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Josef Kubs

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Josef Kubs

Birth
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
29 Nov 1915 (aged 18)
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Cooperstown, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA GPS-Latitude: 44.2514433, Longitude: -87.8075503
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JOSEF KUBS
(1897 - 1915)

MARIBEL BOY, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT ON THANKSGIVING DAY, SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES HERE LAST NIGHT

Joseph Kubs, the Maribel youth who was shot while hunting near his home on Thanksgiving day, succumbed to his injuries at the Holy Family hospital last night, death occurring at 9 o'clock. The body will be taken to Maribel for burial.

Kubs, while hunting last Thursday attempted to drive a rabbit from its hole when his gun, which was on the ground at his side was exploded and the charge entered his thigh. He was hurried to the city and operated upon at once, but infection developed and caused death.

The unfortunate lad was 19 years of age and son of a widowed mother who with four brothers and two sisters survive him.

The accident is the first fatality of the hunting season in Manitowoc county.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Tuesday, November 30, 1915, Page 8

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JOSEF KUBS
(1897 - 1915)

MARIBEL BOY, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT ON THANKSGIVING DAY, SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES HERE LAST NIGHT

Joseph Kubs, the Maribel youth who was shot while hunting near his home on Thanksgiving day, succumbed to his injuries at the Holy Family hospital last night, death occurring at 9 o'clock. The body will be taken to Maribel for burial.

Kubs, while hunting last Thursday attempted to drive a rabbit from its hole when his gun, which was on the ground at his side was exploded and the charge entered his thigh. He was hurried to the city and operated upon at once, but infection developed and caused death.

The unfortunate lad was 19 years of age and son of a widowed mother who with four brothers and two sisters survive him.

The accident is the first fatality of the hunting season in Manitowoc county.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wis., Tuesday, November 30, 1915, Page 8

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Inscription

Josef Kubs
nar 16 List. 1897
zem 29 List. 1915



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