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Norbert Riemenapp

Birth
East Dubuque, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
Death
17 Oct 1949 (aged 22)
Hazel Green, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Tennyson, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald, October 18, 1949

BELMONT CRASH
FATAL FOR ONE
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Norbert Riemenapp Dies
Monday Afternoon
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Belmont, Wis. – Norbert Riemenapp, 22, of Belmont, died in a Hazel Green hospital at 2:30 p.m. Monday of injuries sustained Sunday when a pickup truck in which he was a passenger rolled over and went into a ditch one mile south of Belmont on Highway 126.

Driver of the truck, Gene Reichers, 21, of Belmont, who received a brain concussion, was reported in serious condition. Donald Murray, 17, a third occupant of the truck, received only minor injuries, according to Harold Muller, highway traffic officer who investigated.

Riemenapp was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Riemenapp. His mother died in 1931 and from that time until 1943 an aunt, Mary Etta Bonnet, made her home with the Riemenapp’s and raised the family which included a sister, Janet, who lives at home with her father. Other survivors are grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bonnet.

He was born in East Dubuque but three years later the family moved to Harrison Township near Platteville where he resided until moving to a farm north of Belmont two years ago. He attended a Platteville parochial school and graduated from Platteville high school in the class of 1944. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Platteville, its Holy Name Society and the Knights of Columbus.

The body will be in the Karrman Funeral Home, Platteville, until the time of the services which will be held from St. Mary’s Church at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, the Rev. John DeRocher officiating, burial will be in St. Andrew Cemetery, Tenneyson. Rosaries will be said at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, October 18, 1949

BELMONT CRASH
FATAL FOR ONE
~
Norbert Riemenapp Dies
Monday Afternoon
~
Belmont, Wis. – Norbert Riemenapp, 22, of Belmont, died in a Hazel Green hospital at 2:30 p.m. Monday of injuries sustained Sunday when a pickup truck in which he was a passenger rolled over and went into a ditch one mile south of Belmont on Highway 126.

Driver of the truck, Gene Reichers, 21, of Belmont, who received a brain concussion, was reported in serious condition. Donald Murray, 17, a third occupant of the truck, received only minor injuries, according to Harold Muller, highway traffic officer who investigated.

Riemenapp was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Riemenapp. His mother died in 1931 and from that time until 1943 an aunt, Mary Etta Bonnet, made her home with the Riemenapp’s and raised the family which included a sister, Janet, who lives at home with her father. Other survivors are grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bonnet.

He was born in East Dubuque but three years later the family moved to Harrison Township near Platteville where he resided until moving to a farm north of Belmont two years ago. He attended a Platteville parochial school and graduated from Platteville high school in the class of 1944. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Platteville, its Holy Name Society and the Knights of Columbus.

The body will be in the Karrman Funeral Home, Platteville, until the time of the services which will be held from St. Mary’s Church at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, the Rev. John DeRocher officiating, burial will be in St. Andrew Cemetery, Tenneyson. Rosaries will be said at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and 9 p.m. Wednesday.


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