Pope County Tribune June 16, 1960 pgs. 1-10
Woman Killed in County Crash
Mrs. William G. (Alice ) Pantze, 47, well-known Westport township resident, who was killed instantly at 1:30 a.m. Saturday in Westport village, and recovering from injuries received in the accident at the Glenwood Community hospital is her husband William G. Pantze, 52, Minneapolis, husband of dead woman, who received bruises and lacerations.
This accident only involved one car and went out of control and off the highway.
The Pantze, who were returning to their home in Westport township around 1:30 a.m. Saturday were only 2 1/2 miles from home when the mishap occurred.
According to tthe state highway patrol, the Pantze car a 1952 Oldsmobile, was going west on highway 28. Just inside the village limits the car went out of control, went across the highway and into the ditch on the south side of the road, smashed into a tree, and hurtled across the small creek that runs underneath the highway.
The car came to rest on its wheels just across the creek, Mrs. Pantze, who was riding, in the front seat with her husband, was thrown out of the car, when it hit the tree and was found laying in the creek. The car remained upright throughout.
Her body was returned to Minneapolis Sunday evening for burial. The death was the state's 243rd traffic fatality of the year, one less than a year ago at this time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pantze were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday (yesterday) at St. John's Lutheran Church in Villard, with the Rev. A.C. Warneke officiating.
Burial was in Adams Cemetery in Villard, Mrs. Pantze, the former Alice Hoth, was born in Sumner, Iowa September 25, 1912, but has lived in the Westport area for many years.
Surviving are her husband, William G. Pantze, two daughters, Mrrs. Myron (Ione) Hanson, Seattle, Washington and Bonnitta Pantze at home, one son Melvin, Alexandria, her father Albert Hoth, Westport, two sisters, Mrs. Raleigh Livingston, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets, Long Beach, California, and four brothers, Aloys, Fairbanks, Alaska, Leslie of Brooten, Reuben of Indio, California, and Albert of Portland, Oregon.
The community was shocked Saturday morning to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Pantze. She was killed when their car went out of control on highway 28 just east of Westport. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, and one son, her father Albert Hoth, two sisters, four brothers, and five grandchildren. Relatives from a distance here for the funeral are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets, a sister from Long Beach, California, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Livingston, a sister from St. Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Myron Hanson and family, a daughter, from Seattle, Washington, and family, an uncle Robert Hoth from Waterloo, Iowa, and a nephew, Dorlin Sheets of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Woman Killed in County Crash
Mrs. William G. (Alice ) Pantze, 47, well-known Westport township resident, who was killed instantly at 1:30 a.m. Saturday in Westport village, and recovering from injuries received in the accident at the Glenwood Community hospital is her husband William G. Pantze, 52, Minneapolis, husband of dead woman, who received bruises and lacerations.
This accident only involved one car and went out of control and off the highway.
The Pantze, who were returning to their home in Westport township around 1:30 a.m. Saturday were only 2 1/2 miles from home when the mishap occurred.
According to tthe state highway patrol, the Pantze car a 1952 Oldsmobile, was going west on highway 28. Just inside the village limits the car went out of control, went across the highway and into the ditch on the south side of the road, smashed into a tree, and hurtled across the small creek that runs underneath the highway.
The car came to rest on its wheels just across the creek, Mrs. Pantze, who was riding, in the front seat with her husband, was thrown out of the car, when it hit the tree and was found laying in the creek. The car remained upright throughout.
Her body was returned to Minneapolis Sunday evening for burial. The death was the state's 243rd traffic fatality of the year, one less than a year ago at this time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pantze were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday (yesterday) at St. John's Lutheran Church in Villard, with the Rev. A.C. Warneke officiating.
Burial was in Adams Cemetery in Villard, Mrs. Pantze, the former Alice Hoth, was born in Sumner, Iowa September 25, 1912, but has lived in the Westport area for many years.
Surviving are her husband, William G. Pantze, two daughters, Mrrs. Myron (Ione) Hanson, Seattle, Washington and Bonnitta Pantze at home, one son Melvin, Alexandria, her father Albert Hoth, Westport, two sisters, Mrs. Raleigh Livingston, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets, Long Beach, California, and four brothers, Aloys, Fairbanks, Alaska, Leslie of Brooten, Reuben of Indio, California, and Albert of Portland, Oregon.
The community was shocked Saturday morning to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Pantze. She was killed when their car went out of control on highway 28 just east of Westport. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, and one son, her father Albert Hoth, two sisters, four brothers, and five grandchildren. Relatives from a distance here for the funeral are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets, a sister from Long Beach, California, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Livingston, a sister from St. Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Myron Hanson and family, a daughter, from Seattle, Washington, and family, an uncle Robert Hoth from Waterloo, Iowa, and a nephew, Dorlin Sheets of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Pope County Tribune June 16, 1960 pgs. 1-10
Woman Killed in County Crash
Mrs. William G. (Alice ) Pantze, 47, well-known Westport township resident, who was killed instantly at 1:30 a.m. Saturday in Westport village, and recovering from injuries received in the accident at the Glenwood Community hospital is her husband William G. Pantze, 52, Minneapolis, husband of dead woman, who received bruises and lacerations.
This accident only involved one car and went out of control and off the highway.
The Pantze, who were returning to their home in Westport township around 1:30 a.m. Saturday were only 2 1/2 miles from home when the mishap occurred.
According to tthe state highway patrol, the Pantze car a 1952 Oldsmobile, was going west on highway 28. Just inside the village limits the car went out of control, went across the highway and into the ditch on the south side of the road, smashed into a tree, and hurtled across the small creek that runs underneath the highway.
The car came to rest on its wheels just across the creek, Mrs. Pantze, who was riding, in the front seat with her husband, was thrown out of the car, when it hit the tree and was found laying in the creek. The car remained upright throughout.
Her body was returned to Minneapolis Sunday evening for burial. The death was the state's 243rd traffic fatality of the year, one less than a year ago at this time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pantze were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday (yesterday) at St. John's Lutheran Church in Villard, with the Rev. A.C. Warneke officiating.
Burial was in Adams Cemetery in Villard, Mrs. Pantze, the former Alice Hoth, was born in Sumner, Iowa September 25, 1912, but has lived in the Westport area for many years.
Surviving are her husband, William G. Pantze, two daughters, Mrrs. Myron (Ione) Hanson, Seattle, Washington and Bonnitta Pantze at home, one son Melvin, Alexandria, her father Albert Hoth, Westport, two sisters, Mrs. Raleigh Livingston, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets, Long Beach, California, and four brothers, Aloys, Fairbanks, Alaska, Leslie of Brooten, Reuben of Indio, California, and Albert of Portland, Oregon.
The community was shocked Saturday morning to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Pantze. She was killed when their car went out of control on highway 28 just east of Westport. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, and one son, her father Albert Hoth, two sisters, four brothers, and five grandchildren. Relatives from a distance here for the funeral are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets, a sister from Long Beach, California, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Livingston, a sister from St. Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Myron Hanson and family, a daughter, from Seattle, Washington, and family, an uncle Robert Hoth from Waterloo, Iowa, and a nephew, Dorlin Sheets of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Woman Killed in County Crash
Mrs. William G. (Alice ) Pantze, 47, well-known Westport township resident, who was killed instantly at 1:30 a.m. Saturday in Westport village, and recovering from injuries received in the accident at the Glenwood Community hospital is her husband William G. Pantze, 52, Minneapolis, husband of dead woman, who received bruises and lacerations.
This accident only involved one car and went out of control and off the highway.
The Pantze, who were returning to their home in Westport township around 1:30 a.m. Saturday were only 2 1/2 miles from home when the mishap occurred.
According to tthe state highway patrol, the Pantze car a 1952 Oldsmobile, was going west on highway 28. Just inside the village limits the car went out of control, went across the highway and into the ditch on the south side of the road, smashed into a tree, and hurtled across the small creek that runs underneath the highway.
The car came to rest on its wheels just across the creek, Mrs. Pantze, who was riding, in the front seat with her husband, was thrown out of the car, when it hit the tree and was found laying in the creek. The car remained upright throughout.
Her body was returned to Minneapolis Sunday evening for burial. The death was the state's 243rd traffic fatality of the year, one less than a year ago at this time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pantze were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday (yesterday) at St. John's Lutheran Church in Villard, with the Rev. A.C. Warneke officiating.
Burial was in Adams Cemetery in Villard, Mrs. Pantze, the former Alice Hoth, was born in Sumner, Iowa September 25, 1912, but has lived in the Westport area for many years.
Surviving are her husband, William G. Pantze, two daughters, Mrrs. Myron (Ione) Hanson, Seattle, Washington and Bonnitta Pantze at home, one son Melvin, Alexandria, her father Albert Hoth, Westport, two sisters, Mrs. Raleigh Livingston, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets, Long Beach, California, and four brothers, Aloys, Fairbanks, Alaska, Leslie of Brooten, Reuben of Indio, California, and Albert of Portland, Oregon.
The community was shocked Saturday morning to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Pantze. She was killed when their car went out of control on highway 28 just east of Westport. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, and one son, her father Albert Hoth, two sisters, four brothers, and five grandchildren. Relatives from a distance here for the funeral are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sheets, a sister from Long Beach, California, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Livingston, a sister from St. Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Myron Hanson and family, a daughter, from Seattle, Washington, and family, an uncle Robert Hoth from Waterloo, Iowa, and a nephew, Dorlin Sheets of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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