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<center><h3>DRIVER OF PICKUP TRUCK FATALLY INJURED IN CROSSING ACCIDENT</h3></center> | |||
St. James, Minn. — Funeral services for Elmer Rupp, 32, who died of injuries suffered in a truck-train collision, were held Oct. 12 at the First Mennonite Church of Butterfield. | |||
While driving his pick-up truck east on Highway 60 near here Thursday, Oct. 8, Mr. Rupp apparently failed to hear the warning horn of a slow-moving M. and St. L. Freight train and crashed into the engine. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries, and died the following day at the local hospital. | |||
Only one train a day passes the fatal crossing. | |||
''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1953 Nov 5 p. 9 | |||
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1953 Oct 22 p. 1
Birth date: 1921 Nov 11
text of obituary:
DRIVER OF PICKUP TRUCK FATALLY INJURED IN CROSSING ACCIDENT
St. James, Minn. — Funeral services for Elmer Rupp, 32, who died of injuries suffered in a truck-train collision, were held Oct. 12 at the First Mennonite Church of Butterfield.
While driving his pick-up truck east on Highway 60 near here Thursday, Oct. 8, Mr. Rupp apparently failed to hear the warning horn of a slow-moving M. and St. L. Freight train and crashed into the engine. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries, and died the following day at the local hospital.
Only one train a day passes the fatal crossing.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1953 Nov 5 p. 9