Obit: Salzwedel, Bertha (? - 1978)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Salzwedel, Lulloff

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/30/1978

Salzwedel, Bertha (? - 1978)

The twelfth traffic fatality for Clark County this year and number 883 for Wisconsin occurred last
Friday evening on county X between Withee and Thorp.

Dying 90 minutes after admission to Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley was Bertha Salzwedel, 76, of Blair. According to Clark County Coroner Robert Lulloff, her death was due to massive chest injuries and a possible concussion.

The deceased was traveling in an early 1970 model sedan driven by her husband, William Salzwedel, 88. The auto was traveling west on County X, approached the Sterling Curve, failed to come to a stop and ended up in a clump of trees across the intersection.

Sterling curve is a junction point between old Highway 29 (now County X) and new Highway 29. There is a stop sign at the junction and it is believed that the vehicle did not halt before plunging into the trees. Time of the accident was placed at 8:00 p.m.

Mr. Salzwedel is a patient at Victory Hospital, having received head and possible internal injuries.