Farm Tractor Tips, Kiel Area Man Killed
A Town of Schleswig man died of crushing injuries Saturday afternoon on his farm when the tractor he was operating overturned. Deputy Manitowoc County Coroner Nancy Crowley said Valentine J. Conrad, 57, of 13015 Steinthal Road, Kiel, was pinned beneath the tractor when it overturned in hilly, rocky terrain.
Authorities said Conrad had gone into a wooded area about 1 pm to cut firewood. When he did not return for supper at 5 pm, his wife and a niece went looking for him. They found Conrad's body about 5:30 pm pinned beneath the overturned tractor. Death was attributed to crushing chest injuries, according to the coroner's office. It was estimated the accident occurred about 2:30 pm.
Mr. Conrad was born Feb. 4, 1925 in the Town of Russell, a son of Philip and Louisa Hass Conrad. He was a 1942 graduate of Elkhart Lake High School. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945 in the Pacific Theater. Mr. Conrad married Dorothy Flitterson Dec. 31, 1946 at Oklahoma city, Okla. They lived in New Holstein and Elkhart Lake before moving to the Town of Schleswig where they have lived for the past 27 years. He was employed at Kohler Co. for 32 years and was a member of Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig, where he was a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Mrs. James (Dolores) Rollmann of Saukville; one son, Phillip of New Holstein; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Esther Dekker of West Bend, and two brothers, Oscar of New Holstein and Philip of Kiel. He was preceded in death by two brother and one sister.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig. the Rev. Hilbert Klein, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, after 4 pm today from 9 to 11 am Tuesday and at the church from noon until time of services.
Sheboygan Press, Mon., Sept. 20, 1982
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(4 Feb. 1925/Sep. 1982/SSDI)
Contributor: Shari Milks
A Town of Schleswig man died of crushing injuries Saturday afternoon on his farm when the tractor he was operating overturned. Deputy Manitowoc County Coroner Nancy Crowley said Valentine J. Conrad, 57, of 13015 Steinthal Road, Kiel, was pinned beneath the tractor when it overturned in hilly, rocky terrain.
Authorities said Conrad had gone into a wooded area about 1 pm to cut firewood. When he did not return for supper at 5 pm, his wife and a niece went looking for him. They found Conrad's body about 5:30 pm pinned beneath the overturned tractor. Death was attributed to crushing chest injuries, according to the coroner's office. It was estimated the accident occurred about 2:30 pm.
Mr. Conrad was born Feb. 4, 1925 in the Town of Russell, a son of Philip and Louisa Hass Conrad. He was a 1942 graduate of Elkhart Lake High School. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945 in the Pacific Theater. Mr. Conrad married Dorothy Flitterson Dec. 31, 1946 at Oklahoma city, Okla. They lived in New Holstein and Elkhart Lake before moving to the Town of Schleswig where they have lived for the past 27 years. He was employed at Kohler Co. for 32 years and was a member of Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig, where he was a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Mrs. James (Dolores) Rollmann of Saukville; one son, Phillip of New Holstein; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Esther Dekker of West Bend, and two brothers, Oscar of New Holstein and Philip of Kiel. He was preceded in death by two brother and one sister.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig. the Rev. Hilbert Klein, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, after 4 pm today from 9 to 11 am Tuesday and at the church from noon until time of services.
Sheboygan Press, Mon., Sept. 20, 1982
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(4 Feb. 1925/Sep. 1982/SSDI)
Contributor: Shari Milks
Farm Tractor Tips, Kiel Area Man Killed
A Town of Schleswig man died of crushing injuries Saturday afternoon on his farm when the tractor he was operating overturned. Deputy Manitowoc County Coroner Nancy Crowley said Valentine J. Conrad, 57, of 13015 Steinthal Road, Kiel, was pinned beneath the tractor when it overturned in hilly, rocky terrain.
Authorities said Conrad had gone into a wooded area about 1 pm to cut firewood. When he did not return for supper at 5 pm, his wife and a niece went looking for him. They found Conrad's body about 5:30 pm pinned beneath the overturned tractor. Death was attributed to crushing chest injuries, according to the coroner's office. It was estimated the accident occurred about 2:30 pm.
Mr. Conrad was born Feb. 4, 1925 in the Town of Russell, a son of Philip and Louisa Hass Conrad. He was a 1942 graduate of Elkhart Lake High School. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945 in the Pacific Theater. Mr. Conrad married Dorothy Flitterson Dec. 31, 1946 at Oklahoma city, Okla. They lived in New Holstein and Elkhart Lake before moving to the Town of Schleswig where they have lived for the past 27 years. He was employed at Kohler Co. for 32 years and was a member of Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig, where he was a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Mrs. James (Dolores) Rollmann of Saukville; one son, Phillip of New Holstein; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Esther Dekker of West Bend, and two brothers, Oscar of New Holstein and Philip of Kiel. He was preceded in death by two brother and one sister.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig. the Rev. Hilbert Klein, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, after 4 pm today from 9 to 11 am Tuesday and at the church from noon until time of services.
Sheboygan Press, Mon., Sept. 20, 1982
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(4 Feb. 1925/Sep. 1982/SSDI)
Contributor: Shari Milks
A Town of Schleswig man died of crushing injuries Saturday afternoon on his farm when the tractor he was operating overturned. Deputy Manitowoc County Coroner Nancy Crowley said Valentine J. Conrad, 57, of 13015 Steinthal Road, Kiel, was pinned beneath the tractor when it overturned in hilly, rocky terrain.
Authorities said Conrad had gone into a wooded area about 1 pm to cut firewood. When he did not return for supper at 5 pm, his wife and a niece went looking for him. They found Conrad's body about 5:30 pm pinned beneath the overturned tractor. Death was attributed to crushing chest injuries, according to the coroner's office. It was estimated the accident occurred about 2:30 pm.
Mr. Conrad was born Feb. 4, 1925 in the Town of Russell, a son of Philip and Louisa Hass Conrad. He was a 1942 graduate of Elkhart Lake High School. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945 in the Pacific Theater. Mr. Conrad married Dorothy Flitterson Dec. 31, 1946 at Oklahoma city, Okla. They lived in New Holstein and Elkhart Lake before moving to the Town of Schleswig where they have lived for the past 27 years. He was employed at Kohler Co. for 32 years and was a member of Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig, where he was a deacon.
Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Mrs. James (Dolores) Rollmann of Saukville; one son, Phillip of New Holstein; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Esther Dekker of West Bend, and two brothers, Oscar of New Holstein and Philip of Kiel. He was preceded in death by two brother and one sister.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Town of Schleswig. the Rev. Hilbert Klein, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, after 4 pm today from 9 to 11 am Tuesday and at the church from noon until time of services.
Sheboygan Press, Mon., Sept. 20, 1982
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(4 Feb. 1925/Sep. 1982/SSDI)
Contributor: Shari Milks
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