From WISCONSIN RAPIDS DAILY TRIBUNE, Thursday, February 24, 1938, page 1:
ACCIDENT KILLS DELLWOOD MAN
TRUCK HURTLES OFF HIGHWAY, CRASHES INTO TREE; ADAMS COUNTY'S FIRST TRAFFIC DEATH OF 1938.
Friendship, Wis.--Ole Stormoen, 61, of Dellwood, town of Strongs Prairie, Adams county, was apparently instantly killed Wednesday night about 7 o'clock when the truck in which he was riding left the highway near here and crashed into a tree.
Driver Is Injured
Driver of the truck, Bennie Sparby, Arkdale, suffered fractures of three ribs and head lacerations in the mishap and is in the Adams-Friendship hospital. He is expected to recover. The death of the Dellwood man was Adams county's first traffic fatality of 1938.
The two men were on their way home when the truck hurtled off Highway 13 about one-half mile north of Friendship. It struck the tree head-on and was virtually demolished. Mr. Stormoen was dead before his body could be extricated from the wreckage. Adams county authorities indicated they would hold no inquest.
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p. m., February 26, from the Dellwood Lutheran church. The Rev. Mr. Davies of Wisconsin Dells will officiate and burial will be made in the West [correction South] Arkdale cemetery.
Mr. Stormoen was born in Norway March 13, 1876. He came to America when a child. His marriage to Sine Hansen took place on March 13, 1906. The family have been residents of Adams county for a number of years.
The widow and 13 children, all but one at home, survive. A sister living in Missouri also survives.
From WISCONSIN RAPIDS DAILY TRIBUNE, Thursday, March 3, 1938, page 3:
Funeral Services at Dellwood for Ole Stormoen, 61
Dellwood, Wis.--Funeral services were held here Saturday afternoon at the Lutheran church for Ole Stormoen, 61, who was fatally injured February 23 in an automobile accident near Friendship. The Rev. Mr. Baese officiated and interment was in the West [South] cemetery.
Born at Aamot, Norway, March 13, 1876, he came to the United States with his parents when he was eight years old and had been a resident of the town of Strongs Prairie, Adams county, since that time. He was united in marriage to Sine Johnson of Arkdale in 1907, and to this union 15 children were born, 13 of whom survive with the mother, namely, Mrs. Henry [Addie] Speas and Mrs. Irvin [Cora] Hage, Necedah; Sylvia Stormoen [Mrs. Downing Webb in 1942], Madison; Mrs. Hallie [Laura] Chaffee, Strongs Prairie; Mrs. Melvin [Inga] Strand, New Lisbon, and Selmar, Arthur, Orpha [Mrs. Lilek], Orin, William, Donald, Ole jr. [1926-2001] and Betty Jane [Mrs. Russell Owens in 1948], all at home. Eleven grandchildren and one sister Mrs. Ralph Metcalfe of St. Louis, Mo., also survive. Two sons preceded him in death in 1919.
Besides his farming activities, Mr. Stormoen was treasurer of the town of Strongs Prairie for many years, operated the Farmers' Potato Warehouse at Dellwood for a number of years and, since 1932, was a highway patrolman for Adams county.