Gerhard, Alex Louis (Alexander) (Sept. 11, 1887-Nov. 14, 1956 –husband of Clara Anhalt [married Oct. 15, 1912 at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel] –son of Frank X. Gerhard and Margret Ruplinger –born Town of Eaton –farmer in Town of Eaton –on Oct. 18, 1921 purchased from his father’s estate the 80 acre farm at 18932 Church Road in Section 26, Town of Eaton –owned this farm until his death in 1956 –died from “internal hemorrhage –crushed chest, accident at farm –tractor tipped over on him” –“…was killed almost instantly when his tractor overturned while he was plowing a field on his farm…Gerhard apparently was trying to turn the tractor around at the end of a furrow when it climbed a stone pile and tipped over backwards. He was pinned under the steering wheel and died of crushing chest injuries….Dr. Teitgen theorized that Gerhard’s foot slipped off the clutch pedal as he was turning the tractor with the result that it went out of control and hit the stone pile.” –from obit) –buried at St. Gregory Catholic Cemetery in St. Nazianz, Town of Eaton [buried in Section 4, Row 2, Lot 1] [marriage record Manitowoc 10-773] [death record Manitowoc 50-237]
Farmer Killed When Tractor Tips in County
Alexander Gerhard Is Accident Victim Near St. Nazianz
ST. NAZIANZ — Alexander L. Gerhard, 69, was killed almost instantly Wednesday afternoon when his tractor overturned while he was plowing a field on his farm southwest of here.
Coroner Dr. Theodore Teitgen said Gerhard apparently was trying to turn the tractor around at the end of a furrow when it climbed a stone pile and tipped over backwards. He was pinned under the steering wheel and died of crushing chest injuries.
Dr. Teitgen set the time of the accident at about 4 p.m. but the body was not discovered until 5:30 p.m. by a newphew who had been sent out to look for Gerhard. Mrs. Gerhard notified Herman Riesterer after she became alarmed because her husband had not come home for supper.
Funeral SaturdayDr. Teitgen theorized that Gerhard's foot slipped off the clutch pedal as he was turning the tractor with the result that it went out of control and hit the stone pile.
Gerhardt had been plowing for several days in a field a short distance from the house, located on Rt. 1, Kiel, a mile southwest of this village.
Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m., Saturday at the Kallenbenz Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Gregory Catholic Church, the Rev.Terence Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining church cemetery.
Mr. Gerhardt was born Sept. 11, 1887, on the homestead farm in the Town of Eaton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gerhardt. He married the former Clara Anhalt of Milhome Oct. 15, 1912 and they settled on the home farm where they lived since. He was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Holy Name Society, and was a trustee of St. Gregory Church for 13 years.
Wife Survives
Surviving are his wife; step-mother, Mrs. Frank Wollersheim of Manitowoc; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Schwoerer of Cleveland, Wis., and Mrs. William Schram of Sheboygan; two sons, Arthur of St. Nazianz and Norman at home; brother, Joseph Gerhardt of Kiel; and two sisters, Mrs. Matt Meyer of St. Nazianz and Sister M. Antonette of St. Agnes Convent in Fond du Lac. A sister preceded him in death,
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this Thursdayevening where the Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock by the Foresters. Holy Name members will recite the Rosary there at 8 p.m. Friday.
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Farmer Killed When Tractor Tips in County
Alexander Gerhard Is Accident Victim Near St. Nazianz
ST. NAZIANZ — Alexander L. Gerhard, 69, was killed almost instantly Wednesday afternoon when his tractor overturned while he was plowing a field on his farm southwest of here.
Coroner Dr. Theodore Teitgen said Gerhard apparently was trying to turn the tractor around at the end of a furrow when it climbed a stone pile and tipped over backwards. He was pinned under the steering wheel and died of crushing chest injuries.
Dr. Teitgen set the time of the accident at about 4 p.m. but the body was not discovered until 5:30 p.m. by a newphew who had been sent out to look for Gerhard. Mrs. Gerhard notified Herman Riesterer after she became alarmed because her husband had not come home for supper.
Funeral SaturdayDr. Teitgen theorized that Gerhard's foot slipped off the clutch pedal as he was turning the tractor with the result that it went out of control and hit the stone pile.
Gerhardt had been plowing for several days in a field a short distance from the house, located on Rt. 1, Kiel, a mile southwest of this village.
Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m., Saturday at the Kallenbenz Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Gregory Catholic Church, the Rev.Terence Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining church cemetery.
Mr. Gerhardt was born Sept. 11, 1887, on the homestead farm in the Town of Eaton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gerhardt. He married the former Clara Anhalt of Milhome Oct. 15, 1912 and they settled on the home farm where they lived since. He was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Holy Name Society, and was a trustee of St. Gregory Church for 13 years.
Wife Survives
Surviving are his wife; step-mother, Mrs. Frank Wollersheim of Manitowoc; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Schwoerer of Cleveland, Wis., and Mrs. William Schram of Sheboygan; two sons, Arthur of St. Nazianz and Norman at home; brother, Joseph Gerhardt of Kiel; and two sisters, Mrs. Matt Meyer of St. Nazianz and Sister M. Antonette of St. Agnes Convent in Fond du Lac. A sister preceded him in death,
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this Thursdayevening where the Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock by the Foresters. Holy Name members will recite the Rosary there at 8 p.m. Friday.
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Gerhard, Alex Louis (Alexander) (Sept. 11, 1887-Nov. 14, 1956 –husband of Clara Anhalt [married Oct. 15, 1912 at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel] –son of Frank X. Gerhard and Margret Ruplinger –born Town of Eaton –farmer in Town of Eaton –on Oct. 18, 1921 purchased from his father’s estate the 80 acre farm at 18932 Church Road in Section 26, Town of Eaton –owned this farm until his death in 1956 –died from “internal hemorrhage –crushed chest, accident at farm –tractor tipped over on him” –“…was killed almost instantly when his tractor overturned while he was plowing a field on his farm…Gerhard apparently was trying to turn the tractor around at the end of a furrow when it climbed a stone pile and tipped over backwards. He was pinned under the steering wheel and died of crushing chest injuries….Dr. Teitgen theorized that Gerhard’s foot slipped off the clutch pedal as he was turning the tractor with the result that it went out of control and hit the stone pile.” –from obit) –buried at St. Gregory Catholic Cemetery in St. Nazianz, Town of Eaton [buried in Section 4, Row 2, Lot 1] [marriage record Manitowoc 10-773] [death record Manitowoc 50-237]
Farmer Killed When Tractor Tips in County
Alexander Gerhard Is Accident Victim Near St. Nazianz
ST. NAZIANZ — Alexander L. Gerhard, 69, was killed almost instantly Wednesday afternoon when his tractor overturned while he was plowing a field on his farm southwest of here.
Coroner Dr. Theodore Teitgen said Gerhard apparently was trying to turn the tractor around at the end of a furrow when it climbed a stone pile and tipped over backwards. He was pinned under the steering wheel and died of crushing chest injuries.
Dr. Teitgen set the time of the accident at about 4 p.m. but the body was not discovered until 5:30 p.m. by a newphew who had been sent out to look for Gerhard. Mrs. Gerhard notified Herman Riesterer after she became alarmed because her husband had not come home for supper.
Funeral SaturdayDr. Teitgen theorized that Gerhard's foot slipped off the clutch pedal as he was turning the tractor with the result that it went out of control and hit the stone pile.
Gerhardt had been plowing for several days in a field a short distance from the house, located on Rt. 1, Kiel, a mile southwest of this village.
Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m., Saturday at the Kallenbenz Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Gregory Catholic Church, the Rev.Terence Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining church cemetery.
Mr. Gerhardt was born Sept. 11, 1887, on the homestead farm in the Town of Eaton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gerhardt. He married the former Clara Anhalt of Milhome Oct. 15, 1912 and they settled on the home farm where they lived since. He was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Holy Name Society, and was a trustee of St. Gregory Church for 13 years.
Wife Survives
Surviving are his wife; step-mother, Mrs. Frank Wollersheim of Manitowoc; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Schwoerer of Cleveland, Wis., and Mrs. William Schram of Sheboygan; two sons, Arthur of St. Nazianz and Norman at home; brother, Joseph Gerhardt of Kiel; and two sisters, Mrs. Matt Meyer of St. Nazianz and Sister M. Antonette of St. Agnes Convent in Fond du Lac. A sister preceded him in death,
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this Thursdayevening where the Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock by the Foresters. Holy Name members will recite the Rosary there at 8 p.m. Friday.
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Farmer Killed When Tractor Tips in County
Alexander Gerhard Is Accident Victim Near St. Nazianz
ST. NAZIANZ — Alexander L. Gerhard, 69, was killed almost instantly Wednesday afternoon when his tractor overturned while he was plowing a field on his farm southwest of here.
Coroner Dr. Theodore Teitgen said Gerhard apparently was trying to turn the tractor around at the end of a furrow when it climbed a stone pile and tipped over backwards. He was pinned under the steering wheel and died of crushing chest injuries.
Dr. Teitgen set the time of the accident at about 4 p.m. but the body was not discovered until 5:30 p.m. by a newphew who had been sent out to look for Gerhard. Mrs. Gerhard notified Herman Riesterer after she became alarmed because her husband had not come home for supper.
Funeral SaturdayDr. Teitgen theorized that Gerhard's foot slipped off the clutch pedal as he was turning the tractor with the result that it went out of control and hit the stone pile.
Gerhardt had been plowing for several days in a field a short distance from the house, located on Rt. 1, Kiel, a mile southwest of this village.
Funeral services will be at 9:15 a.m., Saturday at the Kallenbenz Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Gregory Catholic Church, the Rev.Terence Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining church cemetery.
Mr. Gerhardt was born Sept. 11, 1887, on the homestead farm in the Town of Eaton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gerhardt. He married the former Clara Anhalt of Milhome Oct. 15, 1912 and they settled on the home farm where they lived since. He was a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Holy Name Society, and was a trustee of St. Gregory Church for 13 years.
Wife Survives
Surviving are his wife; step-mother, Mrs. Frank Wollersheim of Manitowoc; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Schwoerer of Cleveland, Wis., and Mrs. William Schram of Sheboygan; two sons, Arthur of St. Nazianz and Norman at home; brother, Joseph Gerhardt of Kiel; and two sisters, Mrs. Matt Meyer of St. Nazianz and Sister M. Antonette of St. Agnes Convent in Fond du Lac. A sister preceded him in death,
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this Thursdayevening where the Rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock by the Foresters. Holy Name members will recite the Rosary there at 8 p.m. Friday.
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