OBITUARIES:  James AMANS, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in
any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,
must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal
representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb
archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission
to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.

Submitted by:  Kent Robarge <crowbah@comcast.net>  03 August 2007
************************************************************************

Obituary of James Amans in May 17, 1972 Rice Lake Chronotype (Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI)

James Amans, 29, Dies in Illinois Cycle Accident

  A former Rice Lake man, James Amans, 29, died last Wednesday evening at Rockford, Ill. following a motorcycle accident that morning.
  Funeral services were held at St. Bridgit's Catholic church at Loves Park, Ill. and burial was in Calvary cemetery at Rockford.
  Mr. Amans sustained fatal head injuries when the motorcycle he was riding missed a curve and crashed through a concrete block wall of the State Farm Insurance Co. building.  Another cyclist riding with Amans flagged down a passing ambulance.
  Mr. Amans was born in Rice Lake Nov. 30, 1942, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Amans.  He was graduated in 1960 from Rice Lake high school and, following his marriage that year to Sandy Mackey of Rice Lake, they moved to Illinois.
  He is survived by his wife; one son, Dean, 10; two daughters, Jody Kay, 7, and Katie, 5; his parents; two brothers, Fred of Rockford and Elden of Loves Park; three sisters, Mrs. Virginia Ferrias of Rockford, Mrs. LaVonne Brunette of Tacoma, Wash. and Mrs. Leora Cutsforth of Springfield, Ore.