Obit of Wenthold, Leonard S. - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Lovena Norton   (Deceased)   05 Nov 2006
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Oklahoma City Employee of Muskogee Firm Dies in Tinker Field Accident

Oklahoma City--A construction company truck driver was crushed to death 
beneath a crane and is trick at Tinker Air Base Sunday.

A spokesman for the base identified the victom as Leonard S. Wenthold, 44, 
of Oklahoma an employee of the Miller Construction Company of Muskogee.

Wenthold was at work on a project of removing concrete pipe near a Tinker 
runway, said the spokesman. He was caught betwen the turning body of a 
large crane and the bed of his truck.

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Tinker Worker Dies in Mishap

Employee Crushed by Crane, Truck

A construciton employee at Inker Air Force Base was killed Sunday

Leonard S. Wenthold, 44, of 6501 NW 12, was crushed between a crane and a 
truck. The crane was loading concret pipe on the truck of which Wenthold 
was the Driver.
Wenthold, employed by Miller's Construciton Co. of Muskogee, was dead on 
arrival at the base hospitla. Services aer pending at Hunter Funeral Home.

He is survived by his wife, Beetha, two sons, Pat and Russell, all of the 
home, and a daughter, Doloros, Lawton
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