GLADYS AND PATRICIA OLM
Illinois Driver Charged in County Highway Deaths. (Photo of car)
Killed in the two-car headon crash on Highway 42 were: Mrs. Romeo (Gladyce) Olm, 46, of R. 1, Manitowoc, and Miss Patricia Olm, 19, her daughter…(Name omitted) was the driver of a northbound car that crashed headon into the Nash Rambler driven by Patricia Olm at the crest of a hill on the state trunk in the town of Herman. Weber said he expected the sheriff's department would serve the warrant on (name omitted) today at St. Nicholas Hospital where he and his wife (omitted) are confined with injuries sustained in the fatal crash….
Mrs. Olm, whose husband operates the Pine River Dairy, just west of the Newtonburg Church and Highway 42 in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, died shortly after arrival at St. Nicholas Hospital here about noon Friday. Patricia, driver of the Olm's Nash Rambler, died there at 3 p.m. She had been employed as a medical technician at Municipal Hospital, Two Rivers. She was a native of this city, where her parents formerly lived. Dr. Simpson said skull fractures caused both deaths….
Rudy Grandlic, of Rudy's Ambulance Service that brought the five injured persons to the hospital in two ambulances, said it took him and his assistants 20 minutes, using crowbars, to free Mrs. Olm and Patricia from the twisted wreckage of their car. Patricia's feet were pinned underneath the dash, he pointed out and both women were badly cut. Oxygen was administered to the mother and daughter enroute to the hospital, he said, claiming that Mrs. Olm was still living when removed from the ambulance, but that she died on the hospital elevator…(various sections of the article were not transcribed here)
Double Funeral Tuesday
The Olms were enroute to Sheboygan on a shopping trip when their car was struck. Their deaths were Sheboygan County's 16th and 17th highway fatalities of 1955.
The former Gladyce Valleskey, Mrs. Olm was born at Collins(Manitowoc County), Sept. 3, 1908, a daughter of Charles and the late Mrs. Valleskey. She was married to Mr. Olm June 2, 1932, following which the couple lived in Sheboygan four years before Olm took over operation of the town of Newton cheese factory and dairy. Surviving are her husband; two sons and one daughter; one brother; and a sister (names omitted for privacy).
Patricia was born in Sheboygan, Aug. 24, 1936, and moved with her parents to the present home when a baby. She was a graduate of Valders High School after which she took a course at the Northwest Institute of Technology in Minneapolis, preparing her for the technical position at the Two Rivers hospital. In addition to her father, sister and brothers, and maternal grandfather, she is also survived by her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Otto Olm, Newton.
Double services for the mother and daughter will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Newtonburg, with the Rev. Fred Kneuppel, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home, Valders, from 2 p.m. Monday until 11 a.m. Tuesday when the bodies will be taken to the church.
Sheboygan Press, Saturday, August 13, 1955 pp.1,6
Illinois Driver Charged in County Highway Deaths. (Photo of car)
Killed in the two-car headon crash on Highway 42 were: Mrs. Romeo (Gladyce) Olm, 46, of R. 1, Manitowoc, and Miss Patricia Olm, 19, her daughter…(Name omitted) was the driver of a northbound car that crashed headon into the Nash Rambler driven by Patricia Olm at the crest of a hill on the state trunk in the town of Herman. Weber said he expected the sheriff's department would serve the warrant on (name omitted) today at St. Nicholas Hospital where he and his wife (omitted) are confined with injuries sustained in the fatal crash….
Mrs. Olm, whose husband operates the Pine River Dairy, just west of the Newtonburg Church and Highway 42 in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, died shortly after arrival at St. Nicholas Hospital here about noon Friday. Patricia, driver of the Olm's Nash Rambler, died there at 3 p.m. She had been employed as a medical technician at Municipal Hospital, Two Rivers. She was a native of this city, where her parents formerly lived. Dr. Simpson said skull fractures caused both deaths….
Rudy Grandlic, of Rudy's Ambulance Service that brought the five injured persons to the hospital in two ambulances, said it took him and his assistants 20 minutes, using crowbars, to free Mrs. Olm and Patricia from the twisted wreckage of their car. Patricia's feet were pinned underneath the dash, he pointed out and both women were badly cut. Oxygen was administered to the mother and daughter enroute to the hospital, he said, claiming that Mrs. Olm was still living when removed from the ambulance, but that she died on the hospital elevator…(various sections of the article were not transcribed here)
Double Funeral Tuesday
The Olms were enroute to Sheboygan on a shopping trip when their car was struck. Their deaths were Sheboygan County's 16th and 17th highway fatalities of 1955.
The former Gladyce Valleskey, Mrs. Olm was born at Collins(Manitowoc County), Sept. 3, 1908, a daughter of Charles and the late Mrs. Valleskey. She was married to Mr. Olm June 2, 1932, following which the couple lived in Sheboygan four years before Olm took over operation of the town of Newton cheese factory and dairy. Surviving are her husband; two sons and one daughter; one brother; and a sister (names omitted for privacy).
Patricia was born in Sheboygan, Aug. 24, 1936, and moved with her parents to the present home when a baby. She was a graduate of Valders High School after which she took a course at the Northwest Institute of Technology in Minneapolis, preparing her for the technical position at the Two Rivers hospital. In addition to her father, sister and brothers, and maternal grandfather, she is also survived by her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Otto Olm, Newton.
Double services for the mother and daughter will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Newtonburg, with the Rev. Fred Kneuppel, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home, Valders, from 2 p.m. Monday until 11 a.m. Tuesday when the bodies will be taken to the church.
Sheboygan Press, Saturday, August 13, 1955 pp.1,6
GLADYS AND PATRICIA OLM
Illinois Driver Charged in County Highway Deaths. (Photo of car)
Killed in the two-car headon crash on Highway 42 were: Mrs. Romeo (Gladyce) Olm, 46, of R. 1, Manitowoc, and Miss Patricia Olm, 19, her daughter…(Name omitted) was the driver of a northbound car that crashed headon into the Nash Rambler driven by Patricia Olm at the crest of a hill on the state trunk in the town of Herman. Weber said he expected the sheriff's department would serve the warrant on (name omitted) today at St. Nicholas Hospital where he and his wife (omitted) are confined with injuries sustained in the fatal crash….
Mrs. Olm, whose husband operates the Pine River Dairy, just west of the Newtonburg Church and Highway 42 in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, died shortly after arrival at St. Nicholas Hospital here about noon Friday. Patricia, driver of the Olm's Nash Rambler, died there at 3 p.m. She had been employed as a medical technician at Municipal Hospital, Two Rivers. She was a native of this city, where her parents formerly lived. Dr. Simpson said skull fractures caused both deaths….
Rudy Grandlic, of Rudy's Ambulance Service that brought the five injured persons to the hospital in two ambulances, said it took him and his assistants 20 minutes, using crowbars, to free Mrs. Olm and Patricia from the twisted wreckage of their car. Patricia's feet were pinned underneath the dash, he pointed out and both women were badly cut. Oxygen was administered to the mother and daughter enroute to the hospital, he said, claiming that Mrs. Olm was still living when removed from the ambulance, but that she died on the hospital elevator…(various sections of the article were not transcribed here)
Double Funeral Tuesday
The Olms were enroute to Sheboygan on a shopping trip when their car was struck. Their deaths were Sheboygan County's 16th and 17th highway fatalities of 1955.
The former Gladyce Valleskey, Mrs. Olm was born at Collins(Manitowoc County), Sept. 3, 1908, a daughter of Charles and the late Mrs. Valleskey. She was married to Mr. Olm June 2, 1932, following which the couple lived in Sheboygan four years before Olm took over operation of the town of Newton cheese factory and dairy. Surviving are her husband; two sons and one daughter; one brother; and a sister (names omitted for privacy).
Patricia was born in Sheboygan, Aug. 24, 1936, and moved with her parents to the present home when a baby. She was a graduate of Valders High School after which she took a course at the Northwest Institute of Technology in Minneapolis, preparing her for the technical position at the Two Rivers hospital. In addition to her father, sister and brothers, and maternal grandfather, she is also survived by her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Otto Olm, Newton.
Double services for the mother and daughter will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Newtonburg, with the Rev. Fred Kneuppel, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home, Valders, from 2 p.m. Monday until 11 a.m. Tuesday when the bodies will be taken to the church.
Sheboygan Press, Saturday, August 13, 1955 pp.1,6
Illinois Driver Charged in County Highway Deaths. (Photo of car)
Killed in the two-car headon crash on Highway 42 were: Mrs. Romeo (Gladyce) Olm, 46, of R. 1, Manitowoc, and Miss Patricia Olm, 19, her daughter…(Name omitted) was the driver of a northbound car that crashed headon into the Nash Rambler driven by Patricia Olm at the crest of a hill on the state trunk in the town of Herman. Weber said he expected the sheriff's department would serve the warrant on (name omitted) today at St. Nicholas Hospital where he and his wife (omitted) are confined with injuries sustained in the fatal crash….
Mrs. Olm, whose husband operates the Pine River Dairy, just west of the Newtonburg Church and Highway 42 in the town of Newton, Manitowoc County, died shortly after arrival at St. Nicholas Hospital here about noon Friday. Patricia, driver of the Olm's Nash Rambler, died there at 3 p.m. She had been employed as a medical technician at Municipal Hospital, Two Rivers. She was a native of this city, where her parents formerly lived. Dr. Simpson said skull fractures caused both deaths….
Rudy Grandlic, of Rudy's Ambulance Service that brought the five injured persons to the hospital in two ambulances, said it took him and his assistants 20 minutes, using crowbars, to free Mrs. Olm and Patricia from the twisted wreckage of their car. Patricia's feet were pinned underneath the dash, he pointed out and both women were badly cut. Oxygen was administered to the mother and daughter enroute to the hospital, he said, claiming that Mrs. Olm was still living when removed from the ambulance, but that she died on the hospital elevator…(various sections of the article were not transcribed here)
Double Funeral Tuesday
The Olms were enroute to Sheboygan on a shopping trip when their car was struck. Their deaths were Sheboygan County's 16th and 17th highway fatalities of 1955.
The former Gladyce Valleskey, Mrs. Olm was born at Collins(Manitowoc County), Sept. 3, 1908, a daughter of Charles and the late Mrs. Valleskey. She was married to Mr. Olm June 2, 1932, following which the couple lived in Sheboygan four years before Olm took over operation of the town of Newton cheese factory and dairy. Surviving are her husband; two sons and one daughter; one brother; and a sister (names omitted for privacy).
Patricia was born in Sheboygan, Aug. 24, 1936, and moved with her parents to the present home when a baby. She was a graduate of Valders High School after which she took a course at the Northwest Institute of Technology in Minneapolis, preparing her for the technical position at the Two Rivers hospital. In addition to her father, sister and brothers, and maternal grandfather, she is also survived by her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Otto Olm, Newton.
Double services for the mother and daughter will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Newtonburg, with the Rev. Fred Kneuppel, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends may call at the Berge Funeral Home, Valders, from 2 p.m. Monday until 11 a.m. Tuesday when the bodies will be taken to the church.
Sheboygan Press, Saturday, August 13, 1955 pp.1,6
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