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Ward Reichelt

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Ward Reichelt

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
23 Dec 1916 (aged 11–12)
Everett, Lake County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Deerfield, Lake County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
S27
Memorial ID
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1916-12-24 Chicago Tribune (IL)
Ward Reichelt, aged 12, suddenly, Dec. 23; son of J. A. and Marie Ward Reichelt of Deerfield, Ill. Denver and Pittsburgh papers please copy.

1916-12-24 Chicago Tribune (IL)
GIRL, TWO BOYS, MAN, DIE IN DAY'S AUTO ACCIDENTS
Father, Son, and Companion Killed When Train Hits Their Car.
Automobiles brought death to one girl, a father, his son, and another boy yesterday. Irene Kondziorski, 7 years old, was knocked down and killed in front of 3159 Milwaukee avenue by a motor operated by C. W. McDonald, secretary of the Railway Terminal and Warehouse company.
The two boys, Kenneth Jarvis, 15, and Ward Riechelt, 12, were killed when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Milwaukee train in Everett, west of Lake Forest.
Father of Boy Driving.
Clayton Jarvis, father of Kenneth, was driving. He died at the Washington Boulevard hospital.
Jarvis and the boys, who lived in Deerfield, were on their way home and were driving through Everett. Jarvis failed to see an approaching train, and his car was smashed and all thrown far from the right of way.
1916-12-24 Chicago Tribune (IL)
Ward Reichelt, aged 12, suddenly, Dec. 23; son of J. A. and Marie Ward Reichelt of Deerfield, Ill. Denver and Pittsburgh papers please copy.

1916-12-24 Chicago Tribune (IL)
GIRL, TWO BOYS, MAN, DIE IN DAY'S AUTO ACCIDENTS
Father, Son, and Companion Killed When Train Hits Their Car.
Automobiles brought death to one girl, a father, his son, and another boy yesterday. Irene Kondziorski, 7 years old, was knocked down and killed in front of 3159 Milwaukee avenue by a motor operated by C. W. McDonald, secretary of the Railway Terminal and Warehouse company.
The two boys, Kenneth Jarvis, 15, and Ward Riechelt, 12, were killed when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Milwaukee train in Everett, west of Lake Forest.
Father of Boy Driving.
Clayton Jarvis, father of Kenneth, was driving. He died at the Washington Boulevard hospital.
Jarvis and the boys, who lived in Deerfield, were on their way home and were driving through Everett. Jarvis failed to see an approaching train, and his car was smashed and all thrown far from the right of way.


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