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Rosa Louise “Rose” <I>Sell</I> Graf

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Rosa Louise “Rose” Sell Graf

Birth
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1927 (aged 35–36)
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Steinthal, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Dies From Injuries in Auto Crash
New Holstein Woman Dies at Plymouth Early Today Accident Occurred on Sunday Evening

Mrs. Herbert Graf Fails to Regain Consciousness and Passes Away as Result of Fractured Skull Sustained in Collision Sunday on Highway 57, a Short Distance from Highway 23 Intersection

New Holstein - Without regaining consciousness since her skull was fractured in an auto accident near Plymouth Sunday evening, Mrs. Herbert Graf, 36, died at the Plymouth hospital at 9:30 a.m. today.
Occasionally during the past three days she aroused sufficiently from her coma to ask "Where am I?" but her condition rapidly became weaker and she died this morning while members of her family still held hopes for her recovery.

Relatives Here
Mrs. Graf was a cousin of John and Frank Sell of Sell Brothers store in Sheboygan. Her maiden name was Rose Louise Sell and she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Juergen Sell.

The accident which resulted in Mrs. Graf's death occurred on Highway 57 a short distance south of the Highway 23 intersection Sunday evening.

The car driven by Mr. Graf collided with a car driven by Harry Steedeman, of Milwaukee. In the car with Mr. and Mrs. Graf were their two sons, Lloyd and Trumann, and Mrs. Alfred Oesau and children, Joan and Gladys, of Kiel. They were returning to their homes after visiting relatives in Milwaukee.

Mrs. Graf was born March 1, 1891, on a farm near New Holstein. Her father is dead but her mother, Mrs. Juergen Sell is residing in Sioux City, Iowa. Mrs. Graf attended District No. 3 school, New Holstein high School, and later Oshkosh Normal school. Upon her graduation from Normal school she taught school for eight years and on November 27, 1917, she married Herbert Graf. The couple made their home on the Graf homestead near Meggers.

The survivors include Mr. Graf and the two sons, Lloyd and Trumann, three sisters, Mrs. Robert Berndt of Gwinner, S.D., Mrs. Bertha Rickman of Sioux City, Iowa, and Mrs. Juliane Kindgren of Sioux City, two step-sisters, Mrs. John Boockmeier and Mrs. George Thade, Sr., of New Holstein, one brother, Robert Sell of Montrose, Minnesota, and four stepbrothers, John, Herman and George Sell of New Holstein and Charles Sell of Milwaukee.
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Dies From Injuries in Auto Crash
New Holstein Woman Dies at Plymouth Early Today Accident Occurred on Sunday Evening

Mrs. Herbert Graf Fails to Regain Consciousness and Passes Away as Result of Fractured Skull Sustained in Collision Sunday on Highway 57, a Short Distance from Highway 23 Intersection

New Holstein - Without regaining consciousness since her skull was fractured in an auto accident near Plymouth Sunday evening, Mrs. Herbert Graf, 36, died at the Plymouth hospital at 9:30 a.m. today.
Occasionally during the past three days she aroused sufficiently from her coma to ask "Where am I?" but her condition rapidly became weaker and she died this morning while members of her family still held hopes for her recovery.

Relatives Here
Mrs. Graf was a cousin of John and Frank Sell of Sell Brothers store in Sheboygan. Her maiden name was Rose Louise Sell and she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Juergen Sell.

The accident which resulted in Mrs. Graf's death occurred on Highway 57 a short distance south of the Highway 23 intersection Sunday evening.

The car driven by Mr. Graf collided with a car driven by Harry Steedeman, of Milwaukee. In the car with Mr. and Mrs. Graf were their two sons, Lloyd and Trumann, and Mrs. Alfred Oesau and children, Joan and Gladys, of Kiel. They were returning to their homes after visiting relatives in Milwaukee.

Mrs. Graf was born March 1, 1891, on a farm near New Holstein. Her father is dead but her mother, Mrs. Juergen Sell is residing in Sioux City, Iowa. Mrs. Graf attended District No. 3 school, New Holstein high School, and later Oshkosh Normal school. Upon her graduation from Normal school she taught school for eight years and on November 27, 1917, she married Herbert Graf. The couple made their home on the Graf homestead near Meggers.

The survivors include Mr. Graf and the two sons, Lloyd and Trumann, three sisters, Mrs. Robert Berndt of Gwinner, S.D., Mrs. Bertha Rickman of Sioux City, Iowa, and Mrs. Juliane Kindgren of Sioux City, two step-sisters, Mrs. John Boockmeier and Mrs. George Thade, Sr., of New Holstein, one brother, Robert Sell of Montrose, Minnesota, and four stepbrothers, John, Herman and George Sell of New Holstein and Charles Sell of Milwaukee.
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