ROBERT G. VOGEL
(1931 - 1949)
Soldier Drowns After Accident
Robert Vogel, 18, Is Victim
Car of Two Creeks Youth Hits Culvert
An 18-year-old soldier, Pvt. Robert George Vogel, of route 1, Two Rivers, died earlier today when the car he was driving crashed into a cement culvert wing on highway 42 about four miles north of Two Rivers and plunged into a shallow creek.
The car containing the body of the youth was found at 6:30 this morning by Anton Ruminski, a route 1, Two Rivers, farmer. The car was lying on its left side and the face of the youth was submerged in water. Coroner Teitgen said death was due to drowning.
Ruminski immediately notified county officials when he found the car as he was going after his cows. Clarence Meihsner and Sheriff Clarence Baryenbruch were the first to arrive on the scene and were followed by Coroner Teitgen and county traffic officer William Falvey.
Believe He Fell Asleep
Falvey said Vogel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vogel, residing on a farm a mile southeast of the village of Tisch Mills, evidently fell asleep at the wheel of the car, owned by the victim�s brother, Leonard Vogel, of 1922 School street, Two Rivers. The car ran off the road on the left side, Falvey said, and traveled 130 feet before it crashed into the cement culvert wing. It hit the wing sideways, Falvey said, rolled in mid air, and plunged into the creek on its side, 15 feet below the road.
Ruminski told the officials that he heard a crash about 3 o�clock but thought it was his wood pile tumbling. The Ruminski home is only 100 feet from the scene of the accident.
The soldier was traveling north at the time of the mishap, Falvey said, on his way home. The car was demolished in the crash.
Vogel had been stationed at Ft. Riley, Kan., Dr. Teitgen said, and came home on furlough last Saturday prior to his reporting for duty at the army ordnance school at Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral On Saturday
Funeral services for Private Vogel have been set for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary church in Tisch Mills with burial in the church cemetery.
He was born in this city in 1931 and attended the Holy Innocents parochial school here. In 1941, his parents moved to a farm in the town of Two Creeks, near Tisch Mills. He attended a district school in that town and completed two years at Mishicot high school.
On May 10 of this year, his birthday, Robert enlisted in the army and was attached to the 10th infantry at Ft. Riley. He was spending a 14-day furlough at his home.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Bernadine, Marie and Dorothy at home, and four brothers, Leonard of Two Rivers and Frank Jr., Jerome and Vincent Vogel on the home farm. He also leaves his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Braun, of Whitelaw, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vogel of Maplewood, Door county.
The body may be viewed at the Klein & Stangel Inc., funeral home, Two Rivers, after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, August 31, 1949
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(1931 - 1949)
Soldier Drowns After Accident
Robert Vogel, 18, Is Victim
Car of Two Creeks Youth Hits Culvert
An 18-year-old soldier, Pvt. Robert George Vogel, of route 1, Two Rivers, died earlier today when the car he was driving crashed into a cement culvert wing on highway 42 about four miles north of Two Rivers and plunged into a shallow creek.
The car containing the body of the youth was found at 6:30 this morning by Anton Ruminski, a route 1, Two Rivers, farmer. The car was lying on its left side and the face of the youth was submerged in water. Coroner Teitgen said death was due to drowning.
Ruminski immediately notified county officials when he found the car as he was going after his cows. Clarence Meihsner and Sheriff Clarence Baryenbruch were the first to arrive on the scene and were followed by Coroner Teitgen and county traffic officer William Falvey.
Believe He Fell Asleep
Falvey said Vogel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vogel, residing on a farm a mile southeast of the village of Tisch Mills, evidently fell asleep at the wheel of the car, owned by the victim�s brother, Leonard Vogel, of 1922 School street, Two Rivers. The car ran off the road on the left side, Falvey said, and traveled 130 feet before it crashed into the cement culvert wing. It hit the wing sideways, Falvey said, rolled in mid air, and plunged into the creek on its side, 15 feet below the road.
Ruminski told the officials that he heard a crash about 3 o�clock but thought it was his wood pile tumbling. The Ruminski home is only 100 feet from the scene of the accident.
The soldier was traveling north at the time of the mishap, Falvey said, on his way home. The car was demolished in the crash.
Vogel had been stationed at Ft. Riley, Kan., Dr. Teitgen said, and came home on furlough last Saturday prior to his reporting for duty at the army ordnance school at Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral On Saturday
Funeral services for Private Vogel have been set for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary church in Tisch Mills with burial in the church cemetery.
He was born in this city in 1931 and attended the Holy Innocents parochial school here. In 1941, his parents moved to a farm in the town of Two Creeks, near Tisch Mills. He attended a district school in that town and completed two years at Mishicot high school.
On May 10 of this year, his birthday, Robert enlisted in the army and was attached to the 10th infantry at Ft. Riley. He was spending a 14-day furlough at his home.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Bernadine, Marie and Dorothy at home, and four brothers, Leonard of Two Rivers and Frank Jr., Jerome and Vincent Vogel on the home farm. He also leaves his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Braun, of Whitelaw, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vogel of Maplewood, Door county.
The body may be viewed at the Klein & Stangel Inc., funeral home, Two Rivers, after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, August 31, 1949
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ROBERT G. VOGEL
(1931 - 1949)
Soldier Drowns After Accident
Robert Vogel, 18, Is Victim
Car of Two Creeks Youth Hits Culvert
An 18-year-old soldier, Pvt. Robert George Vogel, of route 1, Two Rivers, died earlier today when the car he was driving crashed into a cement culvert wing on highway 42 about four miles north of Two Rivers and plunged into a shallow creek.
The car containing the body of the youth was found at 6:30 this morning by Anton Ruminski, a route 1, Two Rivers, farmer. The car was lying on its left side and the face of the youth was submerged in water. Coroner Teitgen said death was due to drowning.
Ruminski immediately notified county officials when he found the car as he was going after his cows. Clarence Meihsner and Sheriff Clarence Baryenbruch were the first to arrive on the scene and were followed by Coroner Teitgen and county traffic officer William Falvey.
Believe He Fell Asleep
Falvey said Vogel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vogel, residing on a farm a mile southeast of the village of Tisch Mills, evidently fell asleep at the wheel of the car, owned by the victim�s brother, Leonard Vogel, of 1922 School street, Two Rivers. The car ran off the road on the left side, Falvey said, and traveled 130 feet before it crashed into the cement culvert wing. It hit the wing sideways, Falvey said, rolled in mid air, and plunged into the creek on its side, 15 feet below the road.
Ruminski told the officials that he heard a crash about 3 o�clock but thought it was his wood pile tumbling. The Ruminski home is only 100 feet from the scene of the accident.
The soldier was traveling north at the time of the mishap, Falvey said, on his way home. The car was demolished in the crash.
Vogel had been stationed at Ft. Riley, Kan., Dr. Teitgen said, and came home on furlough last Saturday prior to his reporting for duty at the army ordnance school at Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral On Saturday
Funeral services for Private Vogel have been set for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary church in Tisch Mills with burial in the church cemetery.
He was born in this city in 1931 and attended the Holy Innocents parochial school here. In 1941, his parents moved to a farm in the town of Two Creeks, near Tisch Mills. He attended a district school in that town and completed two years at Mishicot high school.
On May 10 of this year, his birthday, Robert enlisted in the army and was attached to the 10th infantry at Ft. Riley. He was spending a 14-day furlough at his home.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Bernadine, Marie and Dorothy at home, and four brothers, Leonard of Two Rivers and Frank Jr., Jerome and Vincent Vogel on the home farm. He also leaves his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Braun, of Whitelaw, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vogel of Maplewood, Door county.
The body may be viewed at the Klein & Stangel Inc., funeral home, Two Rivers, after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, August 31, 1949
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(1931 - 1949)
Soldier Drowns After Accident
Robert Vogel, 18, Is Victim
Car of Two Creeks Youth Hits Culvert
An 18-year-old soldier, Pvt. Robert George Vogel, of route 1, Two Rivers, died earlier today when the car he was driving crashed into a cement culvert wing on highway 42 about four miles north of Two Rivers and plunged into a shallow creek.
The car containing the body of the youth was found at 6:30 this morning by Anton Ruminski, a route 1, Two Rivers, farmer. The car was lying on its left side and the face of the youth was submerged in water. Coroner Teitgen said death was due to drowning.
Ruminski immediately notified county officials when he found the car as he was going after his cows. Clarence Meihsner and Sheriff Clarence Baryenbruch were the first to arrive on the scene and were followed by Coroner Teitgen and county traffic officer William Falvey.
Believe He Fell Asleep
Falvey said Vogel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vogel, residing on a farm a mile southeast of the village of Tisch Mills, evidently fell asleep at the wheel of the car, owned by the victim�s brother, Leonard Vogel, of 1922 School street, Two Rivers. The car ran off the road on the left side, Falvey said, and traveled 130 feet before it crashed into the cement culvert wing. It hit the wing sideways, Falvey said, rolled in mid air, and plunged into the creek on its side, 15 feet below the road.
Ruminski told the officials that he heard a crash about 3 o�clock but thought it was his wood pile tumbling. The Ruminski home is only 100 feet from the scene of the accident.
The soldier was traveling north at the time of the mishap, Falvey said, on his way home. The car was demolished in the crash.
Vogel had been stationed at Ft. Riley, Kan., Dr. Teitgen said, and came home on furlough last Saturday prior to his reporting for duty at the army ordnance school at Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral On Saturday
Funeral services for Private Vogel have been set for 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary church in Tisch Mills with burial in the church cemetery.
He was born in this city in 1931 and attended the Holy Innocents parochial school here. In 1941, his parents moved to a farm in the town of Two Creeks, near Tisch Mills. He attended a district school in that town and completed two years at Mishicot high school.
On May 10 of this year, his birthday, Robert enlisted in the army and was attached to the 10th infantry at Ft. Riley. He was spending a 14-day furlough at his home.
Besides his parents, he leaves three sisters, Bernadine, Marie and Dorothy at home, and four brothers, Leonard of Two Rivers and Frank Jr., Jerome and Vincent Vogel on the home farm. He also leaves his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Braun, of Whitelaw, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vogel of Maplewood, Door county.
The body may be viewed at the Klein & Stangel Inc., funeral home, Two Rivers, after 7 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Wednesday, August 31, 1949
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Robert G. Vogel
Wisconsin
Pvt. 87 Inf. 10 Inf. Div.
May 10, 1931 - Aug. 31, 1949
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