Manitowoc Motorist Victim of Road Crash Near Cato
Mirro Worker Dies Following Violent Mishap
Lester Peterman 1st County Fatality Since Oct. 8, 1960
CATO—Manitowoc County's record of 134 days without a fatal traffic accident came to an end Sunday night with the death of a 30 year old Manitowoc motorist in a one-car smashup two miles north of this village on County Highway A.
The victim was Lester Peterman, a Mirro Aluminum Co. employe who lived at 1812 Clark St. He was the first traffic fatality in the county since Oct. 8, 1960.
Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said death was almost instantaneous due to multiple injuries. He indicated there would be no inquest unless further investigation warranted it.
Flies Into Ditch
County police reported that the accident occurred shortly after 9:45 p.m. on a straight stretch of blacktopped highway while Peterman was traveling south at an apparent high rate of speed.
His 1956 model Buick sedan went into the left ditch, traveled sideways up an embankment, snapped off a telephone pole and finally came to rest in a field in an upright position with Peterman beneath it.
Peterman apparently was thrown from the car when it hit the pole and was dragged from 100 to 150 feet before the vehicle lost momentum.
No Witnesses
Investigation at the scene showed the car traveled about 243 feet after it left the highway.
Doctor Teitgen said there were apparently no witnesses to the high speed crash. First to arrive on the scene were Robert Hebel and Robert Haas, both of Cato, who had been bowling with Peterman at Reedsville during the afternoon. They spent some time in taverns at Taus and Grimms after bowling.
The coroner quoted Hebel and Haas as saying that Peterman left a tavern at Taus at the same time they did with the intention of going to Manitowoc to get something to eat. However, Hebel said he stopped to get some gas at Taus before proceeding. He and Haas arrived at the scene shortly after the accident occurred, according to Doctor Teitgen.
Funeral Services
Peterman was born Nov. 9, 1930, at Manitowoc, son of Frank and Anna Nemitz Peterman. He attended St. Boniface parochial school and was graduated with the class of 1949 from Lincoln High School. He was employed in the shipping department of Mirro Aluminum Co., Manitowoc.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald and Terry Lee of Manitowoc; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peterman of Manitowoc, and three brothers, Francis of Valders, Ernest of Manitowoc and Allen of Chicago.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc, the Rev. Clement Kern officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Tuesday where the Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 20, 1961 P. 1
Mirro Worker Dies Following Violent Mishap
Lester Peterman 1st County Fatality Since Oct. 8, 1960
CATO—Manitowoc County's record of 134 days without a fatal traffic accident came to an end Sunday night with the death of a 30 year old Manitowoc motorist in a one-car smashup two miles north of this village on County Highway A.
The victim was Lester Peterman, a Mirro Aluminum Co. employe who lived at 1812 Clark St. He was the first traffic fatality in the county since Oct. 8, 1960.
Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said death was almost instantaneous due to multiple injuries. He indicated there would be no inquest unless further investigation warranted it.
Flies Into Ditch
County police reported that the accident occurred shortly after 9:45 p.m. on a straight stretch of blacktopped highway while Peterman was traveling south at an apparent high rate of speed.
His 1956 model Buick sedan went into the left ditch, traveled sideways up an embankment, snapped off a telephone pole and finally came to rest in a field in an upright position with Peterman beneath it.
Peterman apparently was thrown from the car when it hit the pole and was dragged from 100 to 150 feet before the vehicle lost momentum.
No Witnesses
Investigation at the scene showed the car traveled about 243 feet after it left the highway.
Doctor Teitgen said there were apparently no witnesses to the high speed crash. First to arrive on the scene were Robert Hebel and Robert Haas, both of Cato, who had been bowling with Peterman at Reedsville during the afternoon. They spent some time in taverns at Taus and Grimms after bowling.
The coroner quoted Hebel and Haas as saying that Peterman left a tavern at Taus at the same time they did with the intention of going to Manitowoc to get something to eat. However, Hebel said he stopped to get some gas at Taus before proceeding. He and Haas arrived at the scene shortly after the accident occurred, according to Doctor Teitgen.
Funeral Services
Peterman was born Nov. 9, 1930, at Manitowoc, son of Frank and Anna Nemitz Peterman. He attended St. Boniface parochial school and was graduated with the class of 1949 from Lincoln High School. He was employed in the shipping department of Mirro Aluminum Co., Manitowoc.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald and Terry Lee of Manitowoc; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peterman of Manitowoc, and three brothers, Francis of Valders, Ernest of Manitowoc and Allen of Chicago.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc, the Rev. Clement Kern officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Tuesday where the Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 20, 1961 P. 1
Manitowoc Motorist Victim of Road Crash Near Cato
Mirro Worker Dies Following Violent Mishap
Lester Peterman 1st County Fatality Since Oct. 8, 1960
CATO—Manitowoc County's record of 134 days without a fatal traffic accident came to an end Sunday night with the death of a 30 year old Manitowoc motorist in a one-car smashup two miles north of this village on County Highway A.
The victim was Lester Peterman, a Mirro Aluminum Co. employe who lived at 1812 Clark St. He was the first traffic fatality in the county since Oct. 8, 1960.
Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said death was almost instantaneous due to multiple injuries. He indicated there would be no inquest unless further investigation warranted it.
Flies Into Ditch
County police reported that the accident occurred shortly after 9:45 p.m. on a straight stretch of blacktopped highway while Peterman was traveling south at an apparent high rate of speed.
His 1956 model Buick sedan went into the left ditch, traveled sideways up an embankment, snapped off a telephone pole and finally came to rest in a field in an upright position with Peterman beneath it.
Peterman apparently was thrown from the car when it hit the pole and was dragged from 100 to 150 feet before the vehicle lost momentum.
No Witnesses
Investigation at the scene showed the car traveled about 243 feet after it left the highway.
Doctor Teitgen said there were apparently no witnesses to the high speed crash. First to arrive on the scene were Robert Hebel and Robert Haas, both of Cato, who had been bowling with Peterman at Reedsville during the afternoon. They spent some time in taverns at Taus and Grimms after bowling.
The coroner quoted Hebel and Haas as saying that Peterman left a tavern at Taus at the same time they did with the intention of going to Manitowoc to get something to eat. However, Hebel said he stopped to get some gas at Taus before proceeding. He and Haas arrived at the scene shortly after the accident occurred, according to Doctor Teitgen.
Funeral Services
Peterman was born Nov. 9, 1930, at Manitowoc, son of Frank and Anna Nemitz Peterman. He attended St. Boniface parochial school and was graduated with the class of 1949 from Lincoln High School. He was employed in the shipping department of Mirro Aluminum Co., Manitowoc.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald and Terry Lee of Manitowoc; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peterman of Manitowoc, and three brothers, Francis of Valders, Ernest of Manitowoc and Allen of Chicago.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc, the Rev. Clement Kern officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Tuesday where the Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 20, 1961 P. 1
Mirro Worker Dies Following Violent Mishap
Lester Peterman 1st County Fatality Since Oct. 8, 1960
CATO—Manitowoc County's record of 134 days without a fatal traffic accident came to an end Sunday night with the death of a 30 year old Manitowoc motorist in a one-car smashup two miles north of this village on County Highway A.
The victim was Lester Peterman, a Mirro Aluminum Co. employe who lived at 1812 Clark St. He was the first traffic fatality in the county since Oct. 8, 1960.
Dr. Theodore Teitgen, county coroner, said death was almost instantaneous due to multiple injuries. He indicated there would be no inquest unless further investigation warranted it.
Flies Into Ditch
County police reported that the accident occurred shortly after 9:45 p.m. on a straight stretch of blacktopped highway while Peterman was traveling south at an apparent high rate of speed.
His 1956 model Buick sedan went into the left ditch, traveled sideways up an embankment, snapped off a telephone pole and finally came to rest in a field in an upright position with Peterman beneath it.
Peterman apparently was thrown from the car when it hit the pole and was dragged from 100 to 150 feet before the vehicle lost momentum.
No Witnesses
Investigation at the scene showed the car traveled about 243 feet after it left the highway.
Doctor Teitgen said there were apparently no witnesses to the high speed crash. First to arrive on the scene were Robert Hebel and Robert Haas, both of Cato, who had been bowling with Peterman at Reedsville during the afternoon. They spent some time in taverns at Taus and Grimms after bowling.
The coroner quoted Hebel and Haas as saying that Peterman left a tavern at Taus at the same time they did with the intention of going to Manitowoc to get something to eat. However, Hebel said he stopped to get some gas at Taus before proceeding. He and Haas arrived at the scene shortly after the accident occurred, according to Doctor Teitgen.
Funeral Services
Peterman was born Nov. 9, 1930, at Manitowoc, son of Frank and Anna Nemitz Peterman. He attended St. Boniface parochial school and was graduated with the class of 1949 from Lincoln High School. He was employed in the shipping department of Mirro Aluminum Co., Manitowoc.
Survivors include two sons, Gerald and Terry Lee of Manitowoc; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peterman of Manitowoc, and three brothers, Francis of Valders, Ernest of Manitowoc and Allen of Chicago.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc, the Rev. Clement Kern officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Tuesday where the Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 20, 1961 P. 1
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