ETHAWYN MARUGA

…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…
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.
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Maruga Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Miss Maruga will be held Wednesday afternoon at one
o’clock from the home of her parents in the town of Carlton, Kewaunee, county,
and at 2 o’clock in St. John’s Lutheran church in Two Rivers, the Rev. W. G.
Haase officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest cemetery. The body may be
viewed at the Klein & Stangel, Inc., funeral home until Tuesday afternoon when
it will be moved to the home at Carlton.
Ethawyn Maruga was born at Pound, Marinette county, on October 10, 1919,
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Maruga. When but a child the family moved
to Two Rivers. Several years later the family moved to a farm in the town of
Carlton.
Graduating from the Washington high school, Two Rivers, in 1937, Miss Maruga
had been an employe of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing company, Plant 4, since.
Besides her parents, she leaves five sisters,
Mrs. Edward Morency of Two Rivers and Helen, Marilyn, Sonia and Sharon,
all at home….
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 29, 1940, pp. 1, 9
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