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Wipf (1948-1955)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1955 Jun 30 p. 4

Birth date: 1948

text of obituary:

HUTTERITE BOY DIES IN ACCIDENT

Freeman, S. D. — Word was received here that the seven-year-old son of Jake Wipf, a leader of the Maxwell Hutterite colony, suffered a fatal electric shock when he climbed a power line pole to reach a bird nest and accidentally touched a wire.

The charge caused the lad to fall to the ground. He was rushed to the Scotland hospital, where he died a short time later.