Engelbrecht, Anna (Grabke) 1887-1934

ENGELBRECHT, GRABKE

Posted By: Linda Mohning (email)
Date: 12/28/2011 at 10:31:05

TWO KILLED AS CAR HITS BRIDGE. Tragic Accident Late Tuesday Night – Three Hurt.
Mrs. Wm. Engelbrecht, 50, Remsen, and Felix Langenhorst, 44, of Granville, were killed almost instantly near … between Tuesday and Wednesday, when a car which Lanngenhort was driving …into the steel guard rail on a culvert a mile south of Merrill.
Three passengers were seriously injured, but are apparently on the way to recover at the Sacred Heart hospital at Le Mars. They are Mr. Engelbrecht, husband of the dead woman, cuts, bruises and possibly internal injuries; Miss Hazel Engelbrecht, 22, cut about the head and a severe cut above the right eye; Mrs. Langenhorst, wife of the dead man, scalp injuries and a broken right leg.

The accident was reported at Merrill by John Ravenshorst, truck driver of Hollandale, Minnesota , who said that the passenger car had passed him as he was driving north, and in turning out for his truck, swerved too far to the left, hitting the guard railing.
Dr. T. C. Knox of Merrill rushed to the scene and administered first aid to the injured. A call was put in to the Sacred Heart hospital for ambulances, and two sere sent out; one Beely’s and one Lukens’. The ambulances were accompanied by Dr. L. O’Toole and Dr. G. Burroughs.
The living were brought to the hospital here and given attention. They were conscious and able to give their names, but were all in great pain.
The bodies of the dead were taken to Luken’s funeral home to await the orders of relatives.
Mr. Langenhorst was born August 2, 1891, at Hospers, Ia. He had resided in Granville 15 years. He is survived by the widow, a son, Anthony; three daughters, Marie, Marian and Irene, and a sister, Mrs. George Hartman of Iona, Minn.
Mrs. Engelbrecht was born in Holstein, Germany, and came to the United States in 1906. After spending six years in the vicinity of Remsen, she returned for a two-year visit with her parents. Shortly after she returned to the United States she was married in 1916? The Engelbrechts lived 10 years on a farm in Sioux county before moving to their present farm, two miles west of Remsen.
Surviving Mrs. Engelbrecht are the widower, two daughters, Hazel and Helen; two sons, Lyle and Lynn; a brother, Hans Grabke, who made his home with the Engelbrechts, and her father, two brothers and five sisters in Germany.
The three surviving victims are reported by the hospital to be getting along satisfactorily, and it expected that all will recover. Hazel, the daughter, may be permitted to go home tomorrow. – Le Mars Globe Post, Nov 22, 1934, page 1.