Rupp, Elmer Lloyd (1921-1953)

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