the car and drove past it a short distance to the highway crossing. Wondering if someone might have been injured he stopped and walked back to the car. In the 14 years of his long daily trips this was the first serious accident he had witnessed. His daily trip includes a trip from Eureka into Peoria for his load, then east to Piper City, north to Cullom, west to Minonk, then south to El Paso and west to Eureka. He estimated that he reached the wreck about ten minutes after it happened.
Junior Ehman
Funeral services for Mr. Ehman will be held in Saints Peter and Paul's church, Chatsworth at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning. Interment will be made in St. Patrick's cemetery.
Alfred Constance Ehman, oldest child of Alfred C. and Loretta (Roan) Ehman was born in Mendota Sept. 18, 1912.
When the family came to Chatsworth from Chenoa in 1925, Junior, as he was generally known, attended St. Patrick's school until he finished the grades. He graduated from the Chatsworth township high school with the class of 1932. He was a valuable member of the athletic squad, being a good basketball and football player and continued an ardent interest in athletics after leaving school.
At an early age he became a co-worker with his father in the implement business and following his father's death in January of last year continued as a valuable asset in the management of the business with his mother and his brother, Stephen Joe.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Modern Woodmen of America. Possessed of a genial personality and a generous disposition, he won and held strong friendships, not only among his younger associates but among his elders in the business and social sphere of the community.
He is survived by his sorrowing mother and the following brothers and sisters: Marguerite, registered nurse, of Chicago; Stephen Joe; his associate in the business firm; Justin, college student and Bernadine, at home.
General grief is felt in the community over the untimely deaths and the families and friends have the sympathy of all who know them.
Similar to Another Accident
The accident that befell the two Chatsworth men Sunday was very similar to that of last February when a car containing five Chatsworth men hit a culvert near Gilman except that there were no fatalities in that crash.
Two Chatsworth Men Are Killed
In Motor Accident
Early Sunday Morning
Raymond Kurtenbach and A.C. Ehman, Jr. Die As Result of Crash.
Raymond Kurtenbach, 26, met almost instant death, and Alfred (Junior) Ehman, 25, died Wednesday forenoon as a result of a motor accident about two miles east of Fairbury Sunday morning about 4 o'clock.
The two young Chatsworth business men were en route home in Mr. Ehman's coupe when the car left the pavement and crashed into a stone abutment of a small culvert.
Just what caused the accident or the exact time it happened will probably never be known as both occupants of the car are dead.
It seems pretty well established that the two had driven to Chenoa for a late lunch after having spent the evening together.
Mrs. Ehman had served a midnight chicken supper in honor of Mr. Kurtenbach and later the boys had gone for a drive.
Sam Steider, Eureka man, who first came to the rescue, says Mr. Kurtenbach was still alive when he found them but he thins was dead when he returned from summoning help. Both were rushed to Fairbury hospital, where Mr. Kurtenbach was pronounced dead and the body taken to a funeral home awaiting the arrival of the coroner.
Mr. Ehman was unconscious when picked up and his condition was considered very grave from the first as he seemed to have lung punctures and a badly crushed foot. He was placed in an oxygen tent and every effort made to save him but pneumonia developed early Wednesday morning and he passed peacefully away at 11:25, conscious most of the time to the end.
The inquest for Mr. Ehman and the conclusion of that for Mr. Kurtenbach will be resumed Friday, presumably in Fairbury.
Car Wedged Over Ledge
The condition of the Plymouth coupe indicates that the front end of the car struck the cement almost exactly in the middle of the bumper. The bumper and radiator were crushed back under the motor the shape of the shape of the stone abutment over which the car stopped. The motor was forced back under the windshield. The shattered windshield and right window ventilator indicates that Raymond's head and possibly right shoulder struck the glass. The seats were torn loose and forced back and the car generally wrecked.
The car was wedged tight over the top of the low cement bridge ledge and did not tip over. Both boys were found slumped down in the seat with Junior's body partially out the open door.
Funeral Services Tuesday
Funeral Services for Mr. Kurtenbach were held Tuesday forenoon at 9:30 o'clock from Saints Peter and Paul church with the Rev. Father Markey officiating. Burial was in St. Patrick's cemetery. In conformity with the customer of closing during the funeral of a member of the Community club, most business houses were closed during the hour of the funeral.
Casket bearers at the funeral were Eugene Cline, Francis Kurtenbach, Bud Stone, Clarence Kurtenbach, Leonard Kerber, Claude See, Norman Grimsley and Francis Culkin.
Was Leaving First of Week
The day preceding his death Mr. Kurtenbach visited a number of his business associates and friends and bid them goodbye as he planned to leave Monday or Tuesday for Chicago for a year's course in an embalming school. He was light hearted and enthusiastic over leaving when he visited The Plaindealer office and bid the force goodbye and arranged to have the paper sent to him in the city.
He had been associated for about two years with E.J. Roach in the furniture business and was also an apprentice in the undertaking business.
He took an active part in the civic affairs of the village and was popular with his acquaintances.
A Native of Chatsworth
Raymond was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kurtenbach and was born Nov. 5, 1911 on a farm south of Chatsworth. He graduated from the Chatsworth township high school with the class of 1932 and had lived in this locality all his life. Junior, too, graduated from the high school at the same time and the boys continued their friendship in the years that followed their school days.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Culkin of Streator and Monica, at home.
Mr. Kurtenbach was a member of the Catholic Church and an active worker in church activities. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus lodge and was given and honorary escort at the funeral services.
Inquest Continued
The inquest was opened Sunday at Fairbury by Deputy Coroner Roy Ostrander, Pontiac, but was continued indefinitely because of the inability of Mr. Ehman to testify.
The jury, as impaneled by Acting Coroner Roy J. Ostrander, is as follows: Gene Bedell, foreman; O.B. Baylor, J.P. Somers, Harry Miller, Foster Decker and George Harris.
Found by Paper Man
Sam Steider, of Eureka, found the wreck about 4:10 o'clock. He first released Mr. Ehman's body which was held fast but slumped out of the door. He says Mr. Kurtenbach was still breathing but both he and Mr. Ehman were unconscious. He next summoned help from a nearby farm house and called a doctor and ambulance and police from Fairbury. He waited until a highway patrolman arrived and helped load both the injured into a police car and then came on to Chatsworth.
Mr. Streator for the past 14 years has delivered daily newspapers out of Peoria. His daily trip is every morning and Sunday morning. He also brings the Bloomington Pantagraph from Chenoa daily. He told a Plaindealer reporter that he was quite sure the Ehman car passed him about a mile west of Fairbury and that he did not think it was going more than 50 miles an hour then. He had a heavy load of papers and was traveling about 35 or 40. He made a five minute stop in Fairbury and then came on east. He saw the car and drove past it a short distance to the highway crossing. Wondering if someone might have been injured he stopped and walked back to the car. In the 14 years of his long daily trips this was the first serious accident he had witnessed. His daily trip includes a trip from Eureka into Peoria for his load, then east to Piper City, north to Cullom, west to Minonk, then south to El Paso and west to Eureka. He estimated that he reached the wreck about ten minutes after it happened.
Junior Ehman
Funeral services for Mr. Ehman will be held in Saints Peter and Paul's church, Chatsworth at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning. Interment will be made in St. Patrick's cemetery.
Alfred Constance Ehman, oldest child of Alfred C. and Loretta (Roan) Ehman was born in Mendota Sept. 18, 1912.
When the family came to Chatsworth from Chenoa in 1925, Junior, as he was generally known, attended St. Patrick's school until he finished the grades. He graduated from the Chatsworth township high school with the class of 1932. He was a valuable member of the athletic squad, being a good basketball and football player and continued an ardent interest in athletics after leaving school.
At an early age he became a co-worker with his father in the implement business and following his father's death in January of last year continued as a valuable asset in the management of the business with his mother and his brother, Stephen Joe.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Modern Woodmen of America. Possessed of a genial personality and a generous disposition, he won and held strong friendships, not only among his younger associates but among his elders in the business and social sphere of the community.
He is survived by his sorrowing mother and the following brothers and sisters: Marguerite, registered nurse, of Chicago; Stephen Joe; his associate in the business firm; Justin, college student and Bernadine, at home.
General grief is felt in the community over the untimely deaths and the families and friends have the sympathy of all who know them.
Similar to Another Accident
The accident that befell the two Chatsworth men Sunday was very similar to that of last February when a car containing five Chatsworth men hit a culvert near Gilman except that there were no fatalities in that crash.
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