MANITOWOC PEDESTRIAN STRUCK, KILLED BY AUTO
MANITOWOC—Walter E. Drill, 74, of 1015 S. 14th St., became the City of Manitowoc's first traffic fatality in 1967 at 2:45 p.m. Monday.
He was struck by an auto driven by Ronald A. Wiesner, 18, of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, as he was walking across Washington Street at the intersection of South 13th Street.
Wiesner told city police he was eastbound on Washington Street traveling between 25 – 30 miles per hour. He stated he was following an unknown vehicle and saw the brake lights of the vehicle go on as he approached the intersects.
Thrown 60feet
Wiesner explained that he went into the left lane of traffic to go around the unknown vehicle and at that time struck Drill, who was crossing Washington Street in the crosswalk from south to north.
Drill's body was thrown some 60 feet from the crosswalk and was 28 feet beyond the spot where the Wiesner auto came to a halt. According to Dr. Theodore A. Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, Drill died almost instantly of a skull fracture.
Mr. Drill was born May 30, 1893, at Manitowoc, son of the late Mike and Michalena Bialek Drill, and married Theresa Swokowski Nov. 13, 1916. He worked for the National Tinsel Co. 40 years and was a plant foreman, retiring in 1960, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 706.
Services Thursday
He is survived by a son, S-Sgt. Walter C., of Minot, N.D.; two daughters, Mrs. William (Marian) Rosinsky and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Anderson, of Manitowoc; three brothers, John, Frank and Alex, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Wilfer, all of Manitowoc, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Pfeffer Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Very Rev. Msgr. Alfred Schneider will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday where at
8:30 p.m. the Rosary will be recited.
Manitowoc Herald Times Tuesday, July 18, 1967 pg. 1
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MANITOWOC—Walter E. Drill, 74, of 1015 S. 14th St., became the City of Manitowoc's first traffic fatality in 1967 at 2:45 p.m. Monday.
He was struck by an auto driven by Ronald A. Wiesner, 18, of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, as he was walking across Washington Street at the intersection of South 13th Street.
Wiesner told city police he was eastbound on Washington Street traveling between 25 – 30 miles per hour. He stated he was following an unknown vehicle and saw the brake lights of the vehicle go on as he approached the intersects.
Thrown 60feet
Wiesner explained that he went into the left lane of traffic to go around the unknown vehicle and at that time struck Drill, who was crossing Washington Street in the crosswalk from south to north.
Drill's body was thrown some 60 feet from the crosswalk and was 28 feet beyond the spot where the Wiesner auto came to a halt. According to Dr. Theodore A. Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, Drill died almost instantly of a skull fracture.
Mr. Drill was born May 30, 1893, at Manitowoc, son of the late Mike and Michalena Bialek Drill, and married Theresa Swokowski Nov. 13, 1916. He worked for the National Tinsel Co. 40 years and was a plant foreman, retiring in 1960, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 706.
Services Thursday
He is survived by a son, S-Sgt. Walter C., of Minot, N.D.; two daughters, Mrs. William (Marian) Rosinsky and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Anderson, of Manitowoc; three brothers, John, Frank and Alex, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Wilfer, all of Manitowoc, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Pfeffer Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Very Rev. Msgr. Alfred Schneider will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday where at
8:30 p.m. the Rosary will be recited.
Manitowoc Herald Times Tuesday, July 18, 1967 pg. 1
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MANITOWOC PEDESTRIAN STRUCK, KILLED BY AUTO
MANITOWOC—Walter E. Drill, 74, of 1015 S. 14th St., became the City of Manitowoc's first traffic fatality in 1967 at 2:45 p.m. Monday.
He was struck by an auto driven by Ronald A. Wiesner, 18, of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, as he was walking across Washington Street at the intersection of South 13th Street.
Wiesner told city police he was eastbound on Washington Street traveling between 25 – 30 miles per hour. He stated he was following an unknown vehicle and saw the brake lights of the vehicle go on as he approached the intersects.
Thrown 60feet
Wiesner explained that he went into the left lane of traffic to go around the unknown vehicle and at that time struck Drill, who was crossing Washington Street in the crosswalk from south to north.
Drill's body was thrown some 60 feet from the crosswalk and was 28 feet beyond the spot where the Wiesner auto came to a halt. According to Dr. Theodore A. Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, Drill died almost instantly of a skull fracture.
Mr. Drill was born May 30, 1893, at Manitowoc, son of the late Mike and Michalena Bialek Drill, and married Theresa Swokowski Nov. 13, 1916. He worked for the National Tinsel Co. 40 years and was a plant foreman, retiring in 1960, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 706.
Services Thursday
He is survived by a son, S-Sgt. Walter C., of Minot, N.D.; two daughters, Mrs. William (Marian) Rosinsky and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Anderson, of Manitowoc; three brothers, John, Frank and Alex, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Wilfer, all of Manitowoc, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Pfeffer Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Very Rev. Msgr. Alfred Schneider will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday where at
8:30 p.m. the Rosary will be recited.
Manitowoc Herald Times Tuesday, July 18, 1967 pg. 1
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MANITOWOC—Walter E. Drill, 74, of 1015 S. 14th St., became the City of Manitowoc's first traffic fatality in 1967 at 2:45 p.m. Monday.
He was struck by an auto driven by Ronald A. Wiesner, 18, of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, as he was walking across Washington Street at the intersection of South 13th Street.
Wiesner told city police he was eastbound on Washington Street traveling between 25 – 30 miles per hour. He stated he was following an unknown vehicle and saw the brake lights of the vehicle go on as he approached the intersects.
Thrown 60feet
Wiesner explained that he went into the left lane of traffic to go around the unknown vehicle and at that time struck Drill, who was crossing Washington Street in the crosswalk from south to north.
Drill's body was thrown some 60 feet from the crosswalk and was 28 feet beyond the spot where the Wiesner auto came to a halt. According to Dr. Theodore A. Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner, Drill died almost instantly of a skull fracture.
Mr. Drill was born May 30, 1893, at Manitowoc, son of the late Mike and Michalena Bialek Drill, and married Theresa Swokowski Nov. 13, 1916. He worked for the National Tinsel Co. 40 years and was a plant foreman, retiring in 1960, and was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 706.
Services Thursday
He is survived by a son, S-Sgt. Walter C., of Minot, N.D.; two daughters, Mrs. William (Marian) Rosinsky and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Anderson, of Manitowoc; three brothers, John, Frank and Alex, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Wilfer, all of Manitowoc, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Pfeffer Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Very Rev. Msgr. Alfred Schneider will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Wednesday where at
8:30 p.m. the Rosary will be recited.
Manitowoc Herald Times Tuesday, July 18, 1967 pg. 1
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