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Loewen, Frank (1940-1957)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 May 2 p. 3
Birth date: 1940
text of obituary:
Manitoba Youth Killed, Companions Injured
TWO-CAR COLLISION CLAIMS LIFE OF 17-YEAR-OLD FRANK LOEWEN
Winkler, Man., April 23. — One person is dead and four are in the hospital as a result of a two-car collision at the Winkler Corner, three miles west of here, Monday afternoon at about 3:00 o'clock.
Dead is Frank Loewen, 17, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Loewen of Winkler. Injured are Harry Pauls, 18, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Pauls, and David Banman, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Banman, local jeweller.
The occupants of the other car, two Winnipeg ladies, are confined to District hospital of Morden. Frank Loewen passed away in the Morden Hospital at 5:30 p.m. yesterday.
Reports from the Winkler Hospital indicate that David Banman suffered only slight injuries but Harry Pauls has a broker right arm and facial abrasions.
Funeral services for Frank Loewen will be held from the Rudnerwide Church here in Winkler on Thursday afternoon.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 May 9 p. 10
text of obituary:
Death Enters Homes in Manitoba Community
TEN FUNERALS HELD AT WINKLER DURING MARCH AND APRIL
Winkler, Man., April 30 — Traffic accidents, heart attacks and cancer have bereaved many families in the Winkler community during the past two months and given death a rich harvest. Ten funerals have been held here this month.
In March Rev. J. J. Siemens, 75, died suddenly of a heart attack. Also dead of a heart attack is Jacob Loewen, former bandmaster and business man here. In mid-March J. P. Hoeppner, 58, was fatally injured in a traffic accident and J. A. Loewen, farmer, passed away after several heart attacks.
In April Annie Nikkel, 28, and Frank Loewen, 17, two high school students, were called in death. Annie suffered a stroke and Frank was the victim of a two-car collision.
During this month Peter H. C. Penner, 62, died in the hospital here following a blood clot that developed after some major surgery for a gall-stone condition. H. J. Janzen, 70, pioneer business man in town , was ready for work Friday morning and was dead of a heart attack by 9:00 o'clock. He will be buried today. Nettie Letkeman, 19,was buried yesterday, her death brought on by an attack of pneumonia. She is survived by her mother.
Mrs. G. G. Siemens, 47, will be buried tomorrow, May 1. She died of cancer. She leaves to mourn her passing her husband, (a member of the collegiate staff here), and three children; Reynold Siemens, the well-known cellist of Toronto; Lloyd, a high school teacher at Miami, Manitoba; and a young daughter enrolled in kindergarten.
