Lyle H. BLOCK 1935-1961

BLOCK, MOEN, KUHSE, MEIKLE, KESSEL

Posted By: Cindy Bray Lovell (email)
Date: 1/28/2009 at 11:46:39

Lyle Block dies in fall inside tank

MANHATTAN, Kan. (UP) -A 25-year-old lowan, Lyle Block of Clear Lake, was killed Thursday when he lost his balance on a makeshift scaffold inside a water tank and fell some 60 feet. A companion was unhurt.
Investigating officers said Block was working with Oris Moen, also of Clear Lake, painting the inside of the large water tank at the west edge of Manhattan.
The two were using an aluminum ladder as a scaffold. The ladder bowed, Block lost his balance and fell to the bottom of the tank. He died instantly of a fractured skull, Riley County Coroner Philip Hostetter said.
Moen was able to stay on the scaffold but watched in horror as his companion fell to his death.
The men worked for the Water Tower Paint and Repair Co., of Clear Lake, which has a contract to do work here.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Wilcox Funeral Home in Clear Lake. The body was returned to Clear Lake Friday by the Dwyer Flying Service.
Lyle Henry Fred Block was born June 29, 1935, at Postville. He was the son of Lawrence and Hulda (Kuhse) Block: He and his wife, the former Joan Meikle, and family had lived in Clear Lake at 904 N. loth St., five years. He attended Zion Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his parents, wife, daughter, Dawn Marie, 5; son, Kyle Steven, 2; three brothers, Marvin, Curtis, and Duane, all of Postville, and sister, Mrs. Harry (Eileen) Kessel, Waukon.

From the Mason City Globe- Gazette (Mason City, Iowa)
April 28, 1961

BLOCK, Lyle H, 25, 904 N. 10th St., Clear Lake, foreman of the Water Tower Paint and Repair Co., was killed in an accident Thursday at Manhattan, Kan. Funeral services at 10 a.m. Monday at Clear Lake Zion Lutheran Church, Pastor Richard Ellingson officiating. Graveside services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at the Postville Cemetery at Postville. The Rev. Charles E. Whitt will officiate. The Wilcox Funeral Home, Clear Lake; is in charge.

From the Mason City Globe- Gazette (Mason City, Iowa)
April 29, 1961

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