JOSEPH P. SHUBER (d. 1944)
Joseph P. Shuber Is Electrocuted While At Work
Joseph P. Shuber, 60, of 635 North 10th street, chief engineer at the Wisconsin
Public Service Corporation power plant at 105 Revere Drive, was electrocuted at
the plant late Tuesday afternoon.
Shuber came in contact with a reactor carrying 4,000 volts while working from a
five-foot stepladder on the main floor of the plant about 3:35 p.m., according
to the report made by police officers who rushed to the scene with the ambulance.
Artificial respiration was applied for over an hour and a half by employes at the
plant, with Traffic Officer George Tulach and Ben Muchowski assisting. Three
doctors were also present attempting to save Shuber’s life. Coroner Theodore
Teitgen, who arrived later, pronounced the chief engineer dead at 5:10 p.m.
In their report of the accident, Sergeant Tulach and Office Muchowski stated that
Elmer Fromming, 1109 South 14th street, was the operator at the time and that he
told them Shuber landed on his head on the concrete floor after the charge passed
through his body. Shuber fell near the door between the switchboard room and the
tur___ room, Froemming told the officers. The left hand which came in contact with
the reactor was considerably burned.
Fuenral Friday
Mr. Shuber had been in the employ of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation since
coming to this city 25 years ago from a farm in the town of Cooperstown. He was
president of the Manitowoc Trap Shooting Club and an active member of the Manitowoc
County Fish and Game Protective Association and the ACBJ lodge.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning, at 8:30 o’clock from the Wattawa,
Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at nine o’clock from Sacred Heart Catholic
church with the Rev. Louis Schorn officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen
cemetery.
Mr. Shuber was born in the town of Franklin on June 29, 1883. He married Miss Emma
Hollay June 13, 1905. For some years the couple farmed in the town of Cooperstown
and in 1918 came to this city. His wife died 15 years ago.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Dan Rathsack of Ludington, Michigan; three brothers,
John of Maribel, George of Geneva, Nebraska, and Charles of Green Bay; two sisters,
Mrs. Joseph Seibold of Milwaukee and Mrs. Charles Kalista of Kaukauna; and three
grandchildren.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Thursday noon to the time of services
Friday. The rosary will be recited there at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 8, 1944 P. 2
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[d. 03-07-1944/age 60 yrs./cause: electrocution]
Joseph P. Shuber Is Electrocuted While At Work
Joseph P. Shuber, 60, of 635 North 10th street, chief engineer at the Wisconsin
Public Service Corporation power plant at 105 Revere Drive, was electrocuted at
the plant late Tuesday afternoon.
Shuber came in contact with a reactor carrying 4,000 volts while working from a
five-foot stepladder on the main floor of the plant about 3:35 p.m., according
to the report made by police officers who rushed to the scene with the ambulance.
Artificial respiration was applied for over an hour and a half by employes at the
plant, with Traffic Officer George Tulach and Ben Muchowski assisting. Three
doctors were also present attempting to save Shuber’s life. Coroner Theodore
Teitgen, who arrived later, pronounced the chief engineer dead at 5:10 p.m.
In their report of the accident, Sergeant Tulach and Office Muchowski stated that
Elmer Fromming, 1109 South 14th street, was the operator at the time and that he
told them Shuber landed on his head on the concrete floor after the charge passed
through his body. Shuber fell near the door between the switchboard room and the
tur___ room, Froemming told the officers. The left hand which came in contact with
the reactor was considerably burned.
Fuenral Friday
Mr. Shuber had been in the employ of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation since
coming to this city 25 years ago from a farm in the town of Cooperstown. He was
president of the Manitowoc Trap Shooting Club and an active member of the Manitowoc
County Fish and Game Protective Association and the ACBJ lodge.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning, at 8:30 o’clock from the Wattawa,
Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at nine o’clock from Sacred Heart Catholic
church with the Rev. Louis Schorn officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen
cemetery.
Mr. Shuber was born in the town of Franklin on June 29, 1883. He married Miss Emma
Hollay June 13, 1905. For some years the couple farmed in the town of Cooperstown
and in 1918 came to this city. His wife died 15 years ago.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Dan Rathsack of Ludington, Michigan; three brothers,
John of Maribel, George of Geneva, Nebraska, and Charles of Green Bay; two sisters,
Mrs. Joseph Seibold of Milwaukee and Mrs. Charles Kalista of Kaukauna; and three
grandchildren.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Thursday noon to the time of services
Friday. The rosary will be recited there at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 8, 1944 P. 2
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[d. 03-07-1944/age 60 yrs./cause: electrocution]
JOSEPH P. SHUBER (d. 1944)
Joseph P. Shuber Is Electrocuted While At Work
Joseph P. Shuber, 60, of 635 North 10th street, chief engineer at the Wisconsin
Public Service Corporation power plant at 105 Revere Drive, was electrocuted at
the plant late Tuesday afternoon.
Shuber came in contact with a reactor carrying 4,000 volts while working from a
five-foot stepladder on the main floor of the plant about 3:35 p.m., according
to the report made by police officers who rushed to the scene with the ambulance.
Artificial respiration was applied for over an hour and a half by employes at the
plant, with Traffic Officer George Tulach and Ben Muchowski assisting. Three
doctors were also present attempting to save Shuber’s life. Coroner Theodore
Teitgen, who arrived later, pronounced the chief engineer dead at 5:10 p.m.
In their report of the accident, Sergeant Tulach and Office Muchowski stated that
Elmer Fromming, 1109 South 14th street, was the operator at the time and that he
told them Shuber landed on his head on the concrete floor after the charge passed
through his body. Shuber fell near the door between the switchboard room and the
tur___ room, Froemming told the officers. The left hand which came in contact with
the reactor was considerably burned.
Fuenral Friday
Mr. Shuber had been in the employ of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation since
coming to this city 25 years ago from a farm in the town of Cooperstown. He was
president of the Manitowoc Trap Shooting Club and an active member of the Manitowoc
County Fish and Game Protective Association and the ACBJ lodge.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning, at 8:30 o’clock from the Wattawa,
Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at nine o’clock from Sacred Heart Catholic
church with the Rev. Louis Schorn officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen
cemetery.
Mr. Shuber was born in the town of Franklin on June 29, 1883. He married Miss Emma
Hollay June 13, 1905. For some years the couple farmed in the town of Cooperstown
and in 1918 came to this city. His wife died 15 years ago.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Dan Rathsack of Ludington, Michigan; three brothers,
John of Maribel, George of Geneva, Nebraska, and Charles of Green Bay; two sisters,
Mrs. Joseph Seibold of Milwaukee and Mrs. Charles Kalista of Kaukauna; and three
grandchildren.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Thursday noon to the time of services
Friday. The rosary will be recited there at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 8, 1944 P. 2
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[d. 03-07-1944/age 60 yrs./cause: electrocution]
Joseph P. Shuber Is Electrocuted While At Work
Joseph P. Shuber, 60, of 635 North 10th street, chief engineer at the Wisconsin
Public Service Corporation power plant at 105 Revere Drive, was electrocuted at
the plant late Tuesday afternoon.
Shuber came in contact with a reactor carrying 4,000 volts while working from a
five-foot stepladder on the main floor of the plant about 3:35 p.m., according
to the report made by police officers who rushed to the scene with the ambulance.
Artificial respiration was applied for over an hour and a half by employes at the
plant, with Traffic Officer George Tulach and Ben Muchowski assisting. Three
doctors were also present attempting to save Shuber’s life. Coroner Theodore
Teitgen, who arrived later, pronounced the chief engineer dead at 5:10 p.m.
In their report of the accident, Sergeant Tulach and Office Muchowski stated that
Elmer Fromming, 1109 South 14th street, was the operator at the time and that he
told them Shuber landed on his head on the concrete floor after the charge passed
through his body. Shuber fell near the door between the switchboard room and the
tur___ room, Froemming told the officers. The left hand which came in contact with
the reactor was considerably burned.
Fuenral Friday
Mr. Shuber had been in the employ of the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation since
coming to this city 25 years ago from a farm in the town of Cooperstown. He was
president of the Manitowoc Trap Shooting Club and an active member of the Manitowoc
County Fish and Game Protective Association and the ACBJ lodge.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning, at 8:30 o’clock from the Wattawa,
Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at nine o’clock from Sacred Heart Catholic
church with the Rev. Louis Schorn officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen
cemetery.
Mr. Shuber was born in the town of Franklin on June 29, 1883. He married Miss Emma
Hollay June 13, 1905. For some years the couple farmed in the town of Cooperstown
and in 1918 came to this city. His wife died 15 years ago.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Dan Rathsack of Ludington, Michigan; three brothers,
John of Maribel, George of Geneva, Nebraska, and Charles of Green Bay; two sisters,
Mrs. Joseph Seibold of Milwaukee and Mrs. Charles Kalista of Kaukauna; and three
grandchildren.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home from Thursday noon to the time of services
Friday. The rosary will be recited there at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 8, 1944 P. 2
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[d. 03-07-1944/age 60 yrs./cause: electrocution]
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