by Darren McMannis | Dec 30, 1977 | Motor Vehicle
County Man Dies in Mishap A 30-year-old rural Harvey County resident became Harvey County’s eighth traffic fatality of 1977 early today after the pickup truck he was driving crashed into a concrete bridge railing south of Burrton. The eight fatalities for the...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 5, 1977 | Motor Vehicle
Carlton L. Schroeder, 50, Route 1, Parker, Kan., formerly of Newton, died Monday (Dec. 5, 1977) from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born July 11, 1927, in Newton, the son of Marvin and Anna Schroeder. He had been an air traffic controller with...
by Darren McMannis | Nov 5, 1977 | Motor Vehicle
Newton Man Dies A 65-year-old retired Newton man died Sunday afternoon in a traffic accident east of Newton that apparently resulted from a heart attack, investigating officers said. Dead is Alvin Wakentin, 211 SE 11th, who was pronounced dead on arrival at Bethel...
by Darren McMannis | Sep 15, 1977 | Motor Vehicle
LaVerne R. Friesen LaVerne R. Friesen, 50, Buhler, one of the world’s foremost photographers, died early Thursday at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. His death was from injuries suffered in an automobile accident August 30 west of Hesston. He was born February...
by Darren McMannis | Jul 14, 1977 | Motor Vehicle
Newton Man Dies in Road Mishap An 84-year-old Newton man was fatally Thursday following a two-car traffic accident one mile west of Walton on US Highway 50. Adlai J. Vollbracht, 212 E. 8th, died at 7:00 p.m. at Bethel Deaconess Hospital of severe chest injuries,...
by Darren McMannis | Jun 21, 1975 | Motor Vehicle
Brother of Three Priests Killed in Newton Accident The brother of three Wichita priests, Ludwig Joseph Eck, 44, died Saturday, June 21, in Newton. He was struck by a car while mowing his lawn. His priest brothers are: Father Vincent Eck of Christ the King parish;...
