Missing Men Found Dead From Wilke Lake Two Drowning Victims in Still in Automobile
Pleuss, Jacobson Object of Search Since Saturday
KIEL—The bodies of two young married men missing since Wednesday night or early
Thursday were recovered from an automobile submerged in about eight feet of water
in Wilke Lake 3-1/2 miles northeast of this city Sunday morning.
The drowning victims were identified by Manitowoc County authorities as Terry J.
Pleuss, 24, of 1927 S. 10th St., Manitowoc, and Thomas A. Jacobson, 25, of Rt. 1,
Cato. Each was the father of two children.
The men were pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. R. G. Strong, acting county
coroner.
Investigating officers said the Pleuss car drove off a boat landing and continued
about 120 feet into the water before it stopped. A blacktopped town road with a
gradual 50 foot incline leads into the boat landing area.
(snip)
Mr. Pleuss was born April 26, 1945, at Manitowoc, son of Frederick A. and
Josephine L. Kelsey Pleuss. He attended St. Andrew Parochial School and was
graduated in 1963 from Lincoln High School. He married Carmen Hardtke Feb. 1,
1967, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc. He was a member of the International
Association of Machinists.
Survivors include the two daughters (names omitted for privacy), at home; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Pleuss, of Manitowoc; a sister (name omitted),
of Green Bay, two brothers (names omitted); paternal grandfather, E. L. Pleuss,
and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lynn Kelsey, of Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home and at 12
noon at St. Andrew Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. D. L. Krembs will officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home where at 7 o'clock this Monday evening the
Rosary will be recited.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, April 14, 1969 P. 1, P. 12
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(Note: This article has been split each part put with the person who died)
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[bur. on Ernest Pleuss lot]
Missing Men Found Dead From Wilke Lake Two Drowning Victims in Still in Automobile
Pleuss, Jacobson Object of Search Since Saturday
KIEL—The bodies of two young married men missing since Wednesday night or early
Thursday were recovered from an automobile submerged in about eight feet of water
in Wilke Lake 3-1/2 miles northeast of this city Sunday morning.
The drowning victims were identified by Manitowoc County authorities as Terry J.
Pleuss, 24, of 1927 S. 10th St., Manitowoc, and Thomas A. Jacobson, 25, of Rt. 1,
Cato. Each was the father of two children.
The men were pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. R. G. Strong, acting county
coroner.
Investigating officers said the Pleuss car drove off a boat landing and continued
about 120 feet into the water before it stopped. A blacktopped town road with a
gradual 50 foot incline leads into the boat landing area.
(snip)
Mr. Pleuss was born April 26, 1945, at Manitowoc, son of Frederick A. and
Josephine L. Kelsey Pleuss. He attended St. Andrew Parochial School and was
graduated in 1963 from Lincoln High School. He married Carmen Hardtke Feb. 1,
1967, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc. He was a member of the International
Association of Machinists.
Survivors include the two daughters (names omitted for privacy), at home; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Pleuss, of Manitowoc; a sister (name omitted),
of Green Bay, two brothers (names omitted); paternal grandfather, E. L. Pleuss,
and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lynn Kelsey, of Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home and at 12
noon at St. Andrew Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. D. L. Krembs will officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home where at 7 o'clock this Monday evening the
Rosary will be recited.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, April 14, 1969 P. 1, P. 12
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(Note: This article has been split each part put with the person who died)
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[bur. on Ernest Pleuss lot]
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