AVENARIUS, Roland I. 1930-1989

CUSHING, AVENARIUS, JENNI, SCHILLING, MORIARTY, STILLMUNKES

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Roland I. Avenarius

Services for Roland I. Avenarius, 58, of 2986 University Ave. will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, where military rites will be accorded by the American Legion, Dubuque Post 6.

Friends may call from to 9 p.m. Thursday at Gene Siegert & Son Westview Funeral home, 2659 Kennedy Road, where a wake service will be said at 8 p.m.

Mr. Avenarius was plant manager of Conticarriers Terminal of Dubuque. Since January of 1989, he was owner-operator of R & M Trucking.

He was born Sept. 16, 1930, in Dubuque, son of William and Genevieve (Cushing) Avenarius. He died Tuesday, May 16, 1989, from injuries sustained in a truck accident, north of Kansas City, Mo., on Highway 35.

He married Marlin Jenni July 14, 1956; she survives.

He lived in Dubuque all his life and attended Dubuque Senior High School.

He was a veteran of the Korean War.

He was a member of St. Joseph's parish; Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 568; Ducks Unlimited Association, Pheasants Forever Club; Tri-State Transportation Association and Dubuque Metropolitan Area Transportation Association.

Also surviving are a son, Ritchie J. of Dubuque; his mother, of Dubuque; three sisters, Mrs. Tom (Violet) Schilling, Mrs. Ray (Vivian) Moriarty and Mrs. Steve (Sally) Stillmunkes, all of Dubuque; and three brothers, William J. of Oskosh, Wis., LeRoy "Shotz" of Zion, Illinois, and Harold C. of Hazel Green, Wis.

A daughter, Julie, died in 1966.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 1989
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Dubuque father, son die when truck hits bridge

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- A Dubuque man and his father died Tuesday when their semi-tractor trailer truck struck a bridge abutment and burst into flames.

The victims were identified as Randy Avenarius, 32, and his father Roland, 58, both of 2985 University Ave.

According to Missouri state troopers, Randy Avenarius was driving south on Interstate 35 north of Kansas City when he apparently fell asleep about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The truck, which was hauling building materials, struck a bridge guard rail before slamming head-on into the abutment.

The truck exploded and burned on impact and both men died in the cab, authorities said.

Troopers said the truck struck the bridge pier with such force that the twin concrete supports were knocked away. The steel bridge sagged noticeably after the impact, but a highway official said it is not in danger of collapsing.

Authorities said no other vehicles were involved in the accident.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald