FRANCIS SHIMANEK
There is a picture of the crash and pictures of both victims.
TWO FROM COUNTY KILLED IN COLLISION
Crash Occurs at Two Rivers City Limits
Clara Beeman, Francis Shimanek Accident Victims
MANITOWOC- Two young Manitowoc county persons were killed
and two other injured in a two-car collision at 10 p.m.
Tuesday on County Trunk D at the west city limits of Two
Rivers.
Killed were Clara p. Beeman, 18, of Menasha Av., Manitowoc,
and Francis J. Shimanek, 25, of Valders. Miss Beeman was a
passenger in the car which collided with one being driven
by Shimanek.
Injured were Barbara L. Grosbeier, 19, of 1102 Sheridan Rd.,
Two Rivers, driver of the other car and Shimanek's wife,
Constance, 23. They were removed to Two Rivers Municipal
Hospital. Miss Grosbeier is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Grosbeier, Rt. 6, Sturgeon Bay.
Shimanek and Miss Beeman were the 19th and 20th traffic
fatalities in Manitowoc County this year. He was the third
brother in the Shimanek family to be killed in traffic
accidents in the last 16 months.
Crushed Chest
Shimanek sustained a crushed chest and compound fracture of
the skull and Miss Beeman sustained head injuries including
a skull fracture. Miss Grosbeier received head injuries, a
lacerated left shoulder and left leg and Mrs. Shimanek
received a fracture of the right leg and lacerated right
elbow and contusions.
Miss Grosbeier's car, which entered a curve from the west,
went off the left shoulder out of control, skidded across
the highway and collided with the Shimanek vehicle which
was prceeding in the opposite direction according to
investigating Manitowoc County Traffic Police. Both vehicles,
demolished by the crash, ended up on the west ditch, officers
said.
Authorities were still investigating as to whether or not
City of Two Rivers or Manitowoc county had jurisdiction in
regard to the accident which occurred at the junction of
Columbus Street and County Trunk D.
Brothers Killed
Shimanek's brother, Gordon, 22, was fatally injured May 30,
1968 when struck by and autombile while walking on Highway
147 at the western edge of the Village of Mishicot. Another
brother, Michael J. Shimanek, 21, was the driver of a car
which went off a curve 2 1/2 miles north of Two Rivers on
Highway 147 Sept. 4, of this year.
(Note: omitting the information for Miss Beeman's funeral.)
(Turn to Page 2-M, Co. 6)
Attended Mishicot School
Shimanek was born Dec. 17, 1943, in the Town of Montpelier,
Kewaunee County, a son of Frank and Evelyn Kunesh Shimanek.
He attended the Kewaunee public grade school and Holy Cross
Parochial School at Mishicot, where he was brought by his
family as a child.
He was a graduate of Mishicot Community High School. A
resident of Valders for several months, he was employed by
the Midwest Breeders' Assn. He was a member of St. Mary Holy
Name Society of Clark Mills.
Surviving are his wife, the former Constance Christoffel of
Two Rivers, who he married at St. Mark Catholic Church, Two
Rivers, Oct. 19, 1968; his parents of Mishicot, and a brother
Paul, of Mishicot.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Lambert
Funeral Home, Mishicot, and at 10 a.m. at St. Mark Catholic
Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. R. Thomas Peeters officiating.
Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Mishicot.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday
where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, October 8, 1969 P. 1 and 2M
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(17 Dec 1943/Oct 1969/SSDI).
There is a picture of the crash and pictures of both victims.
TWO FROM COUNTY KILLED IN COLLISION
Crash Occurs at Two Rivers City Limits
Clara Beeman, Francis Shimanek Accident Victims
MANITOWOC- Two young Manitowoc county persons were killed
and two other injured in a two-car collision at 10 p.m.
Tuesday on County Trunk D at the west city limits of Two
Rivers.
Killed were Clara p. Beeman, 18, of Menasha Av., Manitowoc,
and Francis J. Shimanek, 25, of Valders. Miss Beeman was a
passenger in the car which collided with one being driven
by Shimanek.
Injured were Barbara L. Grosbeier, 19, of 1102 Sheridan Rd.,
Two Rivers, driver of the other car and Shimanek's wife,
Constance, 23. They were removed to Two Rivers Municipal
Hospital. Miss Grosbeier is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Grosbeier, Rt. 6, Sturgeon Bay.
Shimanek and Miss Beeman were the 19th and 20th traffic
fatalities in Manitowoc County this year. He was the third
brother in the Shimanek family to be killed in traffic
accidents in the last 16 months.
Crushed Chest
Shimanek sustained a crushed chest and compound fracture of
the skull and Miss Beeman sustained head injuries including
a skull fracture. Miss Grosbeier received head injuries, a
lacerated left shoulder and left leg and Mrs. Shimanek
received a fracture of the right leg and lacerated right
elbow and contusions.
Miss Grosbeier's car, which entered a curve from the west,
went off the left shoulder out of control, skidded across
the highway and collided with the Shimanek vehicle which
was prceeding in the opposite direction according to
investigating Manitowoc County Traffic Police. Both vehicles,
demolished by the crash, ended up on the west ditch, officers
said.
Authorities were still investigating as to whether or not
City of Two Rivers or Manitowoc county had jurisdiction in
regard to the accident which occurred at the junction of
Columbus Street and County Trunk D.
Brothers Killed
Shimanek's brother, Gordon, 22, was fatally injured May 30,
1968 when struck by and autombile while walking on Highway
147 at the western edge of the Village of Mishicot. Another
brother, Michael J. Shimanek, 21, was the driver of a car
which went off a curve 2 1/2 miles north of Two Rivers on
Highway 147 Sept. 4, of this year.
(Note: omitting the information for Miss Beeman's funeral.)
(Turn to Page 2-M, Co. 6)
Attended Mishicot School
Shimanek was born Dec. 17, 1943, in the Town of Montpelier,
Kewaunee County, a son of Frank and Evelyn Kunesh Shimanek.
He attended the Kewaunee public grade school and Holy Cross
Parochial School at Mishicot, where he was brought by his
family as a child.
He was a graduate of Mishicot Community High School. A
resident of Valders for several months, he was employed by
the Midwest Breeders' Assn. He was a member of St. Mary Holy
Name Society of Clark Mills.
Surviving are his wife, the former Constance Christoffel of
Two Rivers, who he married at St. Mark Catholic Church, Two
Rivers, Oct. 19, 1968; his parents of Mishicot, and a brother
Paul, of Mishicot.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Lambert
Funeral Home, Mishicot, and at 10 a.m. at St. Mark Catholic
Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. R. Thomas Peeters officiating.
Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Mishicot.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday
where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, October 8, 1969 P. 1 and 2M
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(17 Dec 1943/Oct 1969/SSDI).
FRANCIS SHIMANEK
There is a picture of the crash and pictures of both victims.
TWO FROM COUNTY KILLED IN COLLISION
Crash Occurs at Two Rivers City Limits
Clara Beeman, Francis Shimanek Accident Victims
MANITOWOC- Two young Manitowoc county persons were killed
and two other injured in a two-car collision at 10 p.m.
Tuesday on County Trunk D at the west city limits of Two
Rivers.
Killed were Clara p. Beeman, 18, of Menasha Av., Manitowoc,
and Francis J. Shimanek, 25, of Valders. Miss Beeman was a
passenger in the car which collided with one being driven
by Shimanek.
Injured were Barbara L. Grosbeier, 19, of 1102 Sheridan Rd.,
Two Rivers, driver of the other car and Shimanek's wife,
Constance, 23. They were removed to Two Rivers Municipal
Hospital. Miss Grosbeier is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Grosbeier, Rt. 6, Sturgeon Bay.
Shimanek and Miss Beeman were the 19th and 20th traffic
fatalities in Manitowoc County this year. He was the third
brother in the Shimanek family to be killed in traffic
accidents in the last 16 months.
Crushed Chest
Shimanek sustained a crushed chest and compound fracture of
the skull and Miss Beeman sustained head injuries including
a skull fracture. Miss Grosbeier received head injuries, a
lacerated left shoulder and left leg and Mrs. Shimanek
received a fracture of the right leg and lacerated right
elbow and contusions.
Miss Grosbeier's car, which entered a curve from the west,
went off the left shoulder out of control, skidded across
the highway and collided with the Shimanek vehicle which
was prceeding in the opposite direction according to
investigating Manitowoc County Traffic Police. Both vehicles,
demolished by the crash, ended up on the west ditch, officers
said.
Authorities were still investigating as to whether or not
City of Two Rivers or Manitowoc county had jurisdiction in
regard to the accident which occurred at the junction of
Columbus Street and County Trunk D.
Brothers Killed
Shimanek's brother, Gordon, 22, was fatally injured May 30,
1968 when struck by and autombile while walking on Highway
147 at the western edge of the Village of Mishicot. Another
brother, Michael J. Shimanek, 21, was the driver of a car
which went off a curve 2 1/2 miles north of Two Rivers on
Highway 147 Sept. 4, of this year.
(Note: omitting the information for Miss Beeman's funeral.)
(Turn to Page 2-M, Co. 6)
Attended Mishicot School
Shimanek was born Dec. 17, 1943, in the Town of Montpelier,
Kewaunee County, a son of Frank and Evelyn Kunesh Shimanek.
He attended the Kewaunee public grade school and Holy Cross
Parochial School at Mishicot, where he was brought by his
family as a child.
He was a graduate of Mishicot Community High School. A
resident of Valders for several months, he was employed by
the Midwest Breeders' Assn. He was a member of St. Mary Holy
Name Society of Clark Mills.
Surviving are his wife, the former Constance Christoffel of
Two Rivers, who he married at St. Mark Catholic Church, Two
Rivers, Oct. 19, 1968; his parents of Mishicot, and a brother
Paul, of Mishicot.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Lambert
Funeral Home, Mishicot, and at 10 a.m. at St. Mark Catholic
Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. R. Thomas Peeters officiating.
Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Mishicot.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday
where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, October 8, 1969 P. 1 and 2M
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(17 Dec 1943/Oct 1969/SSDI).
There is a picture of the crash and pictures of both victims.
TWO FROM COUNTY KILLED IN COLLISION
Crash Occurs at Two Rivers City Limits
Clara Beeman, Francis Shimanek Accident Victims
MANITOWOC- Two young Manitowoc county persons were killed
and two other injured in a two-car collision at 10 p.m.
Tuesday on County Trunk D at the west city limits of Two
Rivers.
Killed were Clara p. Beeman, 18, of Menasha Av., Manitowoc,
and Francis J. Shimanek, 25, of Valders. Miss Beeman was a
passenger in the car which collided with one being driven
by Shimanek.
Injured were Barbara L. Grosbeier, 19, of 1102 Sheridan Rd.,
Two Rivers, driver of the other car and Shimanek's wife,
Constance, 23. They were removed to Two Rivers Municipal
Hospital. Miss Grosbeier is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Grosbeier, Rt. 6, Sturgeon Bay.
Shimanek and Miss Beeman were the 19th and 20th traffic
fatalities in Manitowoc County this year. He was the third
brother in the Shimanek family to be killed in traffic
accidents in the last 16 months.
Crushed Chest
Shimanek sustained a crushed chest and compound fracture of
the skull and Miss Beeman sustained head injuries including
a skull fracture. Miss Grosbeier received head injuries, a
lacerated left shoulder and left leg and Mrs. Shimanek
received a fracture of the right leg and lacerated right
elbow and contusions.
Miss Grosbeier's car, which entered a curve from the west,
went off the left shoulder out of control, skidded across
the highway and collided with the Shimanek vehicle which
was prceeding in the opposite direction according to
investigating Manitowoc County Traffic Police. Both vehicles,
demolished by the crash, ended up on the west ditch, officers
said.
Authorities were still investigating as to whether or not
City of Two Rivers or Manitowoc county had jurisdiction in
regard to the accident which occurred at the junction of
Columbus Street and County Trunk D.
Brothers Killed
Shimanek's brother, Gordon, 22, was fatally injured May 30,
1968 when struck by and autombile while walking on Highway
147 at the western edge of the Village of Mishicot. Another
brother, Michael J. Shimanek, 21, was the driver of a car
which went off a curve 2 1/2 miles north of Two Rivers on
Highway 147 Sept. 4, of this year.
(Note: omitting the information for Miss Beeman's funeral.)
(Turn to Page 2-M, Co. 6)
Attended Mishicot School
Shimanek was born Dec. 17, 1943, in the Town of Montpelier,
Kewaunee County, a son of Frank and Evelyn Kunesh Shimanek.
He attended the Kewaunee public grade school and Holy Cross
Parochial School at Mishicot, where he was brought by his
family as a child.
He was a graduate of Mishicot Community High School. A
resident of Valders for several months, he was employed by
the Midwest Breeders' Assn. He was a member of St. Mary Holy
Name Society of Clark Mills.
Surviving are his wife, the former Constance Christoffel of
Two Rivers, who he married at St. Mark Catholic Church, Two
Rivers, Oct. 19, 1968; his parents of Mishicot, and a brother
Paul, of Mishicot.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Lambert
Funeral Home, Mishicot, and at 10 a.m. at St. Mark Catholic
Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. R. Thomas Peeters officiating.
Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Mishicot.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday
where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, October 8, 1969 P. 1 and 2M
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(17 Dec 1943/Oct 1969/SSDI).
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