CAR STRIKES SLED, KILLING NEKOOSA BOY, 8
COMPANION, 10,
BADLY INJURED;
DRIVER CLEARED
Eight-year-old Franklin
Kaja was instantly killed and
his companion, Lawrence Hoff-
man, 10, was seriously injured
when they were struck almost
head-on by an automobile
while sliding with their sled
on a snow-covered Nekoosa
street shortly after 7 o'clock
Thursday night....
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; February 4, 1938
The accident occurred on Vilas Avenue at Fifth Street.
1930 Census:
Home in 1930: Nekoosa, Wood, Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Frank Kaja 52 Head
Minnie Kaja 25 Wife
Margaret Kaja 3 Daughter
Franklin Kaja 1 Son
Anna Kaja 78 Mother
COMPANION, 10,
BADLY INJURED;
DRIVER CLEARED
Eight-year-old Franklin
Kaja was instantly killed and
his companion, Lawrence Hoff-
man, 10, was seriously injured
when they were struck almost
head-on by an automobile
while sliding with their sled
on a snow-covered Nekoosa
street shortly after 7 o'clock
Thursday night....
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; February 4, 1938
The accident occurred on Vilas Avenue at Fifth Street.
1930 Census:
Home in 1930: Nekoosa, Wood, Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Frank Kaja 52 Head
Minnie Kaja 25 Wife
Margaret Kaja 3 Daughter
Franklin Kaja 1 Son
Anna Kaja 78 Mother
CAR STRIKES SLED, KILLING NEKOOSA BOY, 8
COMPANION, 10,
BADLY INJURED;
DRIVER CLEARED
Eight-year-old Franklin
Kaja was instantly killed and
his companion, Lawrence Hoff-
man, 10, was seriously injured
when they were struck almost
head-on by an automobile
while sliding with their sled
on a snow-covered Nekoosa
street shortly after 7 o'clock
Thursday night....
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; February 4, 1938
The accident occurred on Vilas Avenue at Fifth Street.
1930 Census:
Home in 1930: Nekoosa, Wood, Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Frank Kaja 52 Head
Minnie Kaja 25 Wife
Margaret Kaja 3 Daughter
Franklin Kaja 1 Son
Anna Kaja 78 Mother
COMPANION, 10,
BADLY INJURED;
DRIVER CLEARED
Eight-year-old Franklin
Kaja was instantly killed and
his companion, Lawrence Hoff-
man, 10, was seriously injured
when they were struck almost
head-on by an automobile
while sliding with their sled
on a snow-covered Nekoosa
street shortly after 7 o'clock
Thursday night....
--excerpt from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune; February 4, 1938
The accident occurred on Vilas Avenue at Fifth Street.
1930 Census:
Home in 1930: Nekoosa, Wood, Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Frank Kaja 52 Head
Minnie Kaja 25 Wife
Margaret Kaja 3 Daughter
Franklin Kaja 1 Son
Anna Kaja 78 Mother
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Southwest area of cemetery.
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