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Wipf, Sammy (1948-1965)
From Biograph
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1965 Aug 12 p. 10
Birth date: 1948
text of obituary:
HUTTERITE YOUTH DIES OF BURNS INFLICTED BY HIGH VOLTAGE LINE
Freeman, S. D. — Sammy Wipf, 17-year-old member of the Plainview Hutterite Colony, died recently of Burns inflicted July 10 by a high voltage power line.
The youth was riding on top of a steel grain bin as it was being moved to the Maxwell Colony when he touched wires carrying 12,500 volts. He was taken to Sacred heart Hospital with burns over 60 per cent of his body.
