Willis Brandt

BRANDT, LUDEKING, WESTBY

Posted By: Ann Krumme (email)
Date: 12/30/2009 at 16:02:18

FUNERAL FOR WILLIS BRANDT WAS SATURDAY

Last rites were held Saturday afternoon from Bakke-Hanson funeral home and Bethlehem Presbyterian church for 32-year old Willis Brandt of Waukon. Brandt was electrocuted about 4 p.m. Wednesday when he came in contact with a 2,200 volt power line just west of Asbury. He was living in Dubuque, and had been helping move power line poles in connection with widening of Asbury road.

Brandt was atop one of the poles when he apparently slipped, involuntarily grabbing two wires in an effort to break his fall. Fellow workers lowered him from the pole and applied artificial respiration until the arrival of an ambulance which took him to Mercy hospital, Dubuque. He was pronounced dead on arrival.

Norbert Behr, Dubuque county coroner, said no inquest was to be held. The body was transferred from Dubuque to Waukon on Friday afternoon.

Native of Waukon
Edward and Leona Ludeking Brandt were his parents. He was born March 22, 1924, in Waukon, and his home was there until about a year ago when he went to Dubuque. He was employed by Schuman Electric company of Chicago. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and had served in the Unite States navy during World War II. He leaves his wife, the former Nancy Westby, to whom he was married June 19, 1948, in Celina, Ohio. There is one small son, Stephen. A brother, Ralph Brandt, and the grandmother, Mrs. Augusta Brandt, both of Waukon are also survivors.

Hand dated August 29, 1956
Obit from Grandmother Nora Grotegut’s scrapbook