AUGUSTA FRANKE

Car Overturns on 141
Mrs. Franke was killed at about 7:30 last night when the car driven
by her son, A.H. Franke, overturned 2 miles north of St. Wendel. Franke,
according to Motorcycle Officer William Ladwig, was attempting to pass a
line of three cars when the accident occurred. As he reached the second
car he thought the machine was swinging towards the center of the road.
Franke tried to drive along the edge of the concrete, went over too far
and the car plunged into the ditch, rolling over three times through a
fence and into a corn field.
According to Ladwig, who arrived at the scene shortly after the accident,
and Sheriff Norman Berkedal, who was called, the car was damaged beyond
repair. The entire top was crushed in on top of the occupants. (private)
was thrown clear of the car and was lying at the edge of the embankment
near the road when help arrived. Mr. Groll was lying a few feet away and
Mrs. A.H. Franke was lying alongside the car.
The two women, Mr. Groll and Mr. Franke, were rushed to the Holy Family
hospital here in the county ambulance by Sheriff Berdedal, and Deputies
Joseph Beernstsen and John Matxzynski. Mrs. Franke was pronunced dead
when the ambulance reached the hospital.
C.D. Fisher took the Franke boy to the hospital.
Coroner Gerald Rau said this morning that there will be no inquest.
(accident toll for Manitowoc county not transcribed)
Born in Germany
Mrs. Augusta Franke, 83, nee Rathke, 1119 Columbus street was born in Germany
in 1854 and came alone to Manitowoc in 1869. She was married here to Henry
Franke. Mr. Franke died in 1926.
Survivors are three sons, (private); three daughters, Mrs. Gustave Klawltter,
Union Mills, Inds., Mrs. Herman Hildebrandt, Duluth, Minn., Mrs. Reinhardt
Fricke, city; three sisters, Mrs. Caroline Gretz, Hamlet, Ind., Mrs. Emily
Britag, Westport, S.D., Mrs. Henrietta Mahlke, Wimbleton, N.D.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed. The body is at the Wattawa,
Urbanek and Schlei funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, August 2, 1937 P.1 & 9
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INJURIES ARE FATAL TO 2ND CRASH VICTIM
Mrs. A.F. Franke, 53, Dies at 2:45 O’clock This Morning At Local Hospital
Mrs. A.H. Franke, 53, 1334 South 15th street, died at Holy Family
hospital at 2:45 this morning of injuries she suffered Sunday evening
when a car in which she was riding overturned on Highway 141, instantly
killing her mother-in-law, Mrs. Augusta Franke, 83. Mrs. Franke’s death
brought Manitowoc county’s violent death total for the year to 31.
Husband Driver of Car.
Mrs. Franke was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, A.H. Franke,
when it overturned while passing three other cars south of Manitowoc.
She suffered a crushed right chest, fractured right collarbone and ribs,
a fracture of the left leg above the knee and multiple cuts and bruises.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 from the Wattawa,
Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at 10 o’clock from the St. Andrews
Catholic church. Burial will be in the Evergreen cemetery.
The body will lie at the funeral home from Thursday noon until the time
of the services on Saturday. The Rev. Henry Letz will lead the rosary
for Mrs. Franke at the funeral parlors Friday evening at 7:30.
Mrs. Franke, nee Anna Reindl, was born in Chicago April 3, 1884. She
moved to Manitowoc county with her parents when she was a girl. In
November, 1907, she was married to A.H. Franke. She was a member of St.
Andrew’s church. Leaves 10 Children. Survivors include her husband, her
father, Frank Reindl; city, seven daughters, Mrs. Ray Jagodinsky, Mrs.
Silas Pierce, and Florence, Violet, Carol, Jeanette and Marjorie, all
of Manitowoc; three sons, Milton, Russell and Arthur Jr., all of
Manitowoc; three brothers, Frank Reindl of Madison; Joseph of Muscatine,
Iowa and Hugo of Manitowoc, two sisters, Mrs. James Wilhelm, Manitowoc,
and Mrs. Walter Strohfeldt, Newton and one grandchild.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, August 4, 1937 page 2
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[bur. 08-04-1937/age 83 yrs./cause: cerebral concussion and shock/
bur. on Henry Franke lot]