Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wolschlager , Elmer Frank August 16, 1951
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Elmer Frank Wolschlager  
February 1, 1930 - August 16, 1951
Elmer Wolschlager, 21, was killed instantly Thursday afternoon when the tractor 
he was driving overturned on top of him as he rounded a corner too sharply.   
He was pinned beneath the tractor.   He died of a crushed skill.   Sgt.  John 
C.  Carstensen, who investigated, reported the mishap occurred about 5 p.m.  as 
the young man was returning the tractor he had borrowed from a neighbor to work 
his fields.   The tractor was owned by Robert Becking.   Sgt Carstensen said 
Wolschlager was driving north on Barrie Rd and attempted to turn west on 
McKinsey Rd.   He apparently turned too sharply and the tractor upset and 
rolled over into the ditch.  The mishap occurred three miles southwest of Bad 
Axe.  Coroner Alden A MacAlpine assisted in the investigation.   It is the 13th 
highway fatality of the year in Huron County.   Elmer was born February 1, 1930 
in Sheridan Township.   

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Wolschalger, five 
brothers: Joseph of Bad Axe; Maurice, Detroit; Charles Jr., Detroit; John and 
Henry at home.   Four sisters: Miss Dorothy Wolschlager, Mrs.  Helen (Lester) 
McIntosh, Miss Grace Wolschlager, Detroit; Miss Erma Wolschlager at home.   The 
remains are in the home.  Funeral services will be held Monday from Sacred 
Heart Catholic Church. Rev. Charles Roark will conduct the Requiem High Mass.   
Burial will be in Colfax cemetery.
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Killed as Tractor Overturns
Bad Axe, August 17, 1951 -- Elmer F.  Wolschlager, 21 year old farmer, was 
instantly killed Thursday afternoon when a tractor upset at McKenzie and Barrie 
Rds.   Sgt John C.  Carstensen and Coroner Alden A MacAlpine, who investigated, 
said Wolschlager was attempting to turn the corner from Barrie to McKenzie 
roads when the tractor upset into a deep ditch, throwing the driver into the 
ditch and rolling on him.   Wolschlager was the 13th traffic fatality of 1951 
in Huron County.   


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