ERWIN STRODTHOFF
Car-Train Collision Kills County Man
Passenger Is Victim, Driver Hurt Slightly
E. W. Strodthoff Dies of Head, Chest Injuries
A car-train collision two miles south of the city and just east of Clover
Wednesday afternoon killed a passenger in the automobile but the driver escaped
apparently without serious injury.
The victim, Erwin W. Strodthoff, 69, of Rt. 4, Manitowoc died at Memorial Hospital
less than two hours later of injuries received in the accident. Dr. Theodore A.
Teitgen county coroner, said he suffered severe head and chest injuries and
multiple fractures.
(snip)
Unprotected Crossing
The accident occurred shortly after 3:15 p.m. on a black-topped Town of Newton road
at an unprotected crossing one-fifth of a mile east of US Highway 141.
Investigating county police offices reported that the Kalies vehicle was proceeding
west on the town road when it slid on the slippery snow packed surface into the
first coach behind the engine of a southbound Chicago and North Western passenger
train. The car was ripped apart and pieces of it were strewn 150 feet along the
tracks. The main section of the wreckage was dragged to a point 87 feet south of the
crossing.
(snip)
Kalies told officers that he saw the train approaching and that he tried unsuccessfully
to stop the vehicle on the slippery road. He and Strodthoff were salesmen for bulk
milk plant equipment and reportedly had been visiting farms in the area.
Police said the Kalies car left tire marks of more than 100 feet leading to tracks.
The impact tore the engine completely out of the car. Part of the radiator flew into
the air and wrapped itself around a guide wire or cable at a point 10 to 12 feet
from the ground.
At eye witness to the accident was Vernon Glaeser of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, who said he
was stopped on the opposite or west side of the crossing when the accident occurred.
Miss Mary Witczak of 1222 S. 19th St., Manitowoc, a recently graduated nurse, was a
passenger on the train and gave first aid treatment to the injured at the scene…
Strodthoff was born April 15, 1896, at Manitowoc, son of the late Herman and Minnie
Vogelsang Strodthoff. He married May Chapman at Manitowoc and the couple located at
Man-…(Turn to Page2-M, Col. 4) Car-Train Hit (Cont. from Page 1)...itowoc Rapids.
He worked for a division of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., White House Milk
Co., until four years ago when he retired and had been a salesman for Zeo bulk milk
plant equipment since. He was a former school board member, advisor of the Explorer
Scouts and a member of the Men’s Club of Wesley Methodist Church. His wife died
Oct. 10, 1949.
Survivors are two sons, Glenn of Rt. 4, of Manitowoc, and Wayne, of Superior and a
daughter, Mrs. Annabelle Jerdee, of Tomah, Wis., and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Wesley Methodist Church. The Rev.
Donald T. Stannard will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday until 10:30
a.m. Saturday and then at the church...
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 27, 1966 pp 1,12
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[bur. on Herman and Erwin Strodthoff lot]
Car-Train Collision Kills County Man
Passenger Is Victim, Driver Hurt Slightly
E. W. Strodthoff Dies of Head, Chest Injuries
A car-train collision two miles south of the city and just east of Clover
Wednesday afternoon killed a passenger in the automobile but the driver escaped
apparently without serious injury.
The victim, Erwin W. Strodthoff, 69, of Rt. 4, Manitowoc died at Memorial Hospital
less than two hours later of injuries received in the accident. Dr. Theodore A.
Teitgen county coroner, said he suffered severe head and chest injuries and
multiple fractures.
(snip)
Unprotected Crossing
The accident occurred shortly after 3:15 p.m. on a black-topped Town of Newton road
at an unprotected crossing one-fifth of a mile east of US Highway 141.
Investigating county police offices reported that the Kalies vehicle was proceeding
west on the town road when it slid on the slippery snow packed surface into the
first coach behind the engine of a southbound Chicago and North Western passenger
train. The car was ripped apart and pieces of it were strewn 150 feet along the
tracks. The main section of the wreckage was dragged to a point 87 feet south of the
crossing.
(snip)
Kalies told officers that he saw the train approaching and that he tried unsuccessfully
to stop the vehicle on the slippery road. He and Strodthoff were salesmen for bulk
milk plant equipment and reportedly had been visiting farms in the area.
Police said the Kalies car left tire marks of more than 100 feet leading to tracks.
The impact tore the engine completely out of the car. Part of the radiator flew into
the air and wrapped itself around a guide wire or cable at a point 10 to 12 feet
from the ground.
At eye witness to the accident was Vernon Glaeser of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, who said he
was stopped on the opposite or west side of the crossing when the accident occurred.
Miss Mary Witczak of 1222 S. 19th St., Manitowoc, a recently graduated nurse, was a
passenger on the train and gave first aid treatment to the injured at the scene…
Strodthoff was born April 15, 1896, at Manitowoc, son of the late Herman and Minnie
Vogelsang Strodthoff. He married May Chapman at Manitowoc and the couple located at
Man-…(Turn to Page2-M, Col. 4) Car-Train Hit (Cont. from Page 1)...itowoc Rapids.
He worked for a division of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., White House Milk
Co., until four years ago when he retired and had been a salesman for Zeo bulk milk
plant equipment since. He was a former school board member, advisor of the Explorer
Scouts and a member of the Men’s Club of Wesley Methodist Church. His wife died
Oct. 10, 1949.
Survivors are two sons, Glenn of Rt. 4, of Manitowoc, and Wayne, of Superior and a
daughter, Mrs. Annabelle Jerdee, of Tomah, Wis., and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Wesley Methodist Church. The Rev.
Donald T. Stannard will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday until 10:30
a.m. Saturday and then at the church...
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 27, 1966 pp 1,12
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[bur. on Herman and Erwin Strodthoff lot]
ERWIN STRODTHOFF
Car-Train Collision Kills County Man
Passenger Is Victim, Driver Hurt Slightly
E. W. Strodthoff Dies of Head, Chest Injuries
A car-train collision two miles south of the city and just east of Clover
Wednesday afternoon killed a passenger in the automobile but the driver escaped
apparently without serious injury.
The victim, Erwin W. Strodthoff, 69, of Rt. 4, Manitowoc died at Memorial Hospital
less than two hours later of injuries received in the accident. Dr. Theodore A.
Teitgen county coroner, said he suffered severe head and chest injuries and
multiple fractures.
(snip)
Unprotected Crossing
The accident occurred shortly after 3:15 p.m. on a black-topped Town of Newton road
at an unprotected crossing one-fifth of a mile east of US Highway 141.
Investigating county police offices reported that the Kalies vehicle was proceeding
west on the town road when it slid on the slippery snow packed surface into the
first coach behind the engine of a southbound Chicago and North Western passenger
train. The car was ripped apart and pieces of it were strewn 150 feet along the
tracks. The main section of the wreckage was dragged to a point 87 feet south of the
crossing.
(snip)
Kalies told officers that he saw the train approaching and that he tried unsuccessfully
to stop the vehicle on the slippery road. He and Strodthoff were salesmen for bulk
milk plant equipment and reportedly had been visiting farms in the area.
Police said the Kalies car left tire marks of more than 100 feet leading to tracks.
The impact tore the engine completely out of the car. Part of the radiator flew into
the air and wrapped itself around a guide wire or cable at a point 10 to 12 feet
from the ground.
At eye witness to the accident was Vernon Glaeser of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, who said he
was stopped on the opposite or west side of the crossing when the accident occurred.
Miss Mary Witczak of 1222 S. 19th St., Manitowoc, a recently graduated nurse, was a
passenger on the train and gave first aid treatment to the injured at the scene…
Strodthoff was born April 15, 1896, at Manitowoc, son of the late Herman and Minnie
Vogelsang Strodthoff. He married May Chapman at Manitowoc and the couple located at
Man-…(Turn to Page2-M, Col. 4) Car-Train Hit (Cont. from Page 1)...itowoc Rapids.
He worked for a division of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., White House Milk
Co., until four years ago when he retired and had been a salesman for Zeo bulk milk
plant equipment since. He was a former school board member, advisor of the Explorer
Scouts and a member of the Men’s Club of Wesley Methodist Church. His wife died
Oct. 10, 1949.
Survivors are two sons, Glenn of Rt. 4, of Manitowoc, and Wayne, of Superior and a
daughter, Mrs. Annabelle Jerdee, of Tomah, Wis., and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Wesley Methodist Church. The Rev.
Donald T. Stannard will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday until 10:30
a.m. Saturday and then at the church...
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 27, 1966 pp 1,12
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[bur. on Herman and Erwin Strodthoff lot]
Car-Train Collision Kills County Man
Passenger Is Victim, Driver Hurt Slightly
E. W. Strodthoff Dies of Head, Chest Injuries
A car-train collision two miles south of the city and just east of Clover
Wednesday afternoon killed a passenger in the automobile but the driver escaped
apparently without serious injury.
The victim, Erwin W. Strodthoff, 69, of Rt. 4, Manitowoc died at Memorial Hospital
less than two hours later of injuries received in the accident. Dr. Theodore A.
Teitgen county coroner, said he suffered severe head and chest injuries and
multiple fractures.
(snip)
Unprotected Crossing
The accident occurred shortly after 3:15 p.m. on a black-topped Town of Newton road
at an unprotected crossing one-fifth of a mile east of US Highway 141.
Investigating county police offices reported that the Kalies vehicle was proceeding
west on the town road when it slid on the slippery snow packed surface into the
first coach behind the engine of a southbound Chicago and North Western passenger
train. The car was ripped apart and pieces of it were strewn 150 feet along the
tracks. The main section of the wreckage was dragged to a point 87 feet south of the
crossing.
(snip)
Kalies told officers that he saw the train approaching and that he tried unsuccessfully
to stop the vehicle on the slippery road. He and Strodthoff were salesmen for bulk
milk plant equipment and reportedly had been visiting farms in the area.
Police said the Kalies car left tire marks of more than 100 feet leading to tracks.
The impact tore the engine completely out of the car. Part of the radiator flew into
the air and wrapped itself around a guide wire or cable at a point 10 to 12 feet
from the ground.
At eye witness to the accident was Vernon Glaeser of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, who said he
was stopped on the opposite or west side of the crossing when the accident occurred.
Miss Mary Witczak of 1222 S. 19th St., Manitowoc, a recently graduated nurse, was a
passenger on the train and gave first aid treatment to the injured at the scene…
Strodthoff was born April 15, 1896, at Manitowoc, son of the late Herman and Minnie
Vogelsang Strodthoff. He married May Chapman at Manitowoc and the couple located at
Man-…(Turn to Page2-M, Col. 4) Car-Train Hit (Cont. from Page 1)...itowoc Rapids.
He worked for a division of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., White House Milk
Co., until four years ago when he retired and had been a salesman for Zeo bulk milk
plant equipment since. He was a former school board member, advisor of the Explorer
Scouts and a member of the Men’s Club of Wesley Methodist Church. His wife died
Oct. 10, 1949.
Survivors are two sons, Glenn of Rt. 4, of Manitowoc, and Wayne, of Superior and a
daughter, Mrs. Annabelle Jerdee, of Tomah, Wis., and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Wesley Methodist Church. The Rev.
Donald T. Stannard will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday until 10:30
a.m. Saturday and then at the church...
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 27, 1966 pp 1,12
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[bur. on Herman and Erwin Strodthoff lot]
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