Hildebrand, Willis Roy (1932-1950)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1950 Sep 28 p. 4

Birth date: 1932

text of obituary:

— Willis Roy Hildebrand, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hildebrand of Goessel, was killed Tuesday morning a little before 8:00 o'clock when a sewage ditch caved in on Old Main street, Newton. The west wall of the nine foot ditch fell in, covering him completely and trapping another worker, Clyde Hollingsworth of Atlanta, who suffered minor injuries. Both were employed by Rhodes construction company, and had entered the ditch to uncover the end of some pipe. Funeral services for Willis will be held Thursday afternoon at the Alexanderwohl church, of which he was a member. The youth was a graduate of the Goessel Rural high school, and is the second member of the class to lose his life in an accident. Willard Unruh was killed in an auto accident shortly after graduation.