Obit: Haas, Fred #4 (???? - 1942)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Haas, Karsten, Wiersig,, Fechtner

----Source: Spencer Record, Spencer, Wis.) 04/09/1942

Haas, Fred (???? - 02 APR 1942)


Fred Haas Is Killed Near Unity April 3
Resident of Dorchester Walking on Highway 13 Struck By Car Driven by Alfred Karsten of Abbotsford.

Fred Haas, aged about 40 years, a bachelor who lived near Dorchester, was killed last Thursday afternoon about 2:30 o’clock on highway 13, two miles north of Unity, when he was hit by a car driven by Alfred Karsten of Abbotsford. The accident occurred when Haas, who was walking on the highway, started across the highway into the path of the car to get a ride with a passing team and wagon driven by Art Weirsig of Colby, the rig traveling north.

Dr. H. H. Fechtner of Marathon county, the coroner who was called, said the marks indicated that Haas was about 3 feet onto the pavement when he was struck by the right front fender of the southbound car. The coroner said no inquest would be held, since the victim’s death was due to his own negligence and the accident was unavoidable on the part of the driver. Haas was carried about 20 feet and suffered a severe skull fracture and badly fractured right leg.