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- Karen Abel:
UID: EFA0A143177F4576A12D7A90471831F21E8D
Married: 26 Jan 1940 in Ruff, Grant, WA - 1 Spouse Unknown
OBITUARY
Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 2, 1940.
Funeral Held For Arthur Greenwalt Young Farmer Is Accident Victim Funeral services for Arthur Greenwalt, 23, farmer who was killed instantly in a tragic accident on the Emil Bischoff farm 10 miles northwest of Lind last Friday, were held at the Menno Lutheran church Monday afternoon.
Mr. Greenwalt was decapitated and his body badly cut when he was run over by a wheatland plow, which is a group of large sharp discs placed parallel and weighing 3,000 pounds, as it dropped down a sharp decline, and that it ran over him.
The team of mules pulling the plow stopped a short distance away, leading neighbors to investigate and discover the accident. Dr. Forrest Tomlinson was called from Lind and the body was taken to the Precht funeral home in Lind.
Besides his widow, Mr. Greenwalt is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Greenwalt, who farm near the scene of the accident, a brother and several sisters.
WA DEATH CERTIFICATE
Greenwalt, Arthur Wm s/o J (d. 4-26-40; b. 12-07-1916; TS; OC; DC) “Arthur William Greenwalt. Male, white, married; Spouse: Martha Greenwalt, age 19 yrs. Birth of deceased: Dec 7, 1916, aged 23 yrs 7 mos 19 days. Born: Odessa, WA. Farm laborer. Father: John Greenwalt born Russia; Mother: Sophia Trautman born South Russia. Informant: Trefer of Odessa, WA. Burial: Odessa Cemetery on 4-29-1940. Funeral director: Henry F Precht of Lind, WA. Death: Apr 26, 1940 at 11 a.m. Rural Adams County; Usual residence: Lind, rural, Adams Co, WA. Cause of death: Head cut off in right lap runaway. Decapitation. Accident, Apr 26, 1940, Lind, Adams Co, WA, farm. Walters Miller, coroner, Ritzville, WA. Signed 4-26-40.â€
Sources:
1. Title: Don Hochstatter's RootsWeb database and personal database
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