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Owen Wesley Kloepfer

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Owen Wesley Kloepfer

Birth
Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA
Death
5 Jul 1940 (aged 10)
Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA
Burial
Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Son of Frederick J. Kloepfer and Margaret A. Schaub. Killed when he was hit by a car while on his bicycle.

Ogden Standard Examiner, 5 July 1940
LOGAN BOY DIES OF AUTO HURTS

Logan, July 5--(AP)--Owen Kloepfer, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Kloepfer of Logan, died in a hospital here today of multiple injuries received when his bicycle was struck by an automobile Thursday night.

The boy's death was Utah's 73rd traffic fatality this year, an increase of 17 per cent over a year ago.

Chief of Police Hyrum Weatherspoon reported the car driver was Ralph McCombs, 21, of Rupert, Idaho. The accident occurred at an intersection when the cyclist attempted to turn.
Son of Frederick J. Kloepfer and Margaret A. Schaub. Killed when he was hit by a car while on his bicycle.

Ogden Standard Examiner, 5 July 1940
LOGAN BOY DIES OF AUTO HURTS

Logan, July 5--(AP)--Owen Kloepfer, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Kloepfer of Logan, died in a hospital here today of multiple injuries received when his bicycle was struck by an automobile Thursday night.

The boy's death was Utah's 73rd traffic fatality this year, an increase of 17 per cent over a year ago.

Chief of Police Hyrum Weatherspoon reported the car driver was Ralph McCombs, 21, of Rupert, Idaho. The accident occurred at an intersection when the cyclist attempted to turn.


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