Obit: Kobs, Erwin D. (1900? - 1947)

Contact: Linda Ewen

Surnames: Kobs, Haslow, Crane, Krueger, Driscoll, Andrews, Foth, Martin, Graham, Karau

----Source: Spencer Record, Spencer, Wis.) 10/09/1947

Kobs, Erwin (1900? – 02 OCT 1947)


Erwin D. Kobs Killed By Train

Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Marshfield, for Erwin D. Kobs, 47 of Marshfield, who was accidently killed by a Soo Line train at the West end of Arnold street in Marshfield last Thursday afternoon.

Mr. Kobs, a former Spencer resident, was living in Marshfield at the time of his death and had been employed at Felker Brothers Manufacturing Co. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kobs, Spencer.

Surviving besides his parents are his wife and two children, James, 12, and Doris, 11; three brothers, Martin, Marshfield, and Daniel and Willard, Spencer, and two sisters, Mrs. Edna Haslow, Wausau, and Mrs. Leo (Laverna) Crane, Pasadena, Calif.

The Rev. G. M. Krueger officiated at the services and burial was made in the Lutheran cemetery at Hillside in Marshfield.

Pallbearers were Floyd Driscoll, Russell Andrews, Myron Foth, Herman Martin, Douglas Graham and Emil Karau.

A large number of relatives and friends from here attended the funeral.

 

 


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