Kolegraph, Walter Joseph 1927 - 1945

KOLEGRAPH, ERICKSON, HORGEN

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 1/23/2016 at 20:42:43

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Tues., 20 Nov. 1945.

Decorah- Harold Horgen, injured early Sunday morning in an automobile accident which cost the life of Walter Joseph Kolegraph, 18, was discharged from the Decorah hospital Monday morning. His injuries were not of a serious nature.

The accident occurred five miles north of Decorah, on the Locust road, when the car driven by Horgen struck a culvert. Kolegraph, who was sitting in the front seat beside the driver, was thrown against the windshield, and suffered a fractured skull.

Funeral services for the Kolegraph boy will be held Wednesday morning at St. Benedict's church. The Rev. M. E. Nolan will officiate, and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery here.

Mr. Kolegraph, who was born March 10, 1927, in Winneshiek county, is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Kolegraph, and two sisters, Mrs. Lyle Erickson, Westgate, Ia., and Miss Hazel Kolegraph, Decorah.

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