The Edgar Sun (Edgar NE) Thu - Nov 13, 1958 - Page 1
Fairfield Father
Badly Hurt In
Car-Train Crash
Friday Evening Accident
Sends Reuel V. Karnatz
To Hospital in Hastings
Lucky to be alive is Reuel V. Karnatz of the Fairfield community whose car crashed into the sixty-seventh car of a Union Pacific freight train one and one-fourth miles south of the Showboat corner around 9:40 Friday evening. The freight struck the car and hurled it more than sixty feet.
The first passerby were Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Fry of Hastings. They noticed the car was off the highway, the tail lights still burning. On investigation they found Mr. Karnatz was badly injured, and a prompt removal to Mary Lanning probably saved his life.
Sgt. Lawrence Feiling of the state patrol investigated. The Karnatz car was practically demolished.
Mr. Karnatz is 35 years of age. He was alone in the car. The car was southbound, having left Hastings a short time before the crash.
Mr. Karnatz is a farm laborer, lives in Fairfield, is married and has five children.
Still Unconscious--
The latest word Thursday p.m. was Karnatz remains unconscious; and, naturally, his family and friends are worried A change could come for the better any hour.
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EDGAR - Reuel V Karnatz of Rapid City, South Dakota died Sunday, May 16, 1993 at the Meadowbrook Manor Nursing Home in Rapid City at the age of 70 years.
Services were held May 19 in the Church of the Plains in Edgar with Lay Pastor Ellen Campbell officiating. Musicians were Alana Moorhead, vocalist and Vicki Price, organist. Casket bearers were Vincent Erickson, Lovelle Karnatz, Duane Plambeck, Brent Karnatz, Todd Karnatz and Steven Plambeck. Interment was in the Edgar Cemetery with military rites conducted by Warren-Fletcher American Legion Post 248 of Edgar.
Mr Karnatz was born November 9, 1922 to Albert G and Edna E (Peterson) Karnatz in Ong. He was a graduate of the Ong High School. After school, he served in United States Marine Corps during World War II.
He married Helen Koci on September 29, 1946, in Ong. They farmed for several years near Ong, before moving to Fairfield in 1953, then worked at the Navy Ammunition Depot in Hastings. Following a disabling auto accident in 1958, he has resided in Sturgis and Rapid City, South Dakota.
Preceded him in death were his parents and one sister, Elsie Erickson.
Survivors are three son; Gary Karnatz of Nacagdoches, Texas, Jerry Karnatz and wife Sandra of Schuyler, and Lyle and wife Deb of Clay Center; two daughters, Alleen and husband Glenn Ernst of Magnolia, Texas, and Diann Gentry of Omaha; one sister, Fern Gupton of Stratford, Texas; one brother-in-law, Vincent Erickson of Hastings; and eight grandchildren.
McLaughlin Funeral Home in Clay Center was in charge of arrangements.
Fairfield Father
Badly Hurt In
Car-Train Crash
Friday Evening Accident
Sends Reuel V. Karnatz
To Hospital in Hastings
Lucky to be alive is Reuel V. Karnatz of the Fairfield community whose car crashed into the sixty-seventh car of a Union Pacific freight train one and one-fourth miles south of the Showboat corner around 9:40 Friday evening. The freight struck the car and hurled it more than sixty feet.
The first passerby were Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Fry of Hastings. They noticed the car was off the highway, the tail lights still burning. On investigation they found Mr. Karnatz was badly injured, and a prompt removal to Mary Lanning probably saved his life.
Sgt. Lawrence Feiling of the state patrol investigated. The Karnatz car was practically demolished.
Mr. Karnatz is 35 years of age. He was alone in the car. The car was southbound, having left Hastings a short time before the crash.
Mr. Karnatz is a farm laborer, lives in Fairfield, is married and has five children.
Still Unconscious--
The latest word Thursday p.m. was Karnatz remains unconscious; and, naturally, his family and friends are worried A change could come for the better any hour.
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EDGAR - Reuel V Karnatz of Rapid City, South Dakota died Sunday, May 16, 1993 at the Meadowbrook Manor Nursing Home in Rapid City at the age of 70 years.
Services were held May 19 in the Church of the Plains in Edgar with Lay Pastor Ellen Campbell officiating. Musicians were Alana Moorhead, vocalist and Vicki Price, organist. Casket bearers were Vincent Erickson, Lovelle Karnatz, Duane Plambeck, Brent Karnatz, Todd Karnatz and Steven Plambeck. Interment was in the Edgar Cemetery with military rites conducted by Warren-Fletcher American Legion Post 248 of Edgar.
Mr Karnatz was born November 9, 1922 to Albert G and Edna E (Peterson) Karnatz in Ong. He was a graduate of the Ong High School. After school, he served in United States Marine Corps during World War II.
He married Helen Koci on September 29, 1946, in Ong. They farmed for several years near Ong, before moving to Fairfield in 1953, then worked at the Navy Ammunition Depot in Hastings. Following a disabling auto accident in 1958, he has resided in Sturgis and Rapid City, South Dakota.
Preceded him in death were his parents and one sister, Elsie Erickson.
Survivors are three son; Gary Karnatz of Nacagdoches, Texas, Jerry Karnatz and wife Sandra of Schuyler, and Lyle and wife Deb of Clay Center; two daughters, Alleen and husband Glenn Ernst of Magnolia, Texas, and Diann Gentry of Omaha; one sister, Fern Gupton of Stratford, Texas; one brother-in-law, Vincent Erickson of Hastings; and eight grandchildren.
McLaughlin Funeral Home in Clay Center was in charge of arrangements.
The Edgar Sun (Edgar NE) Thu - Nov 13, 1958 - Page 1
Fairfield Father
Badly Hurt In
Car-Train Crash
Friday Evening Accident
Sends Reuel V. Karnatz
To Hospital in Hastings
Lucky to be alive is Reuel V. Karnatz of the Fairfield community whose car crashed into the sixty-seventh car of a Union Pacific freight train one and one-fourth miles south of the Showboat corner around 9:40 Friday evening. The freight struck the car and hurled it more than sixty feet.
The first passerby were Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Fry of Hastings. They noticed the car was off the highway, the tail lights still burning. On investigation they found Mr. Karnatz was badly injured, and a prompt removal to Mary Lanning probably saved his life.
Sgt. Lawrence Feiling of the state patrol investigated. The Karnatz car was practically demolished.
Mr. Karnatz is 35 years of age. He was alone in the car. The car was southbound, having left Hastings a short time before the crash.
Mr. Karnatz is a farm laborer, lives in Fairfield, is married and has five children.
Still Unconscious--
The latest word Thursday p.m. was Karnatz remains unconscious; and, naturally, his family and friends are worried A change could come for the better any hour.
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EDGAR - Reuel V Karnatz of Rapid City, South Dakota died Sunday, May 16, 1993 at the Meadowbrook Manor Nursing Home in Rapid City at the age of 70 years.
Services were held May 19 in the Church of the Plains in Edgar with Lay Pastor Ellen Campbell officiating. Musicians were Alana Moorhead, vocalist and Vicki Price, organist. Casket bearers were Vincent Erickson, Lovelle Karnatz, Duane Plambeck, Brent Karnatz, Todd Karnatz and Steven Plambeck. Interment was in the Edgar Cemetery with military rites conducted by Warren-Fletcher American Legion Post 248 of Edgar.
Mr Karnatz was born November 9, 1922 to Albert G and Edna E (Peterson) Karnatz in Ong. He was a graduate of the Ong High School. After school, he served in United States Marine Corps during World War II.
He married Helen Koci on September 29, 1946, in Ong. They farmed for several years near Ong, before moving to Fairfield in 1953, then worked at the Navy Ammunition Depot in Hastings. Following a disabling auto accident in 1958, he has resided in Sturgis and Rapid City, South Dakota.
Preceded him in death were his parents and one sister, Elsie Erickson.
Survivors are three son; Gary Karnatz of Nacagdoches, Texas, Jerry Karnatz and wife Sandra of Schuyler, and Lyle and wife Deb of Clay Center; two daughters, Alleen and husband Glenn Ernst of Magnolia, Texas, and Diann Gentry of Omaha; one sister, Fern Gupton of Stratford, Texas; one brother-in-law, Vincent Erickson of Hastings; and eight grandchildren.
McLaughlin Funeral Home in Clay Center was in charge of arrangements.
Fairfield Father
Badly Hurt In
Car-Train Crash
Friday Evening Accident
Sends Reuel V. Karnatz
To Hospital in Hastings
Lucky to be alive is Reuel V. Karnatz of the Fairfield community whose car crashed into the sixty-seventh car of a Union Pacific freight train one and one-fourth miles south of the Showboat corner around 9:40 Friday evening. The freight struck the car and hurled it more than sixty feet.
The first passerby were Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Fry of Hastings. They noticed the car was off the highway, the tail lights still burning. On investigation they found Mr. Karnatz was badly injured, and a prompt removal to Mary Lanning probably saved his life.
Sgt. Lawrence Feiling of the state patrol investigated. The Karnatz car was practically demolished.
Mr. Karnatz is 35 years of age. He was alone in the car. The car was southbound, having left Hastings a short time before the crash.
Mr. Karnatz is a farm laborer, lives in Fairfield, is married and has five children.
Still Unconscious--
The latest word Thursday p.m. was Karnatz remains unconscious; and, naturally, his family and friends are worried A change could come for the better any hour.
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EDGAR - Reuel V Karnatz of Rapid City, South Dakota died Sunday, May 16, 1993 at the Meadowbrook Manor Nursing Home in Rapid City at the age of 70 years.
Services were held May 19 in the Church of the Plains in Edgar with Lay Pastor Ellen Campbell officiating. Musicians were Alana Moorhead, vocalist and Vicki Price, organist. Casket bearers were Vincent Erickson, Lovelle Karnatz, Duane Plambeck, Brent Karnatz, Todd Karnatz and Steven Plambeck. Interment was in the Edgar Cemetery with military rites conducted by Warren-Fletcher American Legion Post 248 of Edgar.
Mr Karnatz was born November 9, 1922 to Albert G and Edna E (Peterson) Karnatz in Ong. He was a graduate of the Ong High School. After school, he served in United States Marine Corps during World War II.
He married Helen Koci on September 29, 1946, in Ong. They farmed for several years near Ong, before moving to Fairfield in 1953, then worked at the Navy Ammunition Depot in Hastings. Following a disabling auto accident in 1958, he has resided in Sturgis and Rapid City, South Dakota.
Preceded him in death were his parents and one sister, Elsie Erickson.
Survivors are three son; Gary Karnatz of Nacagdoches, Texas, Jerry Karnatz and wife Sandra of Schuyler, and Lyle and wife Deb of Clay Center; two daughters, Alleen and husband Glenn Ernst of Magnolia, Texas, and Diann Gentry of Omaha; one sister, Fern Gupton of Stratford, Texas; one brother-in-law, Vincent Erickson of Hastings; and eight grandchildren.
McLaughlin Funeral Home in Clay Center was in charge of arrangements.
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