ROY CRAPSON KILLED INSTANTLY BY HIGH
VOLTAGE WIRES FRIDAY MORNING

Roy Crapson died instantly Saturday morning, when he accidently touched electric wires of the Wauneta Municipal system, carrying 2300 volts of current.
Mr. Crapson had previously been invited to join a friend making a trip to Lewellen, Nebr., and the two men decided that since the trip was to be made for other purposes, they would include a fishing outing on the same day.
Roy, in anticipation of the fishing, got out tackle and rigged it in preparation. He was practicing casting, apparently testing reel, line, etc., when he accidently tossed the line holding the lure over the electrical wires leading onto their farmyard home, just on the southern outskirts of Wauneta.
The reel and line were left near the pole, and a ladder was brought, upon which he climbed in an attempt to retrieve the snagged line and lure. No one knows just what did happen, but while up the pole, he accidently touched both of the bare, high voltage wires. Death was instant.
Walter Fox, service engineer for the Wauneta Municipal Electric System inspected the scene of the accident, and reported that in order for Mr. Crapson to have been able to reach the highest two wires that were bare, and carried the lethal (red) of current, he would have had to boost himself about four feet, and be on top, or on a foot level with the top of the transformer which was located on the pole where the accident occurred.
Examination showed a burn across the palm of one hand, and another burn across the wrist, indicating that the stricken man might have lost his balance, grabbed one wire and threw his arm onto the other, setting up the fatal result.
Mr. Crapson is survived by his wife and a family of seven children. Six sons and one daughter, all living at home. One daughter preceded him in death in 1951.
At the time of his death, Mr. Crapson was engaged in farming, (work) on the small farm where the family reside, and on the North side.
Funeral services were conducted from the First Methodist Church at Wauneta, at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Melvon Ireland was in charge of the service, with V. B. Johnston Mortuary in charge of arrangements. Burial was at the Riverside Cemetery at Wauneta.

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OBITUARY FOR ROY LEO CRAPSON

Roy Crapson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Crapson was born August 22, 1904 in Hayes County, Nebraska, and departed this life on August 22, 1952 at the age of 47 years 11 months 11 days.
He became a member of the Methodist Church of Wauneta early in life, having lived in and near Wauneta throughout his life.
He was united in marriage with Edith Stout of Hastings, Nebr., on July 6, 1927 at Clay Center, Nebraska; and on October 25th, 1927, Mrs. Crapson preceded him in death.
On March 19th 1934 he was married to Edith French of McCook, Nebr. To this union were born six sons: Roy, Jr., Thomas Lovejoy, Jonas Franklin, G. B., Billy Delane, and James Lorance; and two daughters, Elizabeth Jane and Edith Susan. Little Susan preceded him in death on February 1, 1951; as did his father, mother and one sister, Myrtle Cross.
He leaves to mourn his passing: his wife and family; two brothers, Jonas of Denver, Colo, and Harvey of Palisade; one sister, Martha Herbert of McCook; his mother-in-law, Mrs. William Purdy of Sunnyside, Washington; as well as other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Raymond Maxfield, Mrs. Louis Grimm, Bert Dimick and Rev. Hall of Hamlet, were the singers, with Mrs. Fred Olmsted at the organ.
Those attending the services from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. Price Lorance, and Mrs. Merle Herbert and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll McKinney, all of Wray, Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Crapson, Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. John Homer, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Homer, Agate, Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Tom French and family, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. James Branaman, and Mrs. John Round, Lincoln, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Purdy, Ray and William of Sunnyside, Wash.; Dorothy Voorhees, Cambridge, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cross, Cheyenne, Wyoming.; and Mr. Jim Cross, Gilman City, Missouri.