EDWIN GRETZ
(1917 - 1940)
Edwin Gretz and Ethawyn Maruga Die in Motorcycle Crash
Two persons were killed early Sunday morning when a motorcycle on which they were riding skidded off the road and struck a light pole on County Trunk D one mile west of Two Rivers.
The victims were Edwin Gretz, 23, son of Alderman and Mrs. Stanley Gretz, 1809 Marshall street, city, and Miss Ethawyn Maruga, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Maruga of the town of Carlton, Kewaunee county.
The accident occurred at the same curve at which Frank A. Hurtig of Manitowoc, an employe of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, was killed last Dec. 12. Hurtig's automobile missed the curve and struck the same light pole, causing fatal injuries to the driver.
Killed Instantly
Gretz was driving the motorcycle and Miss Maruga was riding in back of him. They had spent the evening together at a fish fry near Shoto in company with a group of motorcycle enthusiasts and Gretz was taking Miss Maruga to her home. They were traveling east on County trunk D, a blacktop road, at approximately 1:45 a.m. At a point about one mile west of Two Rivers, the road curves to the south.
The motorcycle instead of making the turn, continued in a northeasterly direction, struck the light pole a glancing blow and passed between several fence posts before turning over in the ditch.
The girl was hurled over Gretz' head and landed some 8 or 10 feet ahead of the motorcycle. Gretz's body was found in back of and within a few feet of the machine. When the first person reached the scene of the accident neither Gretz nor Miss Maruga was conscious and Dr. Gerald Rau said he believed that they were killed instantly.
Handle Bars Ripped Off
County Motorcycle Officer John Meaneau, who arrived soon after the accident, reported that the motorcycle skidded 25 feet from the center of the road before striking the light pole with such force that it jarred loose a transformer, then continued 35 feet past the pole before turning over. The handle bars were ripped off the motorcycle but it was not otherwise badly damaged.
First to reach the scene of the accident were Kenneth Brunner, a Hamilton Mfg. Co., employe of Two Rivers, and Francis Wolfram, 1922 Washington street, Two Rivers. The injured were taken to the Two Rivers Municipal hospital in Brunner's car but were pronounced dead upon arrival.
Sheriff Norman Berkedal and Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, were called to the scene and conducted an investigation of the accident. Dr. Rau said that both Gretz and Miss Maruga sustained fractured skulls. He said there would be no inquest.
The county's death toll from traffic accidents in 1940 was raised to three as a result of the crash Sunday morning. The other victim was Herman C. Schuette, former sheriff, who was fatally injured several months ago on Highway 141 near Francis Creek. A Lincoln High Graduate.
Edwin Gretz, son of Alderman and Mrs. Stanley Gretz of 1809 Marshall street, was born in Marathon county, Wis. in 1917 and five years later his parents moved to Manitowoc. He was graduated from the Lincoln high school in June, 1934. In recent months he had been employed as a truck driver, his last position being with the Fischer
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Dray line. He enlisted in Company E, 127th infantry, Wisconsin National Guard, in 1934 and served a three-year enlistment. He was a member of a Manitowoc motorcycle club.
Survivors are the parents and five sisters, Mrs. Alois Becker, Mrs. Ted Brown, Alice and Delores, all of this city, and Mrs. Robert Harrington of Madison. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. from the Gretz home and at nine o'clock from the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Rev. John Landowski officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The body was moved to the Gretz home Sunday evening from the Leschke funeral home and may be viewed there until the hour of services.
(Remainder of article is Maruga's obituary)
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 29, 1940, pp. 1, 9
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(1917 - 1940)
Edwin Gretz and Ethawyn Maruga Die in Motorcycle Crash
Two persons were killed early Sunday morning when a motorcycle on which they were riding skidded off the road and struck a light pole on County Trunk D one mile west of Two Rivers.
The victims were Edwin Gretz, 23, son of Alderman and Mrs. Stanley Gretz, 1809 Marshall street, city, and Miss Ethawyn Maruga, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Maruga of the town of Carlton, Kewaunee county.
The accident occurred at the same curve at which Frank A. Hurtig of Manitowoc, an employe of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, was killed last Dec. 12. Hurtig's automobile missed the curve and struck the same light pole, causing fatal injuries to the driver.
Killed Instantly
Gretz was driving the motorcycle and Miss Maruga was riding in back of him. They had spent the evening together at a fish fry near Shoto in company with a group of motorcycle enthusiasts and Gretz was taking Miss Maruga to her home. They were traveling east on County trunk D, a blacktop road, at approximately 1:45 a.m. At a point about one mile west of Two Rivers, the road curves to the south.
The motorcycle instead of making the turn, continued in a northeasterly direction, struck the light pole a glancing blow and passed between several fence posts before turning over in the ditch.
The girl was hurled over Gretz' head and landed some 8 or 10 feet ahead of the motorcycle. Gretz's body was found in back of and within a few feet of the machine. When the first person reached the scene of the accident neither Gretz nor Miss Maruga was conscious and Dr. Gerald Rau said he believed that they were killed instantly.
Handle Bars Ripped Off
County Motorcycle Officer John Meaneau, who arrived soon after the accident, reported that the motorcycle skidded 25 feet from the center of the road before striking the light pole with such force that it jarred loose a transformer, then continued 35 feet past the pole before turning over. The handle bars were ripped off the motorcycle but it was not otherwise badly damaged.
First to reach the scene of the accident were Kenneth Brunner, a Hamilton Mfg. Co., employe of Two Rivers, and Francis Wolfram, 1922 Washington street, Two Rivers. The injured were taken to the Two Rivers Municipal hospital in Brunner's car but were pronounced dead upon arrival.
Sheriff Norman Berkedal and Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, were called to the scene and conducted an investigation of the accident. Dr. Rau said that both Gretz and Miss Maruga sustained fractured skulls. He said there would be no inquest.
The county's death toll from traffic accidents in 1940 was raised to three as a result of the crash Sunday morning. The other victim was Herman C. Schuette, former sheriff, who was fatally injured several months ago on Highway 141 near Francis Creek. A Lincoln High Graduate.
Edwin Gretz, son of Alderman and Mrs. Stanley Gretz of 1809 Marshall street, was born in Marathon county, Wis. in 1917 and five years later his parents moved to Manitowoc. He was graduated from the Lincoln high school in June, 1934. In recent months he had been employed as a truck driver, his last position being with the Fischer
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Dray line. He enlisted in Company E, 127th infantry, Wisconsin National Guard, in 1934 and served a three-year enlistment. He was a member of a Manitowoc motorcycle club.
Survivors are the parents and five sisters, Mrs. Alois Becker, Mrs. Ted Brown, Alice and Delores, all of this city, and Mrs. Robert Harrington of Madison. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. from the Gretz home and at nine o'clock from the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Rev. John Landowski officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The body was moved to the Gretz home Sunday evening from the Leschke funeral home and may be viewed there until the hour of services.
(Remainder of article is Maruga's obituary)
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 29, 1940, pp. 1, 9
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EDWIN GRETZ
(1917 - 1940)
Edwin Gretz and Ethawyn Maruga Die in Motorcycle Crash
Two persons were killed early Sunday morning when a motorcycle on which they were riding skidded off the road and struck a light pole on County Trunk D one mile west of Two Rivers.
The victims were Edwin Gretz, 23, son of Alderman and Mrs. Stanley Gretz, 1809 Marshall street, city, and Miss Ethawyn Maruga, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Maruga of the town of Carlton, Kewaunee county.
The accident occurred at the same curve at which Frank A. Hurtig of Manitowoc, an employe of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, was killed last Dec. 12. Hurtig's automobile missed the curve and struck the same light pole, causing fatal injuries to the driver.
Killed Instantly
Gretz was driving the motorcycle and Miss Maruga was riding in back of him. They had spent the evening together at a fish fry near Shoto in company with a group of motorcycle enthusiasts and Gretz was taking Miss Maruga to her home. They were traveling east on County trunk D, a blacktop road, at approximately 1:45 a.m. At a point about one mile west of Two Rivers, the road curves to the south.
The motorcycle instead of making the turn, continued in a northeasterly direction, struck the light pole a glancing blow and passed between several fence posts before turning over in the ditch.
The girl was hurled over Gretz' head and landed some 8 or 10 feet ahead of the motorcycle. Gretz's body was found in back of and within a few feet of the machine. When the first person reached the scene of the accident neither Gretz nor Miss Maruga was conscious and Dr. Gerald Rau said he believed that they were killed instantly.
Handle Bars Ripped Off
County Motorcycle Officer John Meaneau, who arrived soon after the accident, reported that the motorcycle skidded 25 feet from the center of the road before striking the light pole with such force that it jarred loose a transformer, then continued 35 feet past the pole before turning over. The handle bars were ripped off the motorcycle but it was not otherwise badly damaged.
First to reach the scene of the accident were Kenneth Brunner, a Hamilton Mfg. Co., employe of Two Rivers, and Francis Wolfram, 1922 Washington street, Two Rivers. The injured were taken to the Two Rivers Municipal hospital in Brunner's car but were pronounced dead upon arrival.
Sheriff Norman Berkedal and Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, were called to the scene and conducted an investigation of the accident. Dr. Rau said that both Gretz and Miss Maruga sustained fractured skulls. He said there would be no inquest.
The county's death toll from traffic accidents in 1940 was raised to three as a result of the crash Sunday morning. The other victim was Herman C. Schuette, former sheriff, who was fatally injured several months ago on Highway 141 near Francis Creek. A Lincoln High Graduate.
Edwin Gretz, son of Alderman and Mrs. Stanley Gretz of 1809 Marshall street, was born in Marathon county, Wis. in 1917 and five years later his parents moved to Manitowoc. He was graduated from the Lincoln high school in June, 1934. In recent months he had been employed as a truck driver, his last position being with the Fischer
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Dray line. He enlisted in Company E, 127th infantry, Wisconsin National Guard, in 1934 and served a three-year enlistment. He was a member of a Manitowoc motorcycle club.
Survivors are the parents and five sisters, Mrs. Alois Becker, Mrs. Ted Brown, Alice and Delores, all of this city, and Mrs. Robert Harrington of Madison. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. from the Gretz home and at nine o'clock from the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Rev. John Landowski officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The body was moved to the Gretz home Sunday evening from the Leschke funeral home and may be viewed there until the hour of services.
(Remainder of article is Maruga's obituary)
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 29, 1940, pp. 1, 9
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(1917 - 1940)
Edwin Gretz and Ethawyn Maruga Die in Motorcycle Crash
Two persons were killed early Sunday morning when a motorcycle on which they were riding skidded off the road and struck a light pole on County Trunk D one mile west of Two Rivers.
The victims were Edwin Gretz, 23, son of Alderman and Mrs. Stanley Gretz, 1809 Marshall street, city, and Miss Ethawyn Maruga, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Maruga of the town of Carlton, Kewaunee county.
The accident occurred at the same curve at which Frank A. Hurtig of Manitowoc, an employe of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, was killed last Dec. 12. Hurtig's automobile missed the curve and struck the same light pole, causing fatal injuries to the driver.
Killed Instantly
Gretz was driving the motorcycle and Miss Maruga was riding in back of him. They had spent the evening together at a fish fry near Shoto in company with a group of motorcycle enthusiasts and Gretz was taking Miss Maruga to her home. They were traveling east on County trunk D, a blacktop road, at approximately 1:45 a.m. At a point about one mile west of Two Rivers, the road curves to the south.
The motorcycle instead of making the turn, continued in a northeasterly direction, struck the light pole a glancing blow and passed between several fence posts before turning over in the ditch.
The girl was hurled over Gretz' head and landed some 8 or 10 feet ahead of the motorcycle. Gretz's body was found in back of and within a few feet of the machine. When the first person reached the scene of the accident neither Gretz nor Miss Maruga was conscious and Dr. Gerald Rau said he believed that they were killed instantly.
Handle Bars Ripped Off
County Motorcycle Officer John Meaneau, who arrived soon after the accident, reported that the motorcycle skidded 25 feet from the center of the road before striking the light pole with such force that it jarred loose a transformer, then continued 35 feet past the pole before turning over. The handle bars were ripped off the motorcycle but it was not otherwise badly damaged.
First to reach the scene of the accident were Kenneth Brunner, a Hamilton Mfg. Co., employe of Two Rivers, and Francis Wolfram, 1922 Washington street, Two Rivers. The injured were taken to the Two Rivers Municipal hospital in Brunner's car but were pronounced dead upon arrival.
Sheriff Norman Berkedal and Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, were called to the scene and conducted an investigation of the accident. Dr. Rau said that both Gretz and Miss Maruga sustained fractured skulls. He said there would be no inquest.
The county's death toll from traffic accidents in 1940 was raised to three as a result of the crash Sunday morning. The other victim was Herman C. Schuette, former sheriff, who was fatally injured several months ago on Highway 141 near Francis Creek. A Lincoln High Graduate.
Edwin Gretz, son of Alderman and Mrs. Stanley Gretz of 1809 Marshall street, was born in Marathon county, Wis. in 1917 and five years later his parents moved to Manitowoc. He was graduated from the Lincoln high school in June, 1934. In recent months he had been employed as a truck driver, his last position being with the Fischer
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Dray line. He enlisted in Company E, 127th infantry, Wisconsin National Guard, in 1934 and served a three-year enlistment. He was a member of a Manitowoc motorcycle club.
Survivors are the parents and five sisters, Mrs. Alois Becker, Mrs. Ted Brown, Alice and Delores, all of this city, and Mrs. Robert Harrington of Madison. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. from the Gretz home and at nine o'clock from the St. Mary's Catholic church, the Rev. John Landowski officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
The body was moved to the Gretz home Sunday evening from the Leschke funeral home and may be viewed there until the hour of services.
(Remainder of article is Maruga's obituary)
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 29, 1940, pp. 1, 9
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