OTTO KIENBAUM
Man Fatally Hurt Tuesday Near Valders
Valders (Special) – Otto Kienbaum, 64, of Route 1, Elkhart Lake, was injured fatally Tuesday when he was struck by a truck while walking along Highway 57, a quarter-mile north of the Sheboygan County line.
Kienbaum, a bachelor who resided with a brother, Fred, on a farm two miles south of Kiel, had spent the afternoon in Kiel and was walking home when the mishap occurred.
He was struck by a Green Bay and Chicago Line semi-trailer truck which, traffic officers reported, was drive by Almond Plisch of 718 10th Ave., Green Bay.Plisch told Dr. Theodore Tietgen, Manitowoc County coroner, and Sheriff Lester Nichols that he first saw Kienbaum walking south on the left side of the highway. The truck also was southbound.
He said that Kienbaum suddenly veered out onto the highway and cut across to the west side. Plisch said he swerved the truck in an attempt to avoid an accident, but the rear end of the semi-trailer struck Kienbaum.
Mr. Kienbaum was born Sept. 7, 1888, in Germany, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Kienbaum. He had made his home in the Town of Schleswig for many years.
Survivors are two brothers, Herman of Two Rivers, and Fred, Town Schleswig, and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Schmidt, Whitewater, Wis., and Mrs. Emma Schmidt of Evelyn, Wis. A sister, Annie of Oshkosh, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel with the Rev. E. G. Behm, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Kiel, officiating.
The Sheboygan Press – Wednesday, March 18, 1953 – Front Page
Man Fatally Hurt Tuesday Near Valders
Valders (Special) – Otto Kienbaum, 64, of Route 1, Elkhart Lake, was injured fatally Tuesday when he was struck by a truck while walking along Highway 57, a quarter-mile north of the Sheboygan County line.
Kienbaum, a bachelor who resided with a brother, Fred, on a farm two miles south of Kiel, had spent the afternoon in Kiel and was walking home when the mishap occurred.
He was struck by a Green Bay and Chicago Line semi-trailer truck which, traffic officers reported, was drive by Almond Plisch of 718 10th Ave., Green Bay.Plisch told Dr. Theodore Tietgen, Manitowoc County coroner, and Sheriff Lester Nichols that he first saw Kienbaum walking south on the left side of the highway. The truck also was southbound.
He said that Kienbaum suddenly veered out onto the highway and cut across to the west side. Plisch said he swerved the truck in an attempt to avoid an accident, but the rear end of the semi-trailer struck Kienbaum.
Mr. Kienbaum was born Sept. 7, 1888, in Germany, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Kienbaum. He had made his home in the Town of Schleswig for many years.
Survivors are two brothers, Herman of Two Rivers, and Fred, Town Schleswig, and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Schmidt, Whitewater, Wis., and Mrs. Emma Schmidt of Evelyn, Wis. A sister, Annie of Oshkosh, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel with the Rev. E. G. Behm, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Kiel, officiating.
The Sheboygan Press – Wednesday, March 18, 1953 – Front Page
OTTO KIENBAUM
Man Fatally Hurt Tuesday Near Valders
Valders (Special) – Otto Kienbaum, 64, of Route 1, Elkhart Lake, was injured fatally Tuesday when he was struck by a truck while walking along Highway 57, a quarter-mile north of the Sheboygan County line.
Kienbaum, a bachelor who resided with a brother, Fred, on a farm two miles south of Kiel, had spent the afternoon in Kiel and was walking home when the mishap occurred.
He was struck by a Green Bay and Chicago Line semi-trailer truck which, traffic officers reported, was drive by Almond Plisch of 718 10th Ave., Green Bay.Plisch told Dr. Theodore Tietgen, Manitowoc County coroner, and Sheriff Lester Nichols that he first saw Kienbaum walking south on the left side of the highway. The truck also was southbound.
He said that Kienbaum suddenly veered out onto the highway and cut across to the west side. Plisch said he swerved the truck in an attempt to avoid an accident, but the rear end of the semi-trailer struck Kienbaum.
Mr. Kienbaum was born Sept. 7, 1888, in Germany, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Kienbaum. He had made his home in the Town of Schleswig for many years.
Survivors are two brothers, Herman of Two Rivers, and Fred, Town Schleswig, and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Schmidt, Whitewater, Wis., and Mrs. Emma Schmidt of Evelyn, Wis. A sister, Annie of Oshkosh, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel with the Rev. E. G. Behm, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Kiel, officiating.
The Sheboygan Press – Wednesday, March 18, 1953 – Front Page
Man Fatally Hurt Tuesday Near Valders
Valders (Special) – Otto Kienbaum, 64, of Route 1, Elkhart Lake, was injured fatally Tuesday when he was struck by a truck while walking along Highway 57, a quarter-mile north of the Sheboygan County line.
Kienbaum, a bachelor who resided with a brother, Fred, on a farm two miles south of Kiel, had spent the afternoon in Kiel and was walking home when the mishap occurred.
He was struck by a Green Bay and Chicago Line semi-trailer truck which, traffic officers reported, was drive by Almond Plisch of 718 10th Ave., Green Bay.Plisch told Dr. Theodore Tietgen, Manitowoc County coroner, and Sheriff Lester Nichols that he first saw Kienbaum walking south on the left side of the highway. The truck also was southbound.
He said that Kienbaum suddenly veered out onto the highway and cut across to the west side. Plisch said he swerved the truck in an attempt to avoid an accident, but the rear end of the semi-trailer struck Kienbaum.
Mr. Kienbaum was born Sept. 7, 1888, in Germany, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Kienbaum. He had made his home in the Town of Schleswig for many years.
Survivors are two brothers, Herman of Two Rivers, and Fred, Town Schleswig, and two sisters, Mrs. Herman Schmidt, Whitewater, Wis., and Mrs. Emma Schmidt of Evelyn, Wis. A sister, Annie of Oshkosh, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel with the Rev. E. G. Behm, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Kiel, officiating.
The Sheboygan Press – Wednesday, March 18, 1953 – Front Page
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