ROMAN H. SEIPEL
Funeral services for Roman Seipel, 51, of Spring Valley, Manitowoc County, crushed to death Tuesday by a loaded truck used in highway construction, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Spring Valley.
The Rev. Alfred M. Loehr will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The accident, which will not be listed as a highway fatality, occurred about 9:37 a.m. on a project adding two more lanes to present Highway 41 just north of Oshkosh and off County Trunk E in Winnebago County. Seipel, employed by Schuette Pavers, Inc., of Manitowoc, holders of the paving contract with the State of Wisconsin Highway Dept., stepped from behind a parked truck as the other, loaded with sand, was being backed to discharge its load.
The five wheels on the right side of the tandem truck passed over Seipel's body. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh. Seipel's death was witnessed by a next door neighbor, Thomas Bennin, 18, also of Rt. 1, Newton, who had visited the project in hopes that Seipel could get him a job.
Seipel, son of Andrew and Rose Willlmas Seipel, was born in the Town of Meeme June 15, 1908. He married Lidvina Wagner of Cleveland Sept. 23, 1931, and the couple always resided in the Spring Valley area. The couple owned and operated
a store at Spring Valley.
He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Fidelis Church, serving as its treasurer, and was a member of the Sheboygan Council Knights of Columbus.
Friends may call at Stoltenbeg Funeral Chapel, Cleveland, after 7 o'clock this Wednesday evening here the Holy Name Society will recite the Rosary at 8:30 o'clock.
Manitowoc Herald Times, June 10, 1959 P. 20
Funeral services for Roman Seipel, 51, of Spring Valley, Manitowoc County, crushed to death Tuesday by a loaded truck used in highway construction, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Spring Valley.
The Rev. Alfred M. Loehr will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The accident, which will not be listed as a highway fatality, occurred about 9:37 a.m. on a project adding two more lanes to present Highway 41 just north of Oshkosh and off County Trunk E in Winnebago County. Seipel, employed by Schuette Pavers, Inc., of Manitowoc, holders of the paving contract with the State of Wisconsin Highway Dept., stepped from behind a parked truck as the other, loaded with sand, was being backed to discharge its load.
The five wheels on the right side of the tandem truck passed over Seipel's body. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh. Seipel's death was witnessed by a next door neighbor, Thomas Bennin, 18, also of Rt. 1, Newton, who had visited the project in hopes that Seipel could get him a job.
Seipel, son of Andrew and Rose Willlmas Seipel, was born in the Town of Meeme June 15, 1908. He married Lidvina Wagner of Cleveland Sept. 23, 1931, and the couple always resided in the Spring Valley area. The couple owned and operated
a store at Spring Valley.
He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Fidelis Church, serving as its treasurer, and was a member of the Sheboygan Council Knights of Columbus.
Friends may call at Stoltenbeg Funeral Chapel, Cleveland, after 7 o'clock this Wednesday evening here the Holy Name Society will recite the Rosary at 8:30 o'clock.
Manitowoc Herald Times, June 10, 1959 P. 20
ROMAN H. SEIPEL
Funeral services for Roman Seipel, 51, of Spring Valley, Manitowoc County, crushed to death Tuesday by a loaded truck used in highway construction, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Spring Valley.
The Rev. Alfred M. Loehr will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The accident, which will not be listed as a highway fatality, occurred about 9:37 a.m. on a project adding two more lanes to present Highway 41 just north of Oshkosh and off County Trunk E in Winnebago County. Seipel, employed by Schuette Pavers, Inc., of Manitowoc, holders of the paving contract with the State of Wisconsin Highway Dept., stepped from behind a parked truck as the other, loaded with sand, was being backed to discharge its load.
The five wheels on the right side of the tandem truck passed over Seipel's body. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh. Seipel's death was witnessed by a next door neighbor, Thomas Bennin, 18, also of Rt. 1, Newton, who had visited the project in hopes that Seipel could get him a job.
Seipel, son of Andrew and Rose Willlmas Seipel, was born in the Town of Meeme June 15, 1908. He married Lidvina Wagner of Cleveland Sept. 23, 1931, and the couple always resided in the Spring Valley area. The couple owned and operated
a store at Spring Valley.
He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Fidelis Church, serving as its treasurer, and was a member of the Sheboygan Council Knights of Columbus.
Friends may call at Stoltenbeg Funeral Chapel, Cleveland, after 7 o'clock this Wednesday evening here the Holy Name Society will recite the Rosary at 8:30 o'clock.
Manitowoc Herald Times, June 10, 1959 P. 20
Funeral services for Roman Seipel, 51, of Spring Valley, Manitowoc County, crushed to death Tuesday by a loaded truck used in highway construction, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Spring Valley.
The Rev. Alfred M. Loehr will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
The accident, which will not be listed as a highway fatality, occurred about 9:37 a.m. on a project adding two more lanes to present Highway 41 just north of Oshkosh and off County Trunk E in Winnebago County. Seipel, employed by Schuette Pavers, Inc., of Manitowoc, holders of the paving contract with the State of Wisconsin Highway Dept., stepped from behind a parked truck as the other, loaded with sand, was being backed to discharge its load.
The five wheels on the right side of the tandem truck passed over Seipel's body. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh. Seipel's death was witnessed by a next door neighbor, Thomas Bennin, 18, also of Rt. 1, Newton, who had visited the project in hopes that Seipel could get him a job.
Seipel, son of Andrew and Rose Willlmas Seipel, was born in the Town of Meeme June 15, 1908. He married Lidvina Wagner of Cleveland Sept. 23, 1931, and the couple always resided in the Spring Valley area. The couple owned and operated
a store at Spring Valley.
He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Fidelis Church, serving as its treasurer, and was a member of the Sheboygan Council Knights of Columbus.
Friends may call at Stoltenbeg Funeral Chapel, Cleveland, after 7 o'clock this Wednesday evening here the Holy Name Society will recite the Rosary at 8:30 o'clock.
Manitowoc Herald Times, June 10, 1959 P. 20
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