Ida Mae Windholz, 75, Ogallah, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005, east of Ogallah. She was born June 2, 1930, in Trego County to Ignatz and Elizabeth (Weber) Flax.
She married Linus J. Windholz on Feb. 5, 1951, in Ellis. He died June 21, 1965.
She graduated from Ellis High School in 1948. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Daughters of Isabella, both in Ellis, and Ogallah Friendly Dozen.
Survivors include three sons, Arthur Windholz and Lester Windholz, both of Ogallah, and Kenneth Windholz, Hill City; four sisters, Anna Geist, WaKeeney, and Regina Schuster, Mary Schuster and Bertha Riedel, all of Ellis; and eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Glen Windholz, a daughter, Sharon Rose Windholz, an infant brother, and two sisters, Rose Berens and Catherine Dinkel.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Ellis; burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church with a rosary at 7 pm. Wasinger Funeral Chapel, Ellis, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials are suggested to the church or St. Mary Cemetery.
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2005
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Ogallah -- An Ogallah woman was killed and her grandson injured in a midday Wednesday accident at a railroad crossing a mile east of Ogallah.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 1991 pickup driven by Tyler Windholz, 12, Ogallah was crossing the track when it was struck by a railroad vehicle operated by Kevin A. Gosser, 37, WaKeeney. The collision overturned the pickup and knocked it into the south ditch.
Ida M. Windholz, 75, Ogallah, a passenger in the pickup, died at the scene. Tyler Windholz was taken by ambulance to Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. His uncle, Arthur Windholz, Ogallah, said Tyler was still at the hospital this morning but his injuries are not considered life-threatening and he expected Tyler to be released soon. The Highway Patrol reported that Gosser was not injured in the accident. Gosser was the only one of the three wearing a seat belt, the report stated.
Arthur Windholz said he'd passed the pickup minutes before the accident and noticed his mother and nephew headed to meet up with Tyler's father, Lester Windholz, for lunch. The railroad vehicle has an attachment similar to a snow blade on the front end, Arthur Windholz said. "It's got that blade on the front. That hit the bed. It picked that truck up and just rolled it, " Arthur Windholz said.
Mark Davis, spokesman for the Union Pacific Railroad, said the railroad vehicle involved in the accident is commonly called a track tamper. "It's track maintenance equipment. It lifts the rails and vibrates the rails to lock the rock around the railroad ties, " Davis said. Track tampers move "pretty slowly, " Davis said. The tamper was working in the Ogallah area but at the time of the accident it was moving from one location to another, Davis said. Davis said the Union Pacific Railroad will offer counseling to Gosser. "Any time you have something like this, it is very traumatic for the employee. We do offer peer counseling to the employee to help them recover from a tragic accident like this, " Davis said.
Arthur Windholz said this is the third accident to claim lives of immediate family members. His father, Linus J. Windholz, and sister, Sharon Rose Windholz, were killed in a car wreck in 1965. In 1977, his brother, Glen Windholz, at that time a mechanics student, was killed when he was pinned under a car that fell after being raised on a jack.
Arthur Windholz said his mother was a homemaker and was active in her church, St. Mary Catholic Church at Ellis. She was a member of the Daughters of Isabella and served as a Eucharistic minister for the parish. Besides an interest in the family farm, Ida Windholz was an active gardener, Arthur Windholz said.
Besides Arthur and Lester Windholz, both of Ogallah, a third son, Kenneth Windholz, Hill City, and eight grandchildren survive Ida Windholz.
Ida Windholz's funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. Her obituary appears on page A6.
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2005, reporter Phyllis Zorn
She married Linus J. Windholz on Feb. 5, 1951, in Ellis. He died June 21, 1965.
She graduated from Ellis High School in 1948. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Daughters of Isabella, both in Ellis, and Ogallah Friendly Dozen.
Survivors include three sons, Arthur Windholz and Lester Windholz, both of Ogallah, and Kenneth Windholz, Hill City; four sisters, Anna Geist, WaKeeney, and Regina Schuster, Mary Schuster and Bertha Riedel, all of Ellis; and eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Glen Windholz, a daughter, Sharon Rose Windholz, an infant brother, and two sisters, Rose Berens and Catherine Dinkel.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Ellis; burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church with a rosary at 7 pm. Wasinger Funeral Chapel, Ellis, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials are suggested to the church or St. Mary Cemetery.
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2005
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Ogallah -- An Ogallah woman was killed and her grandson injured in a midday Wednesday accident at a railroad crossing a mile east of Ogallah.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 1991 pickup driven by Tyler Windholz, 12, Ogallah was crossing the track when it was struck by a railroad vehicle operated by Kevin A. Gosser, 37, WaKeeney. The collision overturned the pickup and knocked it into the south ditch.
Ida M. Windholz, 75, Ogallah, a passenger in the pickup, died at the scene. Tyler Windholz was taken by ambulance to Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. His uncle, Arthur Windholz, Ogallah, said Tyler was still at the hospital this morning but his injuries are not considered life-threatening and he expected Tyler to be released soon. The Highway Patrol reported that Gosser was not injured in the accident. Gosser was the only one of the three wearing a seat belt, the report stated.
Arthur Windholz said he'd passed the pickup minutes before the accident and noticed his mother and nephew headed to meet up with Tyler's father, Lester Windholz, for lunch. The railroad vehicle has an attachment similar to a snow blade on the front end, Arthur Windholz said. "It's got that blade on the front. That hit the bed. It picked that truck up and just rolled it, " Arthur Windholz said.
Mark Davis, spokesman for the Union Pacific Railroad, said the railroad vehicle involved in the accident is commonly called a track tamper. "It's track maintenance equipment. It lifts the rails and vibrates the rails to lock the rock around the railroad ties, " Davis said. Track tampers move "pretty slowly, " Davis said. The tamper was working in the Ogallah area but at the time of the accident it was moving from one location to another, Davis said. Davis said the Union Pacific Railroad will offer counseling to Gosser. "Any time you have something like this, it is very traumatic for the employee. We do offer peer counseling to the employee to help them recover from a tragic accident like this, " Davis said.
Arthur Windholz said this is the third accident to claim lives of immediate family members. His father, Linus J. Windholz, and sister, Sharon Rose Windholz, were killed in a car wreck in 1965. In 1977, his brother, Glen Windholz, at that time a mechanics student, was killed when he was pinned under a car that fell after being raised on a jack.
Arthur Windholz said his mother was a homemaker and was active in her church, St. Mary Catholic Church at Ellis. She was a member of the Daughters of Isabella and served as a Eucharistic minister for the parish. Besides an interest in the family farm, Ida Windholz was an active gardener, Arthur Windholz said.
Besides Arthur and Lester Windholz, both of Ogallah, a third son, Kenneth Windholz, Hill City, and eight grandchildren survive Ida Windholz.
Ida Windholz's funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. Her obituary appears on page A6.
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2005, reporter Phyllis Zorn
Ida Mae Windholz, 75, Ogallah, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005, east of Ogallah. She was born June 2, 1930, in Trego County to Ignatz and Elizabeth (Weber) Flax.
She married Linus J. Windholz on Feb. 5, 1951, in Ellis. He died June 21, 1965.
She graduated from Ellis High School in 1948. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Daughters of Isabella, both in Ellis, and Ogallah Friendly Dozen.
Survivors include three sons, Arthur Windholz and Lester Windholz, both of Ogallah, and Kenneth Windholz, Hill City; four sisters, Anna Geist, WaKeeney, and Regina Schuster, Mary Schuster and Bertha Riedel, all of Ellis; and eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Glen Windholz, a daughter, Sharon Rose Windholz, an infant brother, and two sisters, Rose Berens and Catherine Dinkel.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Ellis; burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church with a rosary at 7 pm. Wasinger Funeral Chapel, Ellis, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials are suggested to the church or St. Mary Cemetery.
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2005
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Ogallah -- An Ogallah woman was killed and her grandson injured in a midday Wednesday accident at a railroad crossing a mile east of Ogallah.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 1991 pickup driven by Tyler Windholz, 12, Ogallah was crossing the track when it was struck by a railroad vehicle operated by Kevin A. Gosser, 37, WaKeeney. The collision overturned the pickup and knocked it into the south ditch.
Ida M. Windholz, 75, Ogallah, a passenger in the pickup, died at the scene. Tyler Windholz was taken by ambulance to Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. His uncle, Arthur Windholz, Ogallah, said Tyler was still at the hospital this morning but his injuries are not considered life-threatening and he expected Tyler to be released soon. The Highway Patrol reported that Gosser was not injured in the accident. Gosser was the only one of the three wearing a seat belt, the report stated.
Arthur Windholz said he'd passed the pickup minutes before the accident and noticed his mother and nephew headed to meet up with Tyler's father, Lester Windholz, for lunch. The railroad vehicle has an attachment similar to a snow blade on the front end, Arthur Windholz said. "It's got that blade on the front. That hit the bed. It picked that truck up and just rolled it, " Arthur Windholz said.
Mark Davis, spokesman for the Union Pacific Railroad, said the railroad vehicle involved in the accident is commonly called a track tamper. "It's track maintenance equipment. It lifts the rails and vibrates the rails to lock the rock around the railroad ties, " Davis said. Track tampers move "pretty slowly, " Davis said. The tamper was working in the Ogallah area but at the time of the accident it was moving from one location to another, Davis said. Davis said the Union Pacific Railroad will offer counseling to Gosser. "Any time you have something like this, it is very traumatic for the employee. We do offer peer counseling to the employee to help them recover from a tragic accident like this, " Davis said.
Arthur Windholz said this is the third accident to claim lives of immediate family members. His father, Linus J. Windholz, and sister, Sharon Rose Windholz, were killed in a car wreck in 1965. In 1977, his brother, Glen Windholz, at that time a mechanics student, was killed when he was pinned under a car that fell after being raised on a jack.
Arthur Windholz said his mother was a homemaker and was active in her church, St. Mary Catholic Church at Ellis. She was a member of the Daughters of Isabella and served as a Eucharistic minister for the parish. Besides an interest in the family farm, Ida Windholz was an active gardener, Arthur Windholz said.
Besides Arthur and Lester Windholz, both of Ogallah, a third son, Kenneth Windholz, Hill City, and eight grandchildren survive Ida Windholz.
Ida Windholz's funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. Her obituary appears on page A6.
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2005, reporter Phyllis Zorn
She married Linus J. Windholz on Feb. 5, 1951, in Ellis. He died June 21, 1965.
She graduated from Ellis High School in 1948. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church and Daughters of Isabella, both in Ellis, and Ogallah Friendly Dozen.
Survivors include three sons, Arthur Windholz and Lester Windholz, both of Ogallah, and Kenneth Windholz, Hill City; four sisters, Anna Geist, WaKeeney, and Regina Schuster, Mary Schuster and Bertha Riedel, all of Ellis; and eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Glen Windholz, a daughter, Sharon Rose Windholz, an infant brother, and two sisters, Rose Berens and Catherine Dinkel.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Ellis; burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church with a rosary at 7 pm. Wasinger Funeral Chapel, Ellis, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials are suggested to the church or St. Mary Cemetery.
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2005
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Ogallah -- An Ogallah woman was killed and her grandson injured in a midday Wednesday accident at a railroad crossing a mile east of Ogallah.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 1991 pickup driven by Tyler Windholz, 12, Ogallah was crossing the track when it was struck by a railroad vehicle operated by Kevin A. Gosser, 37, WaKeeney. The collision overturned the pickup and knocked it into the south ditch.
Ida M. Windholz, 75, Ogallah, a passenger in the pickup, died at the scene. Tyler Windholz was taken by ambulance to Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney. His uncle, Arthur Windholz, Ogallah, said Tyler was still at the hospital this morning but his injuries are not considered life-threatening and he expected Tyler to be released soon. The Highway Patrol reported that Gosser was not injured in the accident. Gosser was the only one of the three wearing a seat belt, the report stated.
Arthur Windholz said he'd passed the pickup minutes before the accident and noticed his mother and nephew headed to meet up with Tyler's father, Lester Windholz, for lunch. The railroad vehicle has an attachment similar to a snow blade on the front end, Arthur Windholz said. "It's got that blade on the front. That hit the bed. It picked that truck up and just rolled it, " Arthur Windholz said.
Mark Davis, spokesman for the Union Pacific Railroad, said the railroad vehicle involved in the accident is commonly called a track tamper. "It's track maintenance equipment. It lifts the rails and vibrates the rails to lock the rock around the railroad ties, " Davis said. Track tampers move "pretty slowly, " Davis said. The tamper was working in the Ogallah area but at the time of the accident it was moving from one location to another, Davis said. Davis said the Union Pacific Railroad will offer counseling to Gosser. "Any time you have something like this, it is very traumatic for the employee. We do offer peer counseling to the employee to help them recover from a tragic accident like this, " Davis said.
Arthur Windholz said this is the third accident to claim lives of immediate family members. His father, Linus J. Windholz, and sister, Sharon Rose Windholz, were killed in a car wreck in 1965. In 1977, his brother, Glen Windholz, at that time a mechanics student, was killed when he was pinned under a car that fell after being raised on a jack.
Arthur Windholz said his mother was a homemaker and was active in her church, St. Mary Catholic Church at Ellis. She was a member of the Daughters of Isabella and served as a Eucharistic minister for the parish. Besides an interest in the family farm, Ida Windholz was an active gardener, Arthur Windholz said.
Besides Arthur and Lester Windholz, both of Ogallah, a third son, Kenneth Windholz, Hill City, and eight grandchildren survive Ida Windholz.
Ida Windholz's funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday. Her obituary appears on page A6.
Hays Daily News, 7/14/2005, reporter Phyllis Zorn
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