WILLIAM KLESSIG
Mr. William Klessig was a pioneer farm resident of Manitowoc county, spending
all his life in the immediate vicinity of where the accident occurred. He
would have been 62 years of age next month, having been born on
November 11, 1867.
On July 31, 1898, he married Miss Anna Eick of the town of Herman and she with a number of children survive.
Immediate survivors are eight children, Elmer at Chilton, Roland at home,
six daughters, Mrs. Elva Siekman of Sheboygan, Misses Ruth, Hilda and
Edna at Milwaukee, Mrs. Leo Franswick, Milwaukee, and Miss Anna at
home, on grandchild, and two brothers, Ernst in the town of Centerville,
and Robert in Reading, Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the
St. Peter and John's Lutheran church at Cleveland, the Rev. Philip
Sprengling officiating. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
WM. KLESSIG, 61, IS THROWN FROM CAR AND KILLED
No Inquest To Be Held After Testimony Of Witnesses Heard; No Other
Persons Injured.
Thrown though the top of his light touring car when it was struck almost
broadside on Highway 141, shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
William Klessig, 61 year old town of Centerville resident, sustained a
fractured skull when he landed in the ditch on his head and was instantly
killed. The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 141 and the
Cleveland road, a short distance north of St. Wendel and only about 40
rods east of Klessig's home.
No inquest will be held, county authorities determining, after securing
testimony of witnesses to the accident, that Lawrence T. Paape,
Milwaukee oil salesman, who drove the other car was no at fault and
could not be held.
Started To Cross 141
According to a report made to Sheriff Herman Carstens, and to Coroner
W.G. Kemper, Klessig was driving east on the Cleveland road and after
halting for the arterial of Highway 141 proceeded to cross the highway
at the time he was nearly abreast of the approaching Paape car.
Klessig's machine was struck near the forward end o the run board and
was twisted about, being damaged only to a minor extent, but the force
of the collision was sufficient to catapult him from the car to cause his
death. The other machine was also only slightly damaged and proceeded
to Milwaukee after the county authorities had assured Mr. Paape that
he was not held responsible.
Faulty Vision Blamed
It was believed by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Strattman, Cleveland residents
who witnessed the accident, that Klessig failed to notice the Paape car
approaching from the south and started across the arterial just in time
to place his machine directly in front of the approaching vehicle. The
light Klessig car was equipped with winter side curtains and made it
difficult for him to see cars approaching from either side.
Seeks To Avoid Crash
Witnesses told the county authorities that Paape apparently noticed the
car starting across the highway on which he was driving and that he
made every effort to avoid the collision, it being said that his brakes
were locked when the cars crashed. Positions of the Paape and Klessig
cars were not disturbed until after the county officials arrived at the scene.
Pioneer Resident
Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, October 17, 1929 pg. 2
Mr. William Klessig was a pioneer farm resident of Manitowoc county, spending
all his life in the immediate vicinity of where the accident occurred. He
would have been 62 years of age next month, having been born on
November 11, 1867.
On July 31, 1898, he married Miss Anna Eick of the town of Herman and she with a number of children survive.
Immediate survivors are eight children, Elmer at Chilton, Roland at home,
six daughters, Mrs. Elva Siekman of Sheboygan, Misses Ruth, Hilda and
Edna at Milwaukee, Mrs. Leo Franswick, Milwaukee, and Miss Anna at
home, on grandchild, and two brothers, Ernst in the town of Centerville,
and Robert in Reading, Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the
St. Peter and John's Lutheran church at Cleveland, the Rev. Philip
Sprengling officiating. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
WM. KLESSIG, 61, IS THROWN FROM CAR AND KILLED
No Inquest To Be Held After Testimony Of Witnesses Heard; No Other
Persons Injured.
Thrown though the top of his light touring car when it was struck almost
broadside on Highway 141, shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
William Klessig, 61 year old town of Centerville resident, sustained a
fractured skull when he landed in the ditch on his head and was instantly
killed. The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 141 and the
Cleveland road, a short distance north of St. Wendel and only about 40
rods east of Klessig's home.
No inquest will be held, county authorities determining, after securing
testimony of witnesses to the accident, that Lawrence T. Paape,
Milwaukee oil salesman, who drove the other car was no at fault and
could not be held.
Started To Cross 141
According to a report made to Sheriff Herman Carstens, and to Coroner
W.G. Kemper, Klessig was driving east on the Cleveland road and after
halting for the arterial of Highway 141 proceeded to cross the highway
at the time he was nearly abreast of the approaching Paape car.
Klessig's machine was struck near the forward end o the run board and
was twisted about, being damaged only to a minor extent, but the force
of the collision was sufficient to catapult him from the car to cause his
death. The other machine was also only slightly damaged and proceeded
to Milwaukee after the county authorities had assured Mr. Paape that
he was not held responsible.
Faulty Vision Blamed
It was believed by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Strattman, Cleveland residents
who witnessed the accident, that Klessig failed to notice the Paape car
approaching from the south and started across the arterial just in time
to place his machine directly in front of the approaching vehicle. The
light Klessig car was equipped with winter side curtains and made it
difficult for him to see cars approaching from either side.
Seeks To Avoid Crash
Witnesses told the county authorities that Paape apparently noticed the
car starting across the highway on which he was driving and that he
made every effort to avoid the collision, it being said that his brakes
were locked when the cars crashed. Positions of the Paape and Klessig
cars were not disturbed until after the county officials arrived at the scene.
Pioneer Resident
Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, October 17, 1929 pg. 2
WILLIAM KLESSIG
Mr. William Klessig was a pioneer farm resident of Manitowoc county, spending
all his life in the immediate vicinity of where the accident occurred. He
would have been 62 years of age next month, having been born on
November 11, 1867.
On July 31, 1898, he married Miss Anna Eick of the town of Herman and she with a number of children survive.
Immediate survivors are eight children, Elmer at Chilton, Roland at home,
six daughters, Mrs. Elva Siekman of Sheboygan, Misses Ruth, Hilda and
Edna at Milwaukee, Mrs. Leo Franswick, Milwaukee, and Miss Anna at
home, on grandchild, and two brothers, Ernst in the town of Centerville,
and Robert in Reading, Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the
St. Peter and John's Lutheran church at Cleveland, the Rev. Philip
Sprengling officiating. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
WM. KLESSIG, 61, IS THROWN FROM CAR AND KILLED
No Inquest To Be Held After Testimony Of Witnesses Heard; No Other
Persons Injured.
Thrown though the top of his light touring car when it was struck almost
broadside on Highway 141, shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
William Klessig, 61 year old town of Centerville resident, sustained a
fractured skull when he landed in the ditch on his head and was instantly
killed. The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 141 and the
Cleveland road, a short distance north of St. Wendel and only about 40
rods east of Klessig's home.
No inquest will be held, county authorities determining, after securing
testimony of witnesses to the accident, that Lawrence T. Paape,
Milwaukee oil salesman, who drove the other car was no at fault and
could not be held.
Started To Cross 141
According to a report made to Sheriff Herman Carstens, and to Coroner
W.G. Kemper, Klessig was driving east on the Cleveland road and after
halting for the arterial of Highway 141 proceeded to cross the highway
at the time he was nearly abreast of the approaching Paape car.
Klessig's machine was struck near the forward end o the run board and
was twisted about, being damaged only to a minor extent, but the force
of the collision was sufficient to catapult him from the car to cause his
death. The other machine was also only slightly damaged and proceeded
to Milwaukee after the county authorities had assured Mr. Paape that
he was not held responsible.
Faulty Vision Blamed
It was believed by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Strattman, Cleveland residents
who witnessed the accident, that Klessig failed to notice the Paape car
approaching from the south and started across the arterial just in time
to place his machine directly in front of the approaching vehicle. The
light Klessig car was equipped with winter side curtains and made it
difficult for him to see cars approaching from either side.
Seeks To Avoid Crash
Witnesses told the county authorities that Paape apparently noticed the
car starting across the highway on which he was driving and that he
made every effort to avoid the collision, it being said that his brakes
were locked when the cars crashed. Positions of the Paape and Klessig
cars were not disturbed until after the county officials arrived at the scene.
Pioneer Resident
Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, October 17, 1929 pg. 2
Mr. William Klessig was a pioneer farm resident of Manitowoc county, spending
all his life in the immediate vicinity of where the accident occurred. He
would have been 62 years of age next month, having been born on
November 11, 1867.
On July 31, 1898, he married Miss Anna Eick of the town of Herman and she with a number of children survive.
Immediate survivors are eight children, Elmer at Chilton, Roland at home,
six daughters, Mrs. Elva Siekman of Sheboygan, Misses Ruth, Hilda and
Edna at Milwaukee, Mrs. Leo Franswick, Milwaukee, and Miss Anna at
home, on grandchild, and two brothers, Ernst in the town of Centerville,
and Robert in Reading, Minnesota.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the
St. Peter and John's Lutheran church at Cleveland, the Rev. Philip
Sprengling officiating. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
WM. KLESSIG, 61, IS THROWN FROM CAR AND KILLED
No Inquest To Be Held After Testimony Of Witnesses Heard; No Other
Persons Injured.
Thrown though the top of his light touring car when it was struck almost
broadside on Highway 141, shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
William Klessig, 61 year old town of Centerville resident, sustained a
fractured skull when he landed in the ditch on his head and was instantly
killed. The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 141 and the
Cleveland road, a short distance north of St. Wendel and only about 40
rods east of Klessig's home.
No inquest will be held, county authorities determining, after securing
testimony of witnesses to the accident, that Lawrence T. Paape,
Milwaukee oil salesman, who drove the other car was no at fault and
could not be held.
Started To Cross 141
According to a report made to Sheriff Herman Carstens, and to Coroner
W.G. Kemper, Klessig was driving east on the Cleveland road and after
halting for the arterial of Highway 141 proceeded to cross the highway
at the time he was nearly abreast of the approaching Paape car.
Klessig's machine was struck near the forward end o the run board and
was twisted about, being damaged only to a minor extent, but the force
of the collision was sufficient to catapult him from the car to cause his
death. The other machine was also only slightly damaged and proceeded
to Milwaukee after the county authorities had assured Mr. Paape that
he was not held responsible.
Faulty Vision Blamed
It was believed by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Strattman, Cleveland residents
who witnessed the accident, that Klessig failed to notice the Paape car
approaching from the south and started across the arterial just in time
to place his machine directly in front of the approaching vehicle. The
light Klessig car was equipped with winter side curtains and made it
difficult for him to see cars approaching from either side.
Seeks To Avoid Crash
Witnesses told the county authorities that Paape apparently noticed the
car starting across the highway on which he was driving and that he
made every effort to avoid the collision, it being said that his brakes
were locked when the cars crashed. Positions of the Paape and Klessig
cars were not disturbed until after the county officials arrived at the scene.
Pioneer Resident
Manitowoc Herald News Thursday, October 17, 1929 pg. 2
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