DAVID BALTE (d. 1953)
Attack Is Fatal to City Employe
A 38-year-old city maintenance man died early Saturday after a plunge down an
embankment while sprinkling a lawn at South 24th and Franklin Streets.
David Balte Jr., 1324 S. 17th St., was pronounced dead at the Holy Family
Hospital by Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner.
Dr. Teitgen said Balte was seen to fall down the embankment by a young boy a
block away. When police arrived, Balte was unconscious, with his face lying
in the dirt at the foot of the steep hill.
The coroner said Balte, a maintenance man for the park department apparently
suffocated following an attack. Balte had been under treatment for a heart
condition, Dr. Teitgen said.
The body was taken to the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements
had not been completed by noon Saturday.
Funeral services for Balte will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Urbanek and
Schlei Funeral Home, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating, and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 23, 1914, in Manitowoc and in 1939 married the former Leona
Ziarnik. For the past 10 years he was employed in the Cemetery and Parks
Department of the city.
Survivor include his wife, four daughters, Marianne, Barbara Ann, Diana Mae and
Darlene Sandra at home; a brother, Gottlieb (Gus Balte of the city; four sisters,
Mrs. Freida Carmody, Miss Rose Balte and Mrs. John Stadelman of the city and Mrs.
Robert Sousek of Two Rivers; and father, David Balte Sr., of the city.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 25, 1953 P. 13
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[David John, Jr./d. 07-25-1953/age 38 yrs./bur. on Mrs. David John Balte lot]
Attack Is Fatal to City Employe
A 38-year-old city maintenance man died early Saturday after a plunge down an
embankment while sprinkling a lawn at South 24th and Franklin Streets.
David Balte Jr., 1324 S. 17th St., was pronounced dead at the Holy Family
Hospital by Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner.
Dr. Teitgen said Balte was seen to fall down the embankment by a young boy a
block away. When police arrived, Balte was unconscious, with his face lying
in the dirt at the foot of the steep hill.
The coroner said Balte, a maintenance man for the park department apparently
suffocated following an attack. Balte had been under treatment for a heart
condition, Dr. Teitgen said.
The body was taken to the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements
had not been completed by noon Saturday.
Funeral services for Balte will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Urbanek and
Schlei Funeral Home, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating, and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 23, 1914, in Manitowoc and in 1939 married the former Leona
Ziarnik. For the past 10 years he was employed in the Cemetery and Parks
Department of the city.
Survivor include his wife, four daughters, Marianne, Barbara Ann, Diana Mae and
Darlene Sandra at home; a brother, Gottlieb (Gus Balte of the city; four sisters,
Mrs. Freida Carmody, Miss Rose Balte and Mrs. John Stadelman of the city and Mrs.
Robert Sousek of Two Rivers; and father, David Balte Sr., of the city.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 25, 1953 P. 13
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[David John, Jr./d. 07-25-1953/age 38 yrs./bur. on Mrs. David John Balte lot]
DAVID BALTE (d. 1953)
Attack Is Fatal to City Employe
A 38-year-old city maintenance man died early Saturday after a plunge down an
embankment while sprinkling a lawn at South 24th and Franklin Streets.
David Balte Jr., 1324 S. 17th St., was pronounced dead at the Holy Family
Hospital by Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner.
Dr. Teitgen said Balte was seen to fall down the embankment by a young boy a
block away. When police arrived, Balte was unconscious, with his face lying
in the dirt at the foot of the steep hill.
The coroner said Balte, a maintenance man for the park department apparently
suffocated following an attack. Balte had been under treatment for a heart
condition, Dr. Teitgen said.
The body was taken to the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements
had not been completed by noon Saturday.
Funeral services for Balte will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Urbanek and
Schlei Funeral Home, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating, and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 23, 1914, in Manitowoc and in 1939 married the former Leona
Ziarnik. For the past 10 years he was employed in the Cemetery and Parks
Department of the city.
Survivor include his wife, four daughters, Marianne, Barbara Ann, Diana Mae and
Darlene Sandra at home; a brother, Gottlieb (Gus Balte of the city; four sisters,
Mrs. Freida Carmody, Miss Rose Balte and Mrs. John Stadelman of the city and Mrs.
Robert Sousek of Two Rivers; and father, David Balte Sr., of the city.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 25, 1953 P. 13
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[David John, Jr./d. 07-25-1953/age 38 yrs./bur. on Mrs. David John Balte lot]
Attack Is Fatal to City Employe
A 38-year-old city maintenance man died early Saturday after a plunge down an
embankment while sprinkling a lawn at South 24th and Franklin Streets.
David Balte Jr., 1324 S. 17th St., was pronounced dead at the Holy Family
Hospital by Dr. Theodore Teitgen, Manitowoc County coroner.
Dr. Teitgen said Balte was seen to fall down the embankment by a young boy a
block away. When police arrived, Balte was unconscious, with his face lying
in the dirt at the foot of the steep hill.
The coroner said Balte, a maintenance man for the park department apparently
suffocated following an attack. Balte had been under treatment for a heart
condition, Dr. Teitgen said.
The body was taken to the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements
had not been completed by noon Saturday.
Funeral services for Balte will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Urbanek and
Schlei Funeral Home, the Rev. Paul Blaufuss officiating, and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
He was born Nov. 23, 1914, in Manitowoc and in 1939 married the former Leona
Ziarnik. For the past 10 years he was employed in the Cemetery and Parks
Department of the city.
Survivor include his wife, four daughters, Marianne, Barbara Ann, Diana Mae and
Darlene Sandra at home; a brother, Gottlieb (Gus Balte of the city; four sisters,
Mrs. Freida Carmody, Miss Rose Balte and Mrs. John Stadelman of the city and Mrs.
Robert Sousek of Two Rivers; and father, David Balte Sr., of the city.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, July 25, 1953 P. 13
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[David John, Jr./d. 07-25-1953/age 38 yrs./bur. on Mrs. David John Balte lot]
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