Ortlepp, Clarence; Dec 1954, Chilton Times
Athlete From Hilbert Dies From wounds
Clarence Ortlepp, 24, One of Wisconsin's Hunting Fatalities
Clarence H. Ortlepp, 24, Hilbert, seminary student at Mission House, Plymouth wounded by a stray bullet while hunting in Marquette county Nov. 21, died at 4:30 Wed afternoon, Nov 24, at Divine Savior hospital in Portage.
Funeral services for the well-known Hilbert athlete, who was assistant basketball coach at Mission House, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peace Evangelical and Reformed church, Potter. Conducting the services were Rev. Alton Loar, pastor, along with two members of the mission House faculty, Drs. Louis Gunnemann and Frederich Herzog. Burial was made in Potter cemetery.
Preached at Westfield
Ortlepp, a member of the senior seminary class which will be graduated from Mission House next June, had been residing at Franklin since his marriage last Aug 28 to the former Audrey Ann Greve of New Holstein. He is survived by his wife and mother, Mrs Adela Ortlepp, the latter a resident of Hilbert.
Ortlepp had preached a sermon Nov. 21 at Westfield at the Reformed church before he went deer hunting in the area, accompanied by the father of a friend.
Late in the day he was struck by a stray bullet as he and his companion were hunting on the Elsie Juhnke farm, a mile and a half east of Westfield.
The slug, presumably fired by an unidentified hunter in another party, entered Ortlepp's left hip and pierced his abdomen. He was rushed immediately to the Portage Hospital.
Ortlepp was given several blood transfusions after surgery was performed. Hospital attendants said death resulted after peritonitis had set in.
An inquest into his death scheduled for Tuesday evening at Montello has been post poned to Friday night.
Born in Potter, Nov 19, 1930, Ortlepp attended grade school there and was graduated from Hilbert high school in 1948. While in high school he was an outstanding basketball and baseball player. At Mission House College, from which he graduated in 1952, he continued his athletic career, also playing with an independent Chicago team and the Hilbert Athletic club.
Prior to his appointment the past October as an assistant to Basketball Coach John Allen at Mission House, Ortlepp pitched Kiel to the Eastern Wisconsin Baseball League championship this summer. He had been a high scoring basketball ace with the Hilbert AC's in the Easter Wisconsin Amateur league.
Athlete From Hilbert Dies From wounds
Clarence Ortlepp, 24, One of Wisconsin's Hunting Fatalities
Clarence H. Ortlepp, 24, Hilbert, seminary student at Mission House, Plymouth wounded by a stray bullet while hunting in Marquette county Nov. 21, died at 4:30 Wed afternoon, Nov 24, at Divine Savior hospital in Portage.
Funeral services for the well-known Hilbert athlete, who was assistant basketball coach at Mission House, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peace Evangelical and Reformed church, Potter. Conducting the services were Rev. Alton Loar, pastor, along with two members of the mission House faculty, Drs. Louis Gunnemann and Frederich Herzog. Burial was made in Potter cemetery.
Preached at Westfield
Ortlepp, a member of the senior seminary class which will be graduated from Mission House next June, had been residing at Franklin since his marriage last Aug 28 to the former Audrey Ann Greve of New Holstein. He is survived by his wife and mother, Mrs Adela Ortlepp, the latter a resident of Hilbert.
Ortlepp had preached a sermon Nov. 21 at Westfield at the Reformed church before he went deer hunting in the area, accompanied by the father of a friend.
Late in the day he was struck by a stray bullet as he and his companion were hunting on the Elsie Juhnke farm, a mile and a half east of Westfield.
The slug, presumably fired by an unidentified hunter in another party, entered Ortlepp's left hip and pierced his abdomen. He was rushed immediately to the Portage Hospital.
Ortlepp was given several blood transfusions after surgery was performed. Hospital attendants said death resulted after peritonitis had set in.
An inquest into his death scheduled for Tuesday evening at Montello has been post poned to Friday night.
Born in Potter, Nov 19, 1930, Ortlepp attended grade school there and was graduated from Hilbert high school in 1948. While in high school he was an outstanding basketball and baseball player. At Mission House College, from which he graduated in 1952, he continued his athletic career, also playing with an independent Chicago team and the Hilbert Athletic club.
Prior to his appointment the past October as an assistant to Basketball Coach John Allen at Mission House, Ortlepp pitched Kiel to the Eastern Wisconsin Baseball League championship this summer. He had been a high scoring basketball ace with the Hilbert AC's in the Easter Wisconsin Amateur league.
Ortlepp, Clarence; Dec 1954, Chilton Times
Athlete From Hilbert Dies From wounds
Clarence Ortlepp, 24, One of Wisconsin's Hunting Fatalities
Clarence H. Ortlepp, 24, Hilbert, seminary student at Mission House, Plymouth wounded by a stray bullet while hunting in Marquette county Nov. 21, died at 4:30 Wed afternoon, Nov 24, at Divine Savior hospital in Portage.
Funeral services for the well-known Hilbert athlete, who was assistant basketball coach at Mission House, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peace Evangelical and Reformed church, Potter. Conducting the services were Rev. Alton Loar, pastor, along with two members of the mission House faculty, Drs. Louis Gunnemann and Frederich Herzog. Burial was made in Potter cemetery.
Preached at Westfield
Ortlepp, a member of the senior seminary class which will be graduated from Mission House next June, had been residing at Franklin since his marriage last Aug 28 to the former Audrey Ann Greve of New Holstein. He is survived by his wife and mother, Mrs Adela Ortlepp, the latter a resident of Hilbert.
Ortlepp had preached a sermon Nov. 21 at Westfield at the Reformed church before he went deer hunting in the area, accompanied by the father of a friend.
Late in the day he was struck by a stray bullet as he and his companion were hunting on the Elsie Juhnke farm, a mile and a half east of Westfield.
The slug, presumably fired by an unidentified hunter in another party, entered Ortlepp's left hip and pierced his abdomen. He was rushed immediately to the Portage Hospital.
Ortlepp was given several blood transfusions after surgery was performed. Hospital attendants said death resulted after peritonitis had set in.
An inquest into his death scheduled for Tuesday evening at Montello has been post poned to Friday night.
Born in Potter, Nov 19, 1930, Ortlepp attended grade school there and was graduated from Hilbert high school in 1948. While in high school he was an outstanding basketball and baseball player. At Mission House College, from which he graduated in 1952, he continued his athletic career, also playing with an independent Chicago team and the Hilbert Athletic club.
Prior to his appointment the past October as an assistant to Basketball Coach John Allen at Mission House, Ortlepp pitched Kiel to the Eastern Wisconsin Baseball League championship this summer. He had been a high scoring basketball ace with the Hilbert AC's in the Easter Wisconsin Amateur league.
Athlete From Hilbert Dies From wounds
Clarence Ortlepp, 24, One of Wisconsin's Hunting Fatalities
Clarence H. Ortlepp, 24, Hilbert, seminary student at Mission House, Plymouth wounded by a stray bullet while hunting in Marquette county Nov. 21, died at 4:30 Wed afternoon, Nov 24, at Divine Savior hospital in Portage.
Funeral services for the well-known Hilbert athlete, who was assistant basketball coach at Mission House, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Peace Evangelical and Reformed church, Potter. Conducting the services were Rev. Alton Loar, pastor, along with two members of the mission House faculty, Drs. Louis Gunnemann and Frederich Herzog. Burial was made in Potter cemetery.
Preached at Westfield
Ortlepp, a member of the senior seminary class which will be graduated from Mission House next June, had been residing at Franklin since his marriage last Aug 28 to the former Audrey Ann Greve of New Holstein. He is survived by his wife and mother, Mrs Adela Ortlepp, the latter a resident of Hilbert.
Ortlepp had preached a sermon Nov. 21 at Westfield at the Reformed church before he went deer hunting in the area, accompanied by the father of a friend.
Late in the day he was struck by a stray bullet as he and his companion were hunting on the Elsie Juhnke farm, a mile and a half east of Westfield.
The slug, presumably fired by an unidentified hunter in another party, entered Ortlepp's left hip and pierced his abdomen. He was rushed immediately to the Portage Hospital.
Ortlepp was given several blood transfusions after surgery was performed. Hospital attendants said death resulted after peritonitis had set in.
An inquest into his death scheduled for Tuesday evening at Montello has been post poned to Friday night.
Born in Potter, Nov 19, 1930, Ortlepp attended grade school there and was graduated from Hilbert high school in 1948. While in high school he was an outstanding basketball and baseball player. At Mission House College, from which he graduated in 1952, he continued his athletic career, also playing with an independent Chicago team and the Hilbert Athletic club.
Prior to his appointment the past October as an assistant to Basketball Coach John Allen at Mission House, Ortlepp pitched Kiel to the Eastern Wisconsin Baseball League championship this summer. He had been a high scoring basketball ace with the Hilbert AC's in the Easter Wisconsin Amateur league.
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