EUGENE SCHMATZ
Funeral services for Eugene Schmatz, 18, of Branch, third victim of the accident, who died yesterday morning, will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Michael’s church at Whitelaw with interment in the church cemetery. The body is at the Schmatz home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Branch Youth is Third Victim of Plane Crash
Eugene Schmatz, 18, Dies At Hospital Early This Morning
Eugene Schmatz, 18, Branch, died at 4:25 this morning at the Holy Family hospital, the third victim of Sunday’s airplane tragedy.
Edward Nelson, pilot, and Orley Schmidt, former high school athlete and student pilot, died in the crash. Emil Opichka, 18, Newton, fourth passenger in the plane, was reported to be in a “fair” condition at the hospital this morning.
He is suffering a skull fracture, broken nose, fractured right ankle and other injuries.
Jury Reconvenes
Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, and District Attorney Patrick Dewane called the coroner’s jury impanelled yesterday to meet at 1:30 today at the Wattawa, Urbanek & Schiel funeral home to view Schmatz’s body. An inquest will be set after Opichka’s condition is definitely known. Dewane said today, according to the sheriff’s department, that authorities will wait until Opichka is well enough to testify. Nelson’s plane crashed on the Henry Klackner farm on the town line road just north of the municipal airport shortly before 8 o’clock Sunday evening.
Eugene Robert Schmatz was born on the farm home near Branch in 1920 and after completing district school assisted his mother and brothers on the farm. He was a member of the Holy Name society.
Survivors are the mother, Mrs. Anna Schmatz of Branch; five brothers, Clarence, a city fireman, Joseph of Two Rivers, Frank of Sheboygan, Roman and Harry at home; three sisters, Mrs. Edwin Tompkins and Mrs. Rudolph Gilbertson of Sheboygan, Miss Hilda, of Milwaukee.
Funeral Thursday
The body may be viewed at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home tonight and will be moved to the Schmatz home Wednesday morning.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Michael’s church in Whitelaw, the Rev. J. H. Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Holy Name society will meet at the Schmatz home Wednesday evening to recite the rosary.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Tuesday, July 18, 1939
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)
There is more to this with the Edward Nelson obit. cem. #44 Evergreen and with
Orley Schmidt obit. cem. #44 Evergreen
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(Eugene R. Schmatz/d. 18 July 1939 from records of St. Michael's, Whitelaw)
Nelson, according to McConnell, was in the pilot’s seat and Schmidt was beside him. Opichka and Schmatz were in the rear, pushed under the front seats. The bodies were taken from the plane and placed on the ground. The fusilage was torn away so that the passengers could be extricated. Witnesses said the motor of the ship died and the plane went into a spin and crashed. The accident occurred few minutes before 8 o’clock. Police received a call at 8 o’clock sharp. Scores of people saw the ship fall and hundreds converged on the Klackner farm as authorities rushed city and county ambulances to the scene. Opichka and Schmatz were taken to the hospital at once. Eugene Schmatz, 18, Branch in a grave condition at the Holy Family hospital suffering from a brain concussion, a broken neck, and leg fractures.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Monday, July 17, 1939
Funeral services for Eugene Schmatz, 18, of Branch, third victim of the accident, who died yesterday morning, will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Michael’s church at Whitelaw with interment in the church cemetery. The body is at the Schmatz home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Branch Youth is Third Victim of Plane Crash
Eugene Schmatz, 18, Dies At Hospital Early This Morning
Eugene Schmatz, 18, Branch, died at 4:25 this morning at the Holy Family hospital, the third victim of Sunday’s airplane tragedy.
Edward Nelson, pilot, and Orley Schmidt, former high school athlete and student pilot, died in the crash. Emil Opichka, 18, Newton, fourth passenger in the plane, was reported to be in a “fair” condition at the hospital this morning.
He is suffering a skull fracture, broken nose, fractured right ankle and other injuries.
Jury Reconvenes
Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, and District Attorney Patrick Dewane called the coroner’s jury impanelled yesterday to meet at 1:30 today at the Wattawa, Urbanek & Schiel funeral home to view Schmatz’s body. An inquest will be set after Opichka’s condition is definitely known. Dewane said today, according to the sheriff’s department, that authorities will wait until Opichka is well enough to testify. Nelson’s plane crashed on the Henry Klackner farm on the town line road just north of the municipal airport shortly before 8 o’clock Sunday evening.
Eugene Robert Schmatz was born on the farm home near Branch in 1920 and after completing district school assisted his mother and brothers on the farm. He was a member of the Holy Name society.
Survivors are the mother, Mrs. Anna Schmatz of Branch; five brothers, Clarence, a city fireman, Joseph of Two Rivers, Frank of Sheboygan, Roman and Harry at home; three sisters, Mrs. Edwin Tompkins and Mrs. Rudolph Gilbertson of Sheboygan, Miss Hilda, of Milwaukee.
Funeral Thursday
The body may be viewed at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home tonight and will be moved to the Schmatz home Wednesday morning.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Michael’s church in Whitelaw, the Rev. J. H. Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Holy Name society will meet at the Schmatz home Wednesday evening to recite the rosary.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Tuesday, July 18, 1939
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)
There is more to this with the Edward Nelson obit. cem. #44 Evergreen and with
Orley Schmidt obit. cem. #44 Evergreen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Eugene R. Schmatz/d. 18 July 1939 from records of St. Michael's, Whitelaw)
Nelson, according to McConnell, was in the pilot’s seat and Schmidt was beside him. Opichka and Schmatz were in the rear, pushed under the front seats. The bodies were taken from the plane and placed on the ground. The fusilage was torn away so that the passengers could be extricated. Witnesses said the motor of the ship died and the plane went into a spin and crashed. The accident occurred few minutes before 8 o’clock. Police received a call at 8 o’clock sharp. Scores of people saw the ship fall and hundreds converged on the Klackner farm as authorities rushed city and county ambulances to the scene. Opichka and Schmatz were taken to the hospital at once. Eugene Schmatz, 18, Branch in a grave condition at the Holy Family hospital suffering from a brain concussion, a broken neck, and leg fractures.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Monday, July 17, 1939
EUGENE SCHMATZ
Funeral services for Eugene Schmatz, 18, of Branch, third victim of the accident, who died yesterday morning, will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Michael’s church at Whitelaw with interment in the church cemetery. The body is at the Schmatz home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Branch Youth is Third Victim of Plane Crash
Eugene Schmatz, 18, Dies At Hospital Early This Morning
Eugene Schmatz, 18, Branch, died at 4:25 this morning at the Holy Family hospital, the third victim of Sunday’s airplane tragedy.
Edward Nelson, pilot, and Orley Schmidt, former high school athlete and student pilot, died in the crash. Emil Opichka, 18, Newton, fourth passenger in the plane, was reported to be in a “fair” condition at the hospital this morning.
He is suffering a skull fracture, broken nose, fractured right ankle and other injuries.
Jury Reconvenes
Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, and District Attorney Patrick Dewane called the coroner’s jury impanelled yesterday to meet at 1:30 today at the Wattawa, Urbanek & Schiel funeral home to view Schmatz’s body. An inquest will be set after Opichka’s condition is definitely known. Dewane said today, according to the sheriff’s department, that authorities will wait until Opichka is well enough to testify. Nelson’s plane crashed on the Henry Klackner farm on the town line road just north of the municipal airport shortly before 8 o’clock Sunday evening.
Eugene Robert Schmatz was born on the farm home near Branch in 1920 and after completing district school assisted his mother and brothers on the farm. He was a member of the Holy Name society.
Survivors are the mother, Mrs. Anna Schmatz of Branch; five brothers, Clarence, a city fireman, Joseph of Two Rivers, Frank of Sheboygan, Roman and Harry at home; three sisters, Mrs. Edwin Tompkins and Mrs. Rudolph Gilbertson of Sheboygan, Miss Hilda, of Milwaukee.
Funeral Thursday
The body may be viewed at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home tonight and will be moved to the Schmatz home Wednesday morning.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Michael’s church in Whitelaw, the Rev. J. H. Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Holy Name society will meet at the Schmatz home Wednesday evening to recite the rosary.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Tuesday, July 18, 1939
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)
There is more to this with the Edward Nelson obit. cem. #44 Evergreen and with
Orley Schmidt obit. cem. #44 Evergreen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Eugene R. Schmatz/d. 18 July 1939 from records of St. Michael's, Whitelaw)
Nelson, according to McConnell, was in the pilot’s seat and Schmidt was beside him. Opichka and Schmatz were in the rear, pushed under the front seats. The bodies were taken from the plane and placed on the ground. The fusilage was torn away so that the passengers could be extricated. Witnesses said the motor of the ship died and the plane went into a spin and crashed. The accident occurred few minutes before 8 o’clock. Police received a call at 8 o’clock sharp. Scores of people saw the ship fall and hundreds converged on the Klackner farm as authorities rushed city and county ambulances to the scene. Opichka and Schmatz were taken to the hospital at once. Eugene Schmatz, 18, Branch in a grave condition at the Holy Family hospital suffering from a brain concussion, a broken neck, and leg fractures.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Monday, July 17, 1939
Funeral services for Eugene Schmatz, 18, of Branch, third victim of the accident, who died yesterday morning, will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Michael’s church at Whitelaw with interment in the church cemetery. The body is at the Schmatz home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Branch Youth is Third Victim of Plane Crash
Eugene Schmatz, 18, Dies At Hospital Early This Morning
Eugene Schmatz, 18, Branch, died at 4:25 this morning at the Holy Family hospital, the third victim of Sunday’s airplane tragedy.
Edward Nelson, pilot, and Orley Schmidt, former high school athlete and student pilot, died in the crash. Emil Opichka, 18, Newton, fourth passenger in the plane, was reported to be in a “fair” condition at the hospital this morning.
He is suffering a skull fracture, broken nose, fractured right ankle and other injuries.
Jury Reconvenes
Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, and District Attorney Patrick Dewane called the coroner’s jury impanelled yesterday to meet at 1:30 today at the Wattawa, Urbanek & Schiel funeral home to view Schmatz’s body. An inquest will be set after Opichka’s condition is definitely known. Dewane said today, according to the sheriff’s department, that authorities will wait until Opichka is well enough to testify. Nelson’s plane crashed on the Henry Klackner farm on the town line road just north of the municipal airport shortly before 8 o’clock Sunday evening.
Eugene Robert Schmatz was born on the farm home near Branch in 1920 and after completing district school assisted his mother and brothers on the farm. He was a member of the Holy Name society.
Survivors are the mother, Mrs. Anna Schmatz of Branch; five brothers, Clarence, a city fireman, Joseph of Two Rivers, Frank of Sheboygan, Roman and Harry at home; three sisters, Mrs. Edwin Tompkins and Mrs. Rudolph Gilbertson of Sheboygan, Miss Hilda, of Milwaukee.
Funeral Thursday
The body may be viewed at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home tonight and will be moved to the Schmatz home Wednesday morning.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Michael’s church in Whitelaw, the Rev. J. H. Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Holy Name society will meet at the Schmatz home Wednesday evening to recite the rosary.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Tuesday, July 18, 1939
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)
There is more to this with the Edward Nelson obit. cem. #44 Evergreen and with
Orley Schmidt obit. cem. #44 Evergreen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Eugene R. Schmatz/d. 18 July 1939 from records of St. Michael's, Whitelaw)
Nelson, according to McConnell, was in the pilot’s seat and Schmidt was beside him. Opichka and Schmatz were in the rear, pushed under the front seats. The bodies were taken from the plane and placed on the ground. The fusilage was torn away so that the passengers could be extricated. Witnesses said the motor of the ship died and the plane went into a spin and crashed. The accident occurred few minutes before 8 o’clock. Police received a call at 8 o’clock sharp. Scores of people saw the ship fall and hundreds converged on the Klackner farm as authorities rushed city and county ambulances to the scene. Opichka and Schmatz were taken to the hospital at once. Eugene Schmatz, 18, Branch in a grave condition at the Holy Family hospital suffering from a brain concussion, a broken neck, and leg fractures.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Monday, July 17, 1939
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