EDWARD B. NIMZ
(1879 • 1931)

INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO EDWARD NIMZ
World War Veteran Dies Last Night at Hospital, Following Auto Accident Friday Night

Injuries which he suffered in an automobile accident on Friday night, when the car in which he was a passenger, tipped over into a ditch on the road from English Lake, and which he considered trivial at the time, proved fatal last night at the hospital, to Edward B. "Coxey" Nimz, 51, World War veteran, member of the local militia command in service on the Mexican border in 1916 and a life long resident of the city.

The car driven by B. Kollath, struck a patch of loose sand on the highway and turned over in the ditch. The road is a narrow one and the skid was sufficient to send it into the ditch. Mr. Nimz was thrown forward and struck his stomach on the front seat of the machine. He was brought to the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank Rosinsky, 1225 South Eleventh street, with whom he made his home, by other motorists following the Kollath car and on Saturday morning started for his work at the plant of the Cereal Products Co.

Removed to Hospital
However, he had just reached there when his condition grew serious and he was removed to the hospital. He was operated on immediately but his internal injuries were such that he grew gradually weaker and he passed away last night.

And with the death of Mr. Nimz, the old Camp Welcome flag, which was stored away with memories when the camp over whose roof it had flapped for many years was disbanded four years ago, was hauled from the box in which it has rested since then and today was at half mast over the camp, now known as the Pioneer Campers club at Shoto. The deceased was for over twenty years an active and enthusiastic member of the Camp Welcome "bunch" and always joined in the various events at the camp. Veteran of Old Company H

Edward Nimz had an enviable war record in Manitowoc, dating back over 25 years to the days of old Company H, then a part of the Second Regiment Wisconsin National Guard. He was always interested in military life and made many pilgrimages to Camp Douglas with the local militia command. When the trouble with Mexico developed in 1916, Company H, along with the other Badger militia units was summoned for service on the border, Nimz went south with Company H. He became a corporal during the time that the company was south. When Company H returned from the Mexican border he continued his membership in the company and when the United States entered the World War and Company H was again summoned Nimz enlisted for overseas duty being assigned to Company H, 127th Infantry and serving with the Thirty-second division. He saw service through the balance of the war in 1918-19.

Overseas Nimz was promoted to a sergeantcy in the company. After the war and the return of Company H to Manitowoc Mr. Nimz left the company. For the past several years he has been employed at the Cereal Products Co. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and also of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.

Burial on Thursday
The deceased was born in this city Nov. 16, 1880, and has always made his home here. He never married. He is survived by five brothers, Henry, city; Paul of Milwaukee; Walter of Jackson, Wis.; Robert of West Allis, and Alfred B. of Mauston, and five sisters, Mrs. Martha Enterlee, Helen and Esther, all of Milwaukee; Ellen and Mrs. Frank Rosinsky of this city.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon from the home of the sister, Mrs. Rosinsky, 1225 South Eleventh street, with the Rev. Feldt of the German M.E. church officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen.

It was announced this afternoon that fellow members of Mr. Nimz in the Thirty-second division would act as pall bearers at the funeral. They will be Majors E.J. Schmidt and Walter Abel, Capt. John Klinkner, Gilbert Nielsen, George Bouril and Ralph Schmitz. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion will attend the funeral in a body.

Manitowoc Herald News, Wis., Tuesday, June 30, 1931 p. 1

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NIMZ OLDEST VOLUNTEER IN H, HOME SOON

Edward Nimz, member of Co. H who arrived in New York with the 127th regiment Monday and who will return with Co. H in a short time was the oldest volunteer from Manitowoc county with the army serving overseas.

Mr. Nimz who is 38 years of age has been a member of the old H unit for years and was with the command on the Mexican border. For years he was a regular attendant upon the annual state encampment at Camp Douglas and had a wide experience in the service, both at home and abroad. Nimz, who is familiarly known as "Coxey" has always been popular with the boys of H and made a good record overseas, escaping without injury, however.

Nimz is a member of the Camp Welcome squad and the "boys" are planning a great welcome home for him, a three day affair being proposed in camp at Neshoto.

Manitowoc Herald News, Wis., Thursday, May 08, 1919 Page 8

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▪ buried 7-2-1931
▪ age 50 years
▪ cause: gangrene of bowel due to obstruction with hemorrhage and peritonitis
▪ buried on Mrs. Frank Nimz lot

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