ALOYSIUS J. KORNELY
(1910 - 1950)
Kornely Found Dead on Tracks Near Maribel
Believe Veteran Met Death as Streamliner Sped to Green Bay
Although it is assumed that he was struck by a North Western road "400" train, the exact manner in which Aloysius Kornely met death before his body was found beside the tracks near Maribel late Tuesday afternoon has not been determined.
The 40 year old Manitowoc bachelor who doubled as a painter and bartender and had been working in Algoma, was last seen alive at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. He had visited the Maribel tavern owned by a cousin, Ralph Kornely, and left at that time.
Kornely's body was spotted by a Northwestern road fireman, H. A. Vetting of Manitowoc. Vetting was firing on the steam-driven passenger train due in to Manitowoc at 4:50 p.m. When first seen, the fireman thought the body was a newspaper but closer observation showed it to be a man.
Because of the high speed of the train, Engineer E.F. Kirschner of Manitowoc decided to notify authorities in Francis Creek. Gardy Hessel of Francis Creek, a cousin of the victim, was told of the man seen lying along the tracks.
Hessel called Coroner Theodore Teitgen, attending a bowling banquet in Francis Creek, who in turn notified the sheriff's office. County officer William Falvey responded to the call while officer Edward McConnell checked at the depot.
Head Almost Severed
It took a half hour search on the part of the coroner, Falvey and Hessel before the body was found. The head was nearly decapitated. The location was approximately two miles southeast of Maribel. It was a fourth mile north of a town road crossing. The body of the victim was lying several feet from the track on the east side.
It is believed that Kornely was struck by the northbound "400" which leaves Manitowoc at 2:30 p.m. although none of the train's crew said they saw the man walking on the tracks. A check of the train in Milwaukee later in the evening failed to show any signs that a man had been struck.
Vetting and Kirschner, fireman and engineer on the southbound passenger train who later spotted the body, were also at their respective positions on the afternoon "400." They left the "400" at Green Bay and boarded the southbound train to take it into Manitowoc.
Identification of the body was made through a wallet found in a pocket. It contained no money although a Manitowoc savings bank showed that the victim had deposited $8,810.75 in the bank on March 22. It was his share in the settlement of his father's estate.
Action Reconstructed
The exact manner in which the World War II veteran met death may never be known, Coroner Teitgen said, who has theorized the death as follows:
Kornely, who was usually employed as a painter in Manitowoc during the summer months, was recently employed as a bartender in the Clarence Wuellner
tavern in Algoma. Monday night, he visited a brother, Charles, in Mishicot. He came to Maribel Tuesday morning to visit his cousin, Ralph. At 1:30 p.m. he left, telling Ralph he was going back to Algoma. After he left the tavern, he apparently changed his mind and decided to go to Francis Creek to visit Hessel.
The tracks might have been taken for a short cut to reach the Melnik overhead on highway 141. The man had no car and possibly thought he could get a ride on the highway. As he reached the spot where the fatality occurred, the "400" came along.
Kornely was standing on a railroad embankment where, if he stepped back, he would land in water 12 feet below. He stood on the side of the track and as the train went by, it "sucked" him into its side.
Funeral services will be 9 a.m.
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Friday at the Pfeffer funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic church, Father E. A. Radey officiating. Burial will be in St. Ann cemetery in Francis Creek.
He was born in 1910 in Kossuth. Before entering military service in World War II he was on the homestead farm and associated with the Kornely dairy. After his discharge he took over the Charles Kornely insurance agency. He had an outstanding combat record in the recent war. He was holder of a Purple heart and silver star which he received while serving with the 18th and tank infantry of the first army in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and the Normandy Invasion.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James Murphy of Los Angeles and Mrs. William J. Rank of Manitowoc, and five brothers, Earl of route 2, Two Rivers, Clarence of route 5, Manitowoc, Charles of Mishicot, Paul of route 2, Two Rivers, and Gerald of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 p.m. Thursday until time of services. The casket will be closed. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, April 19, 1950, p. 1-2
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(1910 - 1950)
Kornely Found Dead on Tracks Near Maribel
Believe Veteran Met Death as Streamliner Sped to Green Bay
Although it is assumed that he was struck by a North Western road "400" train, the exact manner in which Aloysius Kornely met death before his body was found beside the tracks near Maribel late Tuesday afternoon has not been determined.
The 40 year old Manitowoc bachelor who doubled as a painter and bartender and had been working in Algoma, was last seen alive at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. He had visited the Maribel tavern owned by a cousin, Ralph Kornely, and left at that time.
Kornely's body was spotted by a Northwestern road fireman, H. A. Vetting of Manitowoc. Vetting was firing on the steam-driven passenger train due in to Manitowoc at 4:50 p.m. When first seen, the fireman thought the body was a newspaper but closer observation showed it to be a man.
Because of the high speed of the train, Engineer E.F. Kirschner of Manitowoc decided to notify authorities in Francis Creek. Gardy Hessel of Francis Creek, a cousin of the victim, was told of the man seen lying along the tracks.
Hessel called Coroner Theodore Teitgen, attending a bowling banquet in Francis Creek, who in turn notified the sheriff's office. County officer William Falvey responded to the call while officer Edward McConnell checked at the depot.
Head Almost Severed
It took a half hour search on the part of the coroner, Falvey and Hessel before the body was found. The head was nearly decapitated. The location was approximately two miles southeast of Maribel. It was a fourth mile north of a town road crossing. The body of the victim was lying several feet from the track on the east side.
It is believed that Kornely was struck by the northbound "400" which leaves Manitowoc at 2:30 p.m. although none of the train's crew said they saw the man walking on the tracks. A check of the train in Milwaukee later in the evening failed to show any signs that a man had been struck.
Vetting and Kirschner, fireman and engineer on the southbound passenger train who later spotted the body, were also at their respective positions on the afternoon "400." They left the "400" at Green Bay and boarded the southbound train to take it into Manitowoc.
Identification of the body was made through a wallet found in a pocket. It contained no money although a Manitowoc savings bank showed that the victim had deposited $8,810.75 in the bank on March 22. It was his share in the settlement of his father's estate.
Action Reconstructed
The exact manner in which the World War II veteran met death may never be known, Coroner Teitgen said, who has theorized the death as follows:
Kornely, who was usually employed as a painter in Manitowoc during the summer months, was recently employed as a bartender in the Clarence Wuellner
tavern in Algoma. Monday night, he visited a brother, Charles, in Mishicot. He came to Maribel Tuesday morning to visit his cousin, Ralph. At 1:30 p.m. he left, telling Ralph he was going back to Algoma. After he left the tavern, he apparently changed his mind and decided to go to Francis Creek to visit Hessel.
The tracks might have been taken for a short cut to reach the Melnik overhead on highway 141. The man had no car and possibly thought he could get a ride on the highway. As he reached the spot where the fatality occurred, the "400" came along.
Kornely was standing on a railroad embankment where, if he stepped back, he would land in water 12 feet below. He stood on the side of the track and as the train went by, it "sucked" him into its side.
Funeral services will be 9 a.m.
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Friday at the Pfeffer funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic church, Father E. A. Radey officiating. Burial will be in St. Ann cemetery in Francis Creek.
He was born in 1910 in Kossuth. Before entering military service in World War II he was on the homestead farm and associated with the Kornely dairy. After his discharge he took over the Charles Kornely insurance agency. He had an outstanding combat record in the recent war. He was holder of a Purple heart and silver star which he received while serving with the 18th and tank infantry of the first army in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and the Normandy Invasion.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James Murphy of Los Angeles and Mrs. William J. Rank of Manitowoc, and five brothers, Earl of route 2, Two Rivers, Clarence of route 5, Manitowoc, Charles of Mishicot, Paul of route 2, Two Rivers, and Gerald of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 p.m. Thursday until time of services. The casket will be closed. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, April 19, 1950, p. 1-2
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ALOYSIUS J. KORNELY
(1910 - 1950)
Kornely Found Dead on Tracks Near Maribel
Believe Veteran Met Death as Streamliner Sped to Green Bay
Although it is assumed that he was struck by a North Western road "400" train, the exact manner in which Aloysius Kornely met death before his body was found beside the tracks near Maribel late Tuesday afternoon has not been determined.
The 40 year old Manitowoc bachelor who doubled as a painter and bartender and had been working in Algoma, was last seen alive at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. He had visited the Maribel tavern owned by a cousin, Ralph Kornely, and left at that time.
Kornely's body was spotted by a Northwestern road fireman, H. A. Vetting of Manitowoc. Vetting was firing on the steam-driven passenger train due in to Manitowoc at 4:50 p.m. When first seen, the fireman thought the body was a newspaper but closer observation showed it to be a man.
Because of the high speed of the train, Engineer E.F. Kirschner of Manitowoc decided to notify authorities in Francis Creek. Gardy Hessel of Francis Creek, a cousin of the victim, was told of the man seen lying along the tracks.
Hessel called Coroner Theodore Teitgen, attending a bowling banquet in Francis Creek, who in turn notified the sheriff's office. County officer William Falvey responded to the call while officer Edward McConnell checked at the depot.
Head Almost Severed
It took a half hour search on the part of the coroner, Falvey and Hessel before the body was found. The head was nearly decapitated. The location was approximately two miles southeast of Maribel. It was a fourth mile north of a town road crossing. The body of the victim was lying several feet from the track on the east side.
It is believed that Kornely was struck by the northbound "400" which leaves Manitowoc at 2:30 p.m. although none of the train's crew said they saw the man walking on the tracks. A check of the train in Milwaukee later in the evening failed to show any signs that a man had been struck.
Vetting and Kirschner, fireman and engineer on the southbound passenger train who later spotted the body, were also at their respective positions on the afternoon "400." They left the "400" at Green Bay and boarded the southbound train to take it into Manitowoc.
Identification of the body was made through a wallet found in a pocket. It contained no money although a Manitowoc savings bank showed that the victim had deposited $8,810.75 in the bank on March 22. It was his share in the settlement of his father's estate.
Action Reconstructed
The exact manner in which the World War II veteran met death may never be known, Coroner Teitgen said, who has theorized the death as follows:
Kornely, who was usually employed as a painter in Manitowoc during the summer months, was recently employed as a bartender in the Clarence Wuellner
tavern in Algoma. Monday night, he visited a brother, Charles, in Mishicot. He came to Maribel Tuesday morning to visit his cousin, Ralph. At 1:30 p.m. he left, telling Ralph he was going back to Algoma. After he left the tavern, he apparently changed his mind and decided to go to Francis Creek to visit Hessel.
The tracks might have been taken for a short cut to reach the Melnik overhead on highway 141. The man had no car and possibly thought he could get a ride on the highway. As he reached the spot where the fatality occurred, the "400" came along.
Kornely was standing on a railroad embankment where, if he stepped back, he would land in water 12 feet below. He stood on the side of the track and as the train went by, it "sucked" him into its side.
Funeral services will be 9 a.m.
(Page 2, continued from Page 1)
Friday at the Pfeffer funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic church, Father E. A. Radey officiating. Burial will be in St. Ann cemetery in Francis Creek.
He was born in 1910 in Kossuth. Before entering military service in World War II he was on the homestead farm and associated with the Kornely dairy. After his discharge he took over the Charles Kornely insurance agency. He had an outstanding combat record in the recent war. He was holder of a Purple heart and silver star which he received while serving with the 18th and tank infantry of the first army in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and the Normandy Invasion.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James Murphy of Los Angeles and Mrs. William J. Rank of Manitowoc, and five brothers, Earl of route 2, Two Rivers, Clarence of route 5, Manitowoc, Charles of Mishicot, Paul of route 2, Two Rivers, and Gerald of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 p.m. Thursday until time of services. The casket will be closed. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, April 19, 1950, p. 1-2
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(1910 - 1950)
Kornely Found Dead on Tracks Near Maribel
Believe Veteran Met Death as Streamliner Sped to Green Bay
Although it is assumed that he was struck by a North Western road "400" train, the exact manner in which Aloysius Kornely met death before his body was found beside the tracks near Maribel late Tuesday afternoon has not been determined.
The 40 year old Manitowoc bachelor who doubled as a painter and bartender and had been working in Algoma, was last seen alive at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. He had visited the Maribel tavern owned by a cousin, Ralph Kornely, and left at that time.
Kornely's body was spotted by a Northwestern road fireman, H. A. Vetting of Manitowoc. Vetting was firing on the steam-driven passenger train due in to Manitowoc at 4:50 p.m. When first seen, the fireman thought the body was a newspaper but closer observation showed it to be a man.
Because of the high speed of the train, Engineer E.F. Kirschner of Manitowoc decided to notify authorities in Francis Creek. Gardy Hessel of Francis Creek, a cousin of the victim, was told of the man seen lying along the tracks.
Hessel called Coroner Theodore Teitgen, attending a bowling banquet in Francis Creek, who in turn notified the sheriff's office. County officer William Falvey responded to the call while officer Edward McConnell checked at the depot.
Head Almost Severed
It took a half hour search on the part of the coroner, Falvey and Hessel before the body was found. The head was nearly decapitated. The location was approximately two miles southeast of Maribel. It was a fourth mile north of a town road crossing. The body of the victim was lying several feet from the track on the east side.
It is believed that Kornely was struck by the northbound "400" which leaves Manitowoc at 2:30 p.m. although none of the train's crew said they saw the man walking on the tracks. A check of the train in Milwaukee later in the evening failed to show any signs that a man had been struck.
Vetting and Kirschner, fireman and engineer on the southbound passenger train who later spotted the body, were also at their respective positions on the afternoon "400." They left the "400" at Green Bay and boarded the southbound train to take it into Manitowoc.
Identification of the body was made through a wallet found in a pocket. It contained no money although a Manitowoc savings bank showed that the victim had deposited $8,810.75 in the bank on March 22. It was his share in the settlement of his father's estate.
Action Reconstructed
The exact manner in which the World War II veteran met death may never be known, Coroner Teitgen said, who has theorized the death as follows:
Kornely, who was usually employed as a painter in Manitowoc during the summer months, was recently employed as a bartender in the Clarence Wuellner
tavern in Algoma. Monday night, he visited a brother, Charles, in Mishicot. He came to Maribel Tuesday morning to visit his cousin, Ralph. At 1:30 p.m. he left, telling Ralph he was going back to Algoma. After he left the tavern, he apparently changed his mind and decided to go to Francis Creek to visit Hessel.
The tracks might have been taken for a short cut to reach the Melnik overhead on highway 141. The man had no car and possibly thought he could get a ride on the highway. As he reached the spot where the fatality occurred, the "400" came along.
Kornely was standing on a railroad embankment where, if he stepped back, he would land in water 12 feet below. He stood on the side of the track and as the train went by, it "sucked" him into its side.
Funeral services will be 9 a.m.
(Page 2, continued from Page 1)
Friday at the Pfeffer funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic church, Father E. A. Radey officiating. Burial will be in St. Ann cemetery in Francis Creek.
He was born in 1910 in Kossuth. Before entering military service in World War II he was on the homestead farm and associated with the Kornely dairy. After his discharge he took over the Charles Kornely insurance agency. He had an outstanding combat record in the recent war. He was holder of a Purple heart and silver star which he received while serving with the 18th and tank infantry of the first army in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and the Normandy Invasion.
He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. James Murphy of Los Angeles and Mrs. William J. Rank of Manitowoc, and five brothers, Earl of route 2, Two Rivers, Clarence of route 5, Manitowoc, Charles of Mishicot, Paul of route 2, Two Rivers, and Gerald of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 p.m. Thursday until time of services. The casket will be closed. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, April 19, 1950, p. 1-2
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