Taken from the Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Friday, August 2, 1946 with some added information by Rose Mary (Loutsch) Mullane.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Catherine church, Oyens, for Orville Loutsch, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Loutsch, who died of drowning when pinned under a tractor which overturned.
The accident occured Monday in the late afternoon when a tractor he was driving crashed through the guard rail of a bridge and fell into a stream. The accident occurred near his home which is one mile north of Oyens.
Coronor S. H. Luken stated that the boy was an experienced tractor driver, but at the time of the accident was not on the rubber tire machine he was accustomed to driving. That machine was being used elsewhere and he was driving a steel wheel tractor and somehow as he was going across the bridge towing a wagon behind him the machine got out of control and fell into the water. Orville was pinned under and drowned.
Rev. Father Karhoff of St. Catherine's church officiated at the funeral and burial was in the Oyens cemetery.
He is survived by his parents, Emil and Rose (Hunt) Loutsch, a sister, Dorothy, and brothers; Raymond and his wife, Joan; Robert, Ronald, Jerome and William.
Funeral services were held Friday at St. Catherine's church,
Oyens, for Orville Loutsch, who died from injuries received
when the tractor he was operating went through a bridge, as
told in our last week's issue. Orvilie's mother the former Rose Hunt, attended school here and the family are well known in Alton and Granville. They have the sympathy of many friends.
Orville Loutsch was a pupil at St. Catherine's school at Oyens and was 13 years, 6 months and 3 days of age at the time of his death and had graduated from the 8th grade last spring.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Loutsch, 5
brothers and 1 sister: Ray, Dorothy, Bob, Ronald, Jerry and
William, all at home except Bob who is in military service stationed in California.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Pallbearers were class mates and cousins: Kenneth Cronin,
Paul Berrlis, Anthony Reuter, Freddy Hunt, Gerald Hemmen
and Paul Loutsch.
Out of town relatives present at the funeral services on Friday morning at St. Catherine's church in Oyens were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lyons of Redwood Falls, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hemmen, son and daughter of Springfield, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hunt of Morton, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hunt and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Croat and son and daughter of Granville; Mrs. Arthur Chicoine of Salix, Iowa; Mr. Bill Conrad and daughters of Dyersville, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Ruba, Mr. and Mrs. Don Loutsch, Mr. and Mrs. John Ritz all of Remsen, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Loutsch of Le Mars an many relatives and friends from neighboring towns.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Catherine church, Oyens, for Orville Loutsch, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Loutsch, who died of drowning when pinned under a tractor which overturned.
The accident occured Monday in the late afternoon when a tractor he was driving crashed through the guard rail of a bridge and fell into a stream. The accident occurred near his home which is one mile north of Oyens.
Coronor S. H. Luken stated that the boy was an experienced tractor driver, but at the time of the accident was not on the rubber tire machine he was accustomed to driving. That machine was being used elsewhere and he was driving a steel wheel tractor and somehow as he was going across the bridge towing a wagon behind him the machine got out of control and fell into the water. Orville was pinned under and drowned.
Rev. Father Karhoff of St. Catherine's church officiated at the funeral and burial was in the Oyens cemetery.
He is survived by his parents, Emil and Rose (Hunt) Loutsch, a sister, Dorothy, and brothers; Raymond and his wife, Joan; Robert, Ronald, Jerome and William.
Funeral services were held Friday at St. Catherine's church,
Oyens, for Orville Loutsch, who died from injuries received
when the tractor he was operating went through a bridge, as
told in our last week's issue. Orvilie's mother the former Rose Hunt, attended school here and the family are well known in Alton and Granville. They have the sympathy of many friends.
Orville Loutsch was a pupil at St. Catherine's school at Oyens and was 13 years, 6 months and 3 days of age at the time of his death and had graduated from the 8th grade last spring.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Loutsch, 5
brothers and 1 sister: Ray, Dorothy, Bob, Ronald, Jerry and
William, all at home except Bob who is in military service stationed in California.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Pallbearers were class mates and cousins: Kenneth Cronin,
Paul Berrlis, Anthony Reuter, Freddy Hunt, Gerald Hemmen
and Paul Loutsch.
Out of town relatives present at the funeral services on Friday morning at St. Catherine's church in Oyens were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lyons of Redwood Falls, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hemmen, son and daughter of Springfield, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hunt of Morton, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hunt and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Croat and son and daughter of Granville; Mrs. Arthur Chicoine of Salix, Iowa; Mr. Bill Conrad and daughters of Dyersville, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Ruba, Mr. and Mrs. Don Loutsch, Mr. and Mrs. John Ritz all of Remsen, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Loutsch of Le Mars an many relatives and friends from neighboring towns.
Taken from the Le Mars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Friday, August 2, 1946 with some added information by Rose Mary (Loutsch) Mullane.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Catherine church, Oyens, for Orville Loutsch, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Loutsch, who died of drowning when pinned under a tractor which overturned.
The accident occured Monday in the late afternoon when a tractor he was driving crashed through the guard rail of a bridge and fell into a stream. The accident occurred near his home which is one mile north of Oyens.
Coronor S. H. Luken stated that the boy was an experienced tractor driver, but at the time of the accident was not on the rubber tire machine he was accustomed to driving. That machine was being used elsewhere and he was driving a steel wheel tractor and somehow as he was going across the bridge towing a wagon behind him the machine got out of control and fell into the water. Orville was pinned under and drowned.
Rev. Father Karhoff of St. Catherine's church officiated at the funeral and burial was in the Oyens cemetery.
He is survived by his parents, Emil and Rose (Hunt) Loutsch, a sister, Dorothy, and brothers; Raymond and his wife, Joan; Robert, Ronald, Jerome and William.
Funeral services were held Friday at St. Catherine's church,
Oyens, for Orville Loutsch, who died from injuries received
when the tractor he was operating went through a bridge, as
told in our last week's issue. Orvilie's mother the former Rose Hunt, attended school here and the family are well known in Alton and Granville. They have the sympathy of many friends.
Orville Loutsch was a pupil at St. Catherine's school at Oyens and was 13 years, 6 months and 3 days of age at the time of his death and had graduated from the 8th grade last spring.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Loutsch, 5
brothers and 1 sister: Ray, Dorothy, Bob, Ronald, Jerry and
William, all at home except Bob who is in military service stationed in California.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Pallbearers were class mates and cousins: Kenneth Cronin,
Paul Berrlis, Anthony Reuter, Freddy Hunt, Gerald Hemmen
and Paul Loutsch.
Out of town relatives present at the funeral services on Friday morning at St. Catherine's church in Oyens were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lyons of Redwood Falls, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hemmen, son and daughter of Springfield, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hunt of Morton, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hunt and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Croat and son and daughter of Granville; Mrs. Arthur Chicoine of Salix, Iowa; Mr. Bill Conrad and daughters of Dyersville, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Ruba, Mr. and Mrs. Don Loutsch, Mr. and Mrs. John Ritz all of Remsen, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Loutsch of Le Mars an many relatives and friends from neighboring towns.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Catherine church, Oyens, for Orville Loutsch, 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Loutsch, who died of drowning when pinned under a tractor which overturned.
The accident occured Monday in the late afternoon when a tractor he was driving crashed through the guard rail of a bridge and fell into a stream. The accident occurred near his home which is one mile north of Oyens.
Coronor S. H. Luken stated that the boy was an experienced tractor driver, but at the time of the accident was not on the rubber tire machine he was accustomed to driving. That machine was being used elsewhere and he was driving a steel wheel tractor and somehow as he was going across the bridge towing a wagon behind him the machine got out of control and fell into the water. Orville was pinned under and drowned.
Rev. Father Karhoff of St. Catherine's church officiated at the funeral and burial was in the Oyens cemetery.
He is survived by his parents, Emil and Rose (Hunt) Loutsch, a sister, Dorothy, and brothers; Raymond and his wife, Joan; Robert, Ronald, Jerome and William.
Funeral services were held Friday at St. Catherine's church,
Oyens, for Orville Loutsch, who died from injuries received
when the tractor he was operating went through a bridge, as
told in our last week's issue. Orvilie's mother the former Rose Hunt, attended school here and the family are well known in Alton and Granville. They have the sympathy of many friends.
Orville Loutsch was a pupil at St. Catherine's school at Oyens and was 13 years, 6 months and 3 days of age at the time of his death and had graduated from the 8th grade last spring.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Loutsch, 5
brothers and 1 sister: Ray, Dorothy, Bob, Ronald, Jerry and
William, all at home except Bob who is in military service stationed in California.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Pallbearers were class mates and cousins: Kenneth Cronin,
Paul Berrlis, Anthony Reuter, Freddy Hunt, Gerald Hemmen
and Paul Loutsch.
Out of town relatives present at the funeral services on Friday morning at St. Catherine's church in Oyens were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lyons of Redwood Falls, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hemmen, son and daughter of Springfield, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hunt of Morton, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hunt and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Croat and son and daughter of Granville; Mrs. Arthur Chicoine of Salix, Iowa; Mr. Bill Conrad and daughters of Dyersville, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Schroeder, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Ruba, Mr. and Mrs. Don Loutsch, Mr. and Mrs. John Ritz all of Remsen, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Loutsch of Le Mars an many relatives and friends from neighboring towns.
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