Advertisement

Thomas Henry Ahrens

Advertisement

Thomas Henry Ahrens

Birth
Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa, USA
Death
13 May 1970 (aged 18)
Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
G19
Memorial ID
View Source
Son of Henry Louis & Alvina (Klunder) Ahrens



From the Waterloo Daily Courier, 14 May 1970

Clarksviile Youth Killed in Crash

CEDAR FALLS — The Iowa Highway Patrol Thursday morning reported the death of an 18-year-old Clarksviile youth as the result of a two car headon collision three miles west of Shell Rock on Highway 3.

The patrol identified the dead youth as Thomas Henry Ahrens of Clarksviile.

It was reported that Ahrens was traveling east on the highway and was passing a truck driven by William Francis Hillsman, 34, of 3304 Randolph St., Waterloo, when his car collided with another vehicle driven by Thomas R. Weil, 39, of Chicago. Both cars were demolished when they hit headon.

Weil, it was reported, suffered, head cuts, bruises and abrasions.

Ahrens was taken first to the hospital in Waverly and then transferred to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He died at 10 p.m. Wednesday.

Services for the victim are pending at the Schwartz Funeral Home in Clarksviile. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Viola Ahrens, a sister, Mrs. Charles Woodman, Waterloo.
Son of Henry Louis & Alvina (Klunder) Ahrens



From the Waterloo Daily Courier, 14 May 1970

Clarksviile Youth Killed in Crash

CEDAR FALLS — The Iowa Highway Patrol Thursday morning reported the death of an 18-year-old Clarksviile youth as the result of a two car headon collision three miles west of Shell Rock on Highway 3.

The patrol identified the dead youth as Thomas Henry Ahrens of Clarksviile.

It was reported that Ahrens was traveling east on the highway and was passing a truck driven by William Francis Hillsman, 34, of 3304 Randolph St., Waterloo, when his car collided with another vehicle driven by Thomas R. Weil, 39, of Chicago. Both cars were demolished when they hit headon.

Weil, it was reported, suffered, head cuts, bruises and abrasions.

Ahrens was taken first to the hospital in Waverly and then transferred to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He died at 10 p.m. Wednesday.

Services for the victim are pending at the Schwartz Funeral Home in Clarksviile. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Viola Ahrens, a sister, Mrs. Charles Woodman, Waterloo.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement