GORDON BAUCH
Two Rivers Youth Is Killed, Friend Is Injured In Crash (Picture on page 10)
Gordon Bauch, 19, of route 1, Two Rivers, was killed instantly early today and his companion Gerald Schroeder, 18, of 2402 16th street, Two Rivers, was injured critically when the car in which they were riding left Highway 42, two miles north of Two Rivers and struck a tree.
Both young men were to have been inducted into the armed forces in Milwaukee today as members of a group of selectees from the District N. 2 draft board, Two Rivers.
Said Bauch Drove Car
Schroeder, a patient at the Two Rivers Municipal hospital…told officers that Bauch was driving the car at the time of the accident. Both were thrown clear of the machine after it left the concrete highway, swung into the ditch and crashed into a tree.
According to the traffic officers the car is owned by Emil Zierzow of route 1, Two Rivers, an uncle of the Schroeder boy. He loaned the young men the car earlier in the evening.
Late today there were conflicting reports of who was driving the car. Arthur Bauch, father of the victim, reported that before 1 a.m. his son drove into the yard. Shortly after he said a second car drove in and he saw Schroeder at the wheel. Bauch said his son got out of the first car and into the right side of the other machine as he drove out of the yard.
Bauch was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bauch. When their son had not returned to his home at 1 a.m. they started out in the family car and came upon the scene of the accident shortly after the arrival of help. Elmer Petri, living nearby, heard the crash and was first on the scene. He called the office of Sheriff Elmer Bergner to report it.
Traffic Officers Henry Pleuss and Edward McConnell, who answered the call, reported that the car, driven by Bauch, was being driven south on Highway 42, and swerved into the ditch on the (Cont. on Page 9, Col. 2) TWO RIVERS MAN DIES IN CRASH (Cont. from Page 1)east side of the highway. The car swung completely around and smashed into the tree, the officer reported. The impact threw both occupants out of the right door of the car.
Schroeder at the hospital told Officers Pleuss and McConnell that he had fallen asleep and could give no explanation of how the accident happened. He added he and Bauch, who were to leave with the inductees this morning at 6 o'clock, had gone to Two Creeks together to bid goodbye to a number of friends there. They were on their way to Two Rivers for a lunch when the accident happened.
According to Dr. Arthur Teitgen, assistant coroner, who was summoned to the scene in the absence of the city of Coroner Theodore Teitgen, Bauch's death was due to a broken neck.
Schroeder was named a leader of the draft contingent that left Two Rivers this morning and a substitute leader had to be chosen when members of the draft board learned of the accident just before the men left Two Rivers for Milwaukee.
Funeral Friday Bauch was employed by his father in the latter's cheese factory. Schroeder has been working for his uncle, Mr. Zierzow.
He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Bernice and Sharon; one brother, Vernon; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bauman of the town of Kossuth; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Bauch of Milwaukee.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning from the Holy Cross Catholic church at Mishicot, Rev. Joseph Van Bogart officiating. The body may be viewed at the Klein and Stangel, Inc., funeral home at Two Rivers from 2 p.m. Wednesday until the time of burial. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 29, 1944 pp. 1,10
Two Rivers Youth Is Killed, Friend Is Injured In Crash (Picture on page 10)
Gordon Bauch, 19, of route 1, Two Rivers, was killed instantly early today and his companion Gerald Schroeder, 18, of 2402 16th street, Two Rivers, was injured critically when the car in which they were riding left Highway 42, two miles north of Two Rivers and struck a tree.
Both young men were to have been inducted into the armed forces in Milwaukee today as members of a group of selectees from the District N. 2 draft board, Two Rivers.
Said Bauch Drove Car
Schroeder, a patient at the Two Rivers Municipal hospital…told officers that Bauch was driving the car at the time of the accident. Both were thrown clear of the machine after it left the concrete highway, swung into the ditch and crashed into a tree.
According to the traffic officers the car is owned by Emil Zierzow of route 1, Two Rivers, an uncle of the Schroeder boy. He loaned the young men the car earlier in the evening.
Late today there were conflicting reports of who was driving the car. Arthur Bauch, father of the victim, reported that before 1 a.m. his son drove into the yard. Shortly after he said a second car drove in and he saw Schroeder at the wheel. Bauch said his son got out of the first car and into the right side of the other machine as he drove out of the yard.
Bauch was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bauch. When their son had not returned to his home at 1 a.m. they started out in the family car and came upon the scene of the accident shortly after the arrival of help. Elmer Petri, living nearby, heard the crash and was first on the scene. He called the office of Sheriff Elmer Bergner to report it.
Traffic Officers Henry Pleuss and Edward McConnell, who answered the call, reported that the car, driven by Bauch, was being driven south on Highway 42, and swerved into the ditch on the (Cont. on Page 9, Col. 2) TWO RIVERS MAN DIES IN CRASH (Cont. from Page 1)east side of the highway. The car swung completely around and smashed into the tree, the officer reported. The impact threw both occupants out of the right door of the car.
Schroeder at the hospital told Officers Pleuss and McConnell that he had fallen asleep and could give no explanation of how the accident happened. He added he and Bauch, who were to leave with the inductees this morning at 6 o'clock, had gone to Two Creeks together to bid goodbye to a number of friends there. They were on their way to Two Rivers for a lunch when the accident happened.
According to Dr. Arthur Teitgen, assistant coroner, who was summoned to the scene in the absence of the city of Coroner Theodore Teitgen, Bauch's death was due to a broken neck.
Schroeder was named a leader of the draft contingent that left Two Rivers this morning and a substitute leader had to be chosen when members of the draft board learned of the accident just before the men left Two Rivers for Milwaukee.
Funeral Friday Bauch was employed by his father in the latter's cheese factory. Schroeder has been working for his uncle, Mr. Zierzow.
He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Bernice and Sharon; one brother, Vernon; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bauman of the town of Kossuth; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Bauch of Milwaukee.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning from the Holy Cross Catholic church at Mishicot, Rev. Joseph Van Bogart officiating. The body may be viewed at the Klein and Stangel, Inc., funeral home at Two Rivers from 2 p.m. Wednesday until the time of burial. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 29, 1944 pp. 1,10
GORDON BAUCH
Two Rivers Youth Is Killed, Friend Is Injured In Crash (Picture on page 10)
Gordon Bauch, 19, of route 1, Two Rivers, was killed instantly early today and his companion Gerald Schroeder, 18, of 2402 16th street, Two Rivers, was injured critically when the car in which they were riding left Highway 42, two miles north of Two Rivers and struck a tree.
Both young men were to have been inducted into the armed forces in Milwaukee today as members of a group of selectees from the District N. 2 draft board, Two Rivers.
Said Bauch Drove Car
Schroeder, a patient at the Two Rivers Municipal hospital…told officers that Bauch was driving the car at the time of the accident. Both were thrown clear of the machine after it left the concrete highway, swung into the ditch and crashed into a tree.
According to the traffic officers the car is owned by Emil Zierzow of route 1, Two Rivers, an uncle of the Schroeder boy. He loaned the young men the car earlier in the evening.
Late today there were conflicting reports of who was driving the car. Arthur Bauch, father of the victim, reported that before 1 a.m. his son drove into the yard. Shortly after he said a second car drove in and he saw Schroeder at the wheel. Bauch said his son got out of the first car and into the right side of the other machine as he drove out of the yard.
Bauch was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bauch. When their son had not returned to his home at 1 a.m. they started out in the family car and came upon the scene of the accident shortly after the arrival of help. Elmer Petri, living nearby, heard the crash and was first on the scene. He called the office of Sheriff Elmer Bergner to report it.
Traffic Officers Henry Pleuss and Edward McConnell, who answered the call, reported that the car, driven by Bauch, was being driven south on Highway 42, and swerved into the ditch on the (Cont. on Page 9, Col. 2) TWO RIVERS MAN DIES IN CRASH (Cont. from Page 1)east side of the highway. The car swung completely around and smashed into the tree, the officer reported. The impact threw both occupants out of the right door of the car.
Schroeder at the hospital told Officers Pleuss and McConnell that he had fallen asleep and could give no explanation of how the accident happened. He added he and Bauch, who were to leave with the inductees this morning at 6 o'clock, had gone to Two Creeks together to bid goodbye to a number of friends there. They were on their way to Two Rivers for a lunch when the accident happened.
According to Dr. Arthur Teitgen, assistant coroner, who was summoned to the scene in the absence of the city of Coroner Theodore Teitgen, Bauch's death was due to a broken neck.
Schroeder was named a leader of the draft contingent that left Two Rivers this morning and a substitute leader had to be chosen when members of the draft board learned of the accident just before the men left Two Rivers for Milwaukee.
Funeral Friday Bauch was employed by his father in the latter's cheese factory. Schroeder has been working for his uncle, Mr. Zierzow.
He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Bernice and Sharon; one brother, Vernon; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bauman of the town of Kossuth; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Bauch of Milwaukee.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning from the Holy Cross Catholic church at Mishicot, Rev. Joseph Van Bogart officiating. The body may be viewed at the Klein and Stangel, Inc., funeral home at Two Rivers from 2 p.m. Wednesday until the time of burial. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 29, 1944 pp. 1,10
Two Rivers Youth Is Killed, Friend Is Injured In Crash (Picture on page 10)
Gordon Bauch, 19, of route 1, Two Rivers, was killed instantly early today and his companion Gerald Schroeder, 18, of 2402 16th street, Two Rivers, was injured critically when the car in which they were riding left Highway 42, two miles north of Two Rivers and struck a tree.
Both young men were to have been inducted into the armed forces in Milwaukee today as members of a group of selectees from the District N. 2 draft board, Two Rivers.
Said Bauch Drove Car
Schroeder, a patient at the Two Rivers Municipal hospital…told officers that Bauch was driving the car at the time of the accident. Both were thrown clear of the machine after it left the concrete highway, swung into the ditch and crashed into a tree.
According to the traffic officers the car is owned by Emil Zierzow of route 1, Two Rivers, an uncle of the Schroeder boy. He loaned the young men the car earlier in the evening.
Late today there were conflicting reports of who was driving the car. Arthur Bauch, father of the victim, reported that before 1 a.m. his son drove into the yard. Shortly after he said a second car drove in and he saw Schroeder at the wheel. Bauch said his son got out of the first car and into the right side of the other machine as he drove out of the yard.
Bauch was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bauch. When their son had not returned to his home at 1 a.m. they started out in the family car and came upon the scene of the accident shortly after the arrival of help. Elmer Petri, living nearby, heard the crash and was first on the scene. He called the office of Sheriff Elmer Bergner to report it.
Traffic Officers Henry Pleuss and Edward McConnell, who answered the call, reported that the car, driven by Bauch, was being driven south on Highway 42, and swerved into the ditch on the (Cont. on Page 9, Col. 2) TWO RIVERS MAN DIES IN CRASH (Cont. from Page 1)east side of the highway. The car swung completely around and smashed into the tree, the officer reported. The impact threw both occupants out of the right door of the car.
Schroeder at the hospital told Officers Pleuss and McConnell that he had fallen asleep and could give no explanation of how the accident happened. He added he and Bauch, who were to leave with the inductees this morning at 6 o'clock, had gone to Two Creeks together to bid goodbye to a number of friends there. They were on their way to Two Rivers for a lunch when the accident happened.
According to Dr. Arthur Teitgen, assistant coroner, who was summoned to the scene in the absence of the city of Coroner Theodore Teitgen, Bauch's death was due to a broken neck.
Schroeder was named a leader of the draft contingent that left Two Rivers this morning and a substitute leader had to be chosen when members of the draft board learned of the accident just before the men left Two Rivers for Milwaukee.
Funeral Friday Bauch was employed by his father in the latter's cheese factory. Schroeder has been working for his uncle, Mr. Zierzow.
He is survived by his parents, two sisters, Bernice and Sharon; one brother, Vernon; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bauman of the town of Kossuth; paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bertha Bauch of Milwaukee.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning from the Holy Cross Catholic church at Mishicot, Rev. Joseph Van Bogart officiating. The body may be viewed at the Klein and Stangel, Inc., funeral home at Two Rivers from 2 p.m. Wednesday until the time of burial. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home at 8:00 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 29, 1944 pp. 1,10
Family Members
Parents
Siblings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
