Malone area man killed while crossing highway
A 72-year-old Malone area man became Fond du Lac County's 23rd fatality of 1979 Monday when he died of injuries received after being struck by a vehicle while walking across Highway 151 south of Pipe.
The victim, according to the Fond du Lac County Coroner's office, was Ambrose J. Langenfeld of Route 1, Malone. The accident occurred at the Winnebago Heights Road intersection in the Town of Calumet at about 6:10 p.m.
Fond du Lac County traffic police reported that Langenfeld was crossing Highway 151 from east to west returning to his vehicle from his mailbox when he was struck by a southbound vehicle operated by Gregory M. Halfman, 61, of 206 Lane Drive, Route 1, Malone.
Witnesses to the accident told authorities Langenfeld had been talking to his mail carrier at his mailbox on the east side of Highway 151 before turning around and walking across the roadway directly into the path of the Halfman vehicle.
Langenfeld received massive internal injuries and was dead at the scene. Halfman told traffic officers he saw a car parked on Winnebago Heights Road and one parked on the opposite side of the roadway at the mailboxes. He stated he met a northbound vehicle just north of the side road and, as he approached the parked vehicles, something suddenly struck his vehicle.
Mr. Langenfeld
Ambrose J. Langenfeld, 72, of Route 1, Malone, died at 7:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 1979, due to injuries received in a traffic accident. He was dead on arrival at St. Agnes Hospital.
He was born March 27, 1907, at Marytown, a son of the late Paul and Louisa Schmitz Langenfeld. He married Eleanor Kuhrt at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Milwaukee on Oct. 5, 1940.
Mr. Langenfeld was employed by Patrick Cudahy Inc. in Cudahy, retiring in 1972. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church here.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Doris) Yelick of Lakewood, Colo.; a son, Paul of Cudahy; two grandsons; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Mauer of Sheboygan Falls and Mrs. Theresa Casper of Fond du Lac; and three brothers, Rev. Henry of Fond du Lac, Clarence of Milwaukee and Claude of DePere. Three brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Uecker-Witt Funeral Home and at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church. The Rev. Henry Langenfeld, brother of the deceased, will officiate. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
Visitation for Mr. Langenfeld will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. at the funeral home.
A 72-year-old Malone area man became Fond du Lac County's 23rd fatality of 1979 Monday when he died of injuries received after being struck by a vehicle while walking across Highway 151 south of Pipe.
The victim, according to the Fond du Lac County Coroner's office, was Ambrose J. Langenfeld of Route 1, Malone. The accident occurred at the Winnebago Heights Road intersection in the Town of Calumet at about 6:10 p.m.
Fond du Lac County traffic police reported that Langenfeld was crossing Highway 151 from east to west returning to his vehicle from his mailbox when he was struck by a southbound vehicle operated by Gregory M. Halfman, 61, of 206 Lane Drive, Route 1, Malone.
Witnesses to the accident told authorities Langenfeld had been talking to his mail carrier at his mailbox on the east side of Highway 151 before turning around and walking across the roadway directly into the path of the Halfman vehicle.
Langenfeld received massive internal injuries and was dead at the scene. Halfman told traffic officers he saw a car parked on Winnebago Heights Road and one parked on the opposite side of the roadway at the mailboxes. He stated he met a northbound vehicle just north of the side road and, as he approached the parked vehicles, something suddenly struck his vehicle.
Mr. Langenfeld
Ambrose J. Langenfeld, 72, of Route 1, Malone, died at 7:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 1979, due to injuries received in a traffic accident. He was dead on arrival at St. Agnes Hospital.
He was born March 27, 1907, at Marytown, a son of the late Paul and Louisa Schmitz Langenfeld. He married Eleanor Kuhrt at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Milwaukee on Oct. 5, 1940.
Mr. Langenfeld was employed by Patrick Cudahy Inc. in Cudahy, retiring in 1972. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church here.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Doris) Yelick of Lakewood, Colo.; a son, Paul of Cudahy; two grandsons; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Mauer of Sheboygan Falls and Mrs. Theresa Casper of Fond du Lac; and three brothers, Rev. Henry of Fond du Lac, Clarence of Milwaukee and Claude of DePere. Three brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Uecker-Witt Funeral Home and at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church. The Rev. Henry Langenfeld, brother of the deceased, will officiate. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
Visitation for Mr. Langenfeld will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. at the funeral home.
Malone area man killed while crossing highway
A 72-year-old Malone area man became Fond du Lac County's 23rd fatality of 1979 Monday when he died of injuries received after being struck by a vehicle while walking across Highway 151 south of Pipe.
The victim, according to the Fond du Lac County Coroner's office, was Ambrose J. Langenfeld of Route 1, Malone. The accident occurred at the Winnebago Heights Road intersection in the Town of Calumet at about 6:10 p.m.
Fond du Lac County traffic police reported that Langenfeld was crossing Highway 151 from east to west returning to his vehicle from his mailbox when he was struck by a southbound vehicle operated by Gregory M. Halfman, 61, of 206 Lane Drive, Route 1, Malone.
Witnesses to the accident told authorities Langenfeld had been talking to his mail carrier at his mailbox on the east side of Highway 151 before turning around and walking across the roadway directly into the path of the Halfman vehicle.
Langenfeld received massive internal injuries and was dead at the scene. Halfman told traffic officers he saw a car parked on Winnebago Heights Road and one parked on the opposite side of the roadway at the mailboxes. He stated he met a northbound vehicle just north of the side road and, as he approached the parked vehicles, something suddenly struck his vehicle.
Mr. Langenfeld
Ambrose J. Langenfeld, 72, of Route 1, Malone, died at 7:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 1979, due to injuries received in a traffic accident. He was dead on arrival at St. Agnes Hospital.
He was born March 27, 1907, at Marytown, a son of the late Paul and Louisa Schmitz Langenfeld. He married Eleanor Kuhrt at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Milwaukee on Oct. 5, 1940.
Mr. Langenfeld was employed by Patrick Cudahy Inc. in Cudahy, retiring in 1972. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church here.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Doris) Yelick of Lakewood, Colo.; a son, Paul of Cudahy; two grandsons; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Mauer of Sheboygan Falls and Mrs. Theresa Casper of Fond du Lac; and three brothers, Rev. Henry of Fond du Lac, Clarence of Milwaukee and Claude of DePere. Three brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Uecker-Witt Funeral Home and at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church. The Rev. Henry Langenfeld, brother of the deceased, will officiate. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
Visitation for Mr. Langenfeld will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. at the funeral home.
A 72-year-old Malone area man became Fond du Lac County's 23rd fatality of 1979 Monday when he died of injuries received after being struck by a vehicle while walking across Highway 151 south of Pipe.
The victim, according to the Fond du Lac County Coroner's office, was Ambrose J. Langenfeld of Route 1, Malone. The accident occurred at the Winnebago Heights Road intersection in the Town of Calumet at about 6:10 p.m.
Fond du Lac County traffic police reported that Langenfeld was crossing Highway 151 from east to west returning to his vehicle from his mailbox when he was struck by a southbound vehicle operated by Gregory M. Halfman, 61, of 206 Lane Drive, Route 1, Malone.
Witnesses to the accident told authorities Langenfeld had been talking to his mail carrier at his mailbox on the east side of Highway 151 before turning around and walking across the roadway directly into the path of the Halfman vehicle.
Langenfeld received massive internal injuries and was dead at the scene. Halfman told traffic officers he saw a car parked on Winnebago Heights Road and one parked on the opposite side of the roadway at the mailboxes. He stated he met a northbound vehicle just north of the side road and, as he approached the parked vehicles, something suddenly struck his vehicle.
Mr. Langenfeld
Ambrose J. Langenfeld, 72, of Route 1, Malone, died at 7:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 1979, due to injuries received in a traffic accident. He was dead on arrival at St. Agnes Hospital.
He was born March 27, 1907, at Marytown, a son of the late Paul and Louisa Schmitz Langenfeld. He married Eleanor Kuhrt at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Milwaukee on Oct. 5, 1940.
Mr. Langenfeld was employed by Patrick Cudahy Inc. in Cudahy, retiring in 1972. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church here.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Doris) Yelick of Lakewood, Colo.; a son, Paul of Cudahy; two grandsons; two sisters, Mrs. Julia Mauer of Sheboygan Falls and Mrs. Theresa Casper of Fond du Lac; and three brothers, Rev. Henry of Fond du Lac, Clarence of Milwaukee and Claude of DePere. Three brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Uecker-Witt Funeral Home and at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church. The Rev. Henry Langenfeld, brother of the deceased, will officiate. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
Visitation for Mr. Langenfeld will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. at the funeral home.
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