Leroy was the son of Victor Louis Lindberg and Leona Anita Lee.
He had three brothers: Clayton Wayne, Kermit Charles, and Leo Valeer Emanuel. He also had three half-siblings: Vincent Phillip Clarence, Francis Obed Benjamin, and Irene Clara.
LeRoy Lindberg 1929-1949
LeRoy (Bobby) Lindberg, 18 year old Leonard Navy man home on leave, was killed instantly, and four other young men of that community were seriously injured in a car truck accident Friday, July 8, at 10:30 p.m. The collision occurred a mile south of Leonard on the Leonard-Shevlin road.
Funeral services for the deceased young man were conducted at the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Leonard at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 12, with Rev. K.A. Knutson officiating, and Cease Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial was made in the Norway Lake Cemetery.
The accident Friday was the first highway traffic fatality in the county since April 11, 1946, when 4 year old Wayne Braaten was killed on the highway in Bagley between his home and the courthouse.
Condition of two of the men, who are hospitalized in the Clearwater Hospital, still in serious, though all are expected to recover. Three of the injured, Jacobson, Harvey Moen and Duane Anderson, were in the car which Lindberg was killed. Jacobson, also home on leave from the Navy, driver of the 1938 Oldsmobile owned by his father, Oscar Jacobson, received a fractured knee cap, broken wrist, cuts and bruises and teeth knock out.
Harvey Moen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moen, received a fractured skull, fractured ankle, front teeth knocked out and cuts and bruises. Anderson, son of Mrs. Emil Anderson, suffered a possible skull fracture and cuts and bruises.
The other seriously injured man, Marlin Johnson, son of Melvin Johnson, was driving the truck which was loaded with a tractor, enroute to deliver it to the Howard Olson farm north of Leonard. Johnson received a fractured pelvic bone. His companion in the truck, Howard Olson, escaped with bruises and shock.
Mel Brustad, called to the accident scene, with aid of other officials, reconstructed the accident from those involved. In his account, Marlin Johnson, driver of the truck, which was going north, stated that he and his companion noted the car speeding towards them from some distance away, slowed down, blinking his lights several times, and then pulling off to the side of the road. As the auto neared, it swung across the road and hit the truck, which was practically at a stand still, head on.
Both vehicles were completely demolished, with the engine of the truck pushed back into the seats. the tractor which was tied on the truck platform, moved forward over a foot. Had it not been tied down it would probley smashed forward to the truck engine. Both Johnson and Olson , anticipating the crash, attempted to jump out, which act saved them from more serious injury.
Evidence pointing to drinking was found in the car occupied by the young men and Sheriff Brustad is continuing his investigation on this angle and other aspects of the accident to arrive at liability in the matter.
Victim of the accident, Leroy James Lindberg, was born in Holst Township, on December 3, 1929. He lived on the farm of his father in Dudley Township prior to enlisting in the Navy on March 1, 1948. In the Navy he had completed his boot training and made one Mediterranean cruise and was to have reported back to Norfolk, Virginia, on July 9th.
Besides his father, Victor Lindberg, he is survived by four brothers: Vincent of Duluth, Kermit of Scobey, Montana, Francis at home and Leo of Weme. His mother passed away several years ago.
He had three brothers: Clayton Wayne, Kermit Charles, and Leo Valeer Emanuel. He also had three half-siblings: Vincent Phillip Clarence, Francis Obed Benjamin, and Irene Clara.
LeRoy Lindberg 1929-1949
LeRoy (Bobby) Lindberg, 18 year old Leonard Navy man home on leave, was killed instantly, and four other young men of that community were seriously injured in a car truck accident Friday, July 8, at 10:30 p.m. The collision occurred a mile south of Leonard on the Leonard-Shevlin road.
Funeral services for the deceased young man were conducted at the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Leonard at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 12, with Rev. K.A. Knutson officiating, and Cease Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial was made in the Norway Lake Cemetery.
The accident Friday was the first highway traffic fatality in the county since April 11, 1946, when 4 year old Wayne Braaten was killed on the highway in Bagley between his home and the courthouse.
Condition of two of the men, who are hospitalized in the Clearwater Hospital, still in serious, though all are expected to recover. Three of the injured, Jacobson, Harvey Moen and Duane Anderson, were in the car which Lindberg was killed. Jacobson, also home on leave from the Navy, driver of the 1938 Oldsmobile owned by his father, Oscar Jacobson, received a fractured knee cap, broken wrist, cuts and bruises and teeth knock out.
Harvey Moen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moen, received a fractured skull, fractured ankle, front teeth knocked out and cuts and bruises. Anderson, son of Mrs. Emil Anderson, suffered a possible skull fracture and cuts and bruises.
The other seriously injured man, Marlin Johnson, son of Melvin Johnson, was driving the truck which was loaded with a tractor, enroute to deliver it to the Howard Olson farm north of Leonard. Johnson received a fractured pelvic bone. His companion in the truck, Howard Olson, escaped with bruises and shock.
Mel Brustad, called to the accident scene, with aid of other officials, reconstructed the accident from those involved. In his account, Marlin Johnson, driver of the truck, which was going north, stated that he and his companion noted the car speeding towards them from some distance away, slowed down, blinking his lights several times, and then pulling off to the side of the road. As the auto neared, it swung across the road and hit the truck, which was practically at a stand still, head on.
Both vehicles were completely demolished, with the engine of the truck pushed back into the seats. the tractor which was tied on the truck platform, moved forward over a foot. Had it not been tied down it would probley smashed forward to the truck engine. Both Johnson and Olson , anticipating the crash, attempted to jump out, which act saved them from more serious injury.
Evidence pointing to drinking was found in the car occupied by the young men and Sheriff Brustad is continuing his investigation on this angle and other aspects of the accident to arrive at liability in the matter.
Victim of the accident, Leroy James Lindberg, was born in Holst Township, on December 3, 1929. He lived on the farm of his father in Dudley Township prior to enlisting in the Navy on March 1, 1948. In the Navy he had completed his boot training and made one Mediterranean cruise and was to have reported back to Norfolk, Virginia, on July 9th.
Besides his father, Victor Lindberg, he is survived by four brothers: Vincent of Duluth, Kermit of Scobey, Montana, Francis at home and Leo of Weme. His mother passed away several years ago.
Leroy was the son of Victor Louis Lindberg and Leona Anita Lee.
He had three brothers: Clayton Wayne, Kermit Charles, and Leo Valeer Emanuel. He also had three half-siblings: Vincent Phillip Clarence, Francis Obed Benjamin, and Irene Clara.
LeRoy Lindberg 1929-1949
LeRoy (Bobby) Lindberg, 18 year old Leonard Navy man home on leave, was killed instantly, and four other young men of that community were seriously injured in a car truck accident Friday, July 8, at 10:30 p.m. The collision occurred a mile south of Leonard on the Leonard-Shevlin road.
Funeral services for the deceased young man were conducted at the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Leonard at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 12, with Rev. K.A. Knutson officiating, and Cease Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial was made in the Norway Lake Cemetery.
The accident Friday was the first highway traffic fatality in the county since April 11, 1946, when 4 year old Wayne Braaten was killed on the highway in Bagley between his home and the courthouse.
Condition of two of the men, who are hospitalized in the Clearwater Hospital, still in serious, though all are expected to recover. Three of the injured, Jacobson, Harvey Moen and Duane Anderson, were in the car which Lindberg was killed. Jacobson, also home on leave from the Navy, driver of the 1938 Oldsmobile owned by his father, Oscar Jacobson, received a fractured knee cap, broken wrist, cuts and bruises and teeth knock out.
Harvey Moen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moen, received a fractured skull, fractured ankle, front teeth knocked out and cuts and bruises. Anderson, son of Mrs. Emil Anderson, suffered a possible skull fracture and cuts and bruises.
The other seriously injured man, Marlin Johnson, son of Melvin Johnson, was driving the truck which was loaded with a tractor, enroute to deliver it to the Howard Olson farm north of Leonard. Johnson received a fractured pelvic bone. His companion in the truck, Howard Olson, escaped with bruises and shock.
Mel Brustad, called to the accident scene, with aid of other officials, reconstructed the accident from those involved. In his account, Marlin Johnson, driver of the truck, which was going north, stated that he and his companion noted the car speeding towards them from some distance away, slowed down, blinking his lights several times, and then pulling off to the side of the road. As the auto neared, it swung across the road and hit the truck, which was practically at a stand still, head on.
Both vehicles were completely demolished, with the engine of the truck pushed back into the seats. the tractor which was tied on the truck platform, moved forward over a foot. Had it not been tied down it would probley smashed forward to the truck engine. Both Johnson and Olson , anticipating the crash, attempted to jump out, which act saved them from more serious injury.
Evidence pointing to drinking was found in the car occupied by the young men and Sheriff Brustad is continuing his investigation on this angle and other aspects of the accident to arrive at liability in the matter.
Victim of the accident, Leroy James Lindberg, was born in Holst Township, on December 3, 1929. He lived on the farm of his father in Dudley Township prior to enlisting in the Navy on March 1, 1948. In the Navy he had completed his boot training and made one Mediterranean cruise and was to have reported back to Norfolk, Virginia, on July 9th.
Besides his father, Victor Lindberg, he is survived by four brothers: Vincent of Duluth, Kermit of Scobey, Montana, Francis at home and Leo of Weme. His mother passed away several years ago.
He had three brothers: Clayton Wayne, Kermit Charles, and Leo Valeer Emanuel. He also had three half-siblings: Vincent Phillip Clarence, Francis Obed Benjamin, and Irene Clara.
LeRoy Lindberg 1929-1949
LeRoy (Bobby) Lindberg, 18 year old Leonard Navy man home on leave, was killed instantly, and four other young men of that community were seriously injured in a car truck accident Friday, July 8, at 10:30 p.m. The collision occurred a mile south of Leonard on the Leonard-Shevlin road.
Funeral services for the deceased young man were conducted at the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Leonard at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 12, with Rev. K.A. Knutson officiating, and Cease Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Burial was made in the Norway Lake Cemetery.
The accident Friday was the first highway traffic fatality in the county since April 11, 1946, when 4 year old Wayne Braaten was killed on the highway in Bagley between his home and the courthouse.
Condition of two of the men, who are hospitalized in the Clearwater Hospital, still in serious, though all are expected to recover. Three of the injured, Jacobson, Harvey Moen and Duane Anderson, were in the car which Lindberg was killed. Jacobson, also home on leave from the Navy, driver of the 1938 Oldsmobile owned by his father, Oscar Jacobson, received a fractured knee cap, broken wrist, cuts and bruises and teeth knock out.
Harvey Moen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moen, received a fractured skull, fractured ankle, front teeth knocked out and cuts and bruises. Anderson, son of Mrs. Emil Anderson, suffered a possible skull fracture and cuts and bruises.
The other seriously injured man, Marlin Johnson, son of Melvin Johnson, was driving the truck which was loaded with a tractor, enroute to deliver it to the Howard Olson farm north of Leonard. Johnson received a fractured pelvic bone. His companion in the truck, Howard Olson, escaped with bruises and shock.
Mel Brustad, called to the accident scene, with aid of other officials, reconstructed the accident from those involved. In his account, Marlin Johnson, driver of the truck, which was going north, stated that he and his companion noted the car speeding towards them from some distance away, slowed down, blinking his lights several times, and then pulling off to the side of the road. As the auto neared, it swung across the road and hit the truck, which was practically at a stand still, head on.
Both vehicles were completely demolished, with the engine of the truck pushed back into the seats. the tractor which was tied on the truck platform, moved forward over a foot. Had it not been tied down it would probley smashed forward to the truck engine. Both Johnson and Olson , anticipating the crash, attempted to jump out, which act saved them from more serious injury.
Evidence pointing to drinking was found in the car occupied by the young men and Sheriff Brustad is continuing his investigation on this angle and other aspects of the accident to arrive at liability in the matter.
Victim of the accident, Leroy James Lindberg, was born in Holst Township, on December 3, 1929. He lived on the farm of his father in Dudley Township prior to enlisting in the Navy on March 1, 1948. In the Navy he had completed his boot training and made one Mediterranean cruise and was to have reported back to Norfolk, Virginia, on July 9th.
Besides his father, Victor Lindberg, he is survived by four brothers: Vincent of Duluth, Kermit of Scobey, Montana, Francis at home and Leo of Weme. His mother passed away several years ago.
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