----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 05/11/1983
Metke, Oscar (1904 - 1983)
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar (Irene E. Varney) Metke, Fort Atkinson, were killed around noon on Thursday, April 28, 1983, in a car-truck accident in Texas.
The fatal crash took place on U.S. Highway 59, about six miles north of Atlanta, Texas. Police said the car being driven by Mrs. Metke had passed a truck loaded with pumpwood and apparently cut in too soon, striking the left front fender of the truck. The truck then rolled over the Metke car, killing them both instantly.
In their retirement years, the Metkes had divided their time between Wisconsin and Texas.
Mr. Metke, 78, was born in Lomira on July 13, 1904, the son of August and Alvina Metke. He graduated from Lomira High School and Milwaukee School of Engineering. He had served at Dwight Foster Library as janitor from 1959 - 1968. Before that he was employed at Fort Atkinson Post Office after a brief term of service in the U.S. Army.
He was a member of the Fort Atkinson American Legion Post.
There will be a memorial service at the First Methodist Church at fort Atkinson on May 17, after cremation in Texas. |
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