Bio: Ress, Justin -- Baby killed in Colby fire (Dec 1981)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Ress, Riehle

---Source: Wausau Daily Herald (31 December 1981)

An 16-month-old boy was killed in a Colby area fire this morning

Justin J. Ress, son of Mr. and Mrs, William Ress, Route 2, Colby, died when fire gutted the home.

The Marathon County Sheriff's Department was notified by the Clark County Sheriff's Department today that the Abbotsford Fire Department was responding to a house fire on County Highway N, 3 1/2 miles east of Colby.

According to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department, the home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene.

The parents told authorities they went out milking about 7:30 and discovered the house on fire about 7:45 a.m. The house was heated by a wood space heater in the living room. The child was in a crib in a dining room.

The farm is owned by Leonard Riehle. The Ress family is employed by Riehle.

 

 


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