Trending
Drowned In Minnesota Near
Beussmann Bridge Last Sunday.
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BODY FOUND AFTER
40-MINUTE SEARCH
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Funeral Is Held Wednesday With Young Friends As Pallbearers.
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Once more the treacherous Minnesota river takes its toll. Harry Loesch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Loesch residing at 726 North Spring street is the unfortunate victim. The young man had gone to the Minnesota River Sunday with a party of friends to go bathing. He was seized with cramps without any warning whatsoever and sank before anyone could reach him tho two of his boy friends went to his rescue and endangered their own lives in their futile attempts to save the boy. The body was recovered with the aid of the fire department forty minutes after it had dropped out of sight and every method of resuscitation was applied but life was gone.
Group Go Swimming.
In the morning the young man had helped his father with some work on the family car and was resting in the shade of the trees in the yard with a group of his friends after the dinner at noon. At a suggestion of one of the boys the entire group motored to the Minnesota River, stopping below the Beussmann Bridge near the Stuebe farm to take a dip. Members of the group were Isidore, Ben and William Steiner, Albert Borth, Riehard Stoll, Ben Kitzberger and Leo Nonneumacher. The father had not been aware of the fact that the boys had gone swimming and was still in the yard of his home when one of the boys rushed breathlessly up to him and asked him to come to the river at once as his boy was drowned. Ed Wagner, a neighbor, accompanied Mr. Loesch to the river and upon arriving at the scene of the disaster the father questioned the boys. It was not until then that Mr. Loesch thought of the fire department and their ability to help in locating the body. He sent back to the city for the fire truck and with the aid of the grappling hooks the body was located in a very short time.
Necrology.
Harry Loesch was born in New Ulm April 27,1905, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Loesch. He was just 20 years, 2 months and 15 days old at the time of the accident which ended a life which gave promise of great success. He attended the Lutheran and public schools in this city and during the last five years had been employed at the Eibner & Son Bakery. Here he was conscientious in his work and faithful to the trust placed in him by his employers. He was held in the highest esteem of all his friends and acquaintances.
He is survived by his grief stricken parents and four sisters, Mrs. Philip Devlin of Superior, Wisconsin, and Luella, Hilda and Vera all at home.
Funeral services were held this Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home, and at 2:15from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Rev. G. Hinnenthal officiating at both services. Flowers in profusion were but mute testimonials of the regard for the young man held by his many friends. The remains were laid to rest in the City Cemetery.
Relatives from out of town who attended the last rites were: Mrs. Philip Devlin of Superior; Henry and Carl Loesch and families, Mr. and Mrs. James Bernard and Mrs. Jake Neubauer all of Minneapolis; The Misses Anna and Bertha Bolduan, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stickney, Wm. Kuehn and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Borth, Mr. and Mrs. John Borth and Ernest Borth of Fairfax.
Pall bearers were all young men friends: Isidore Steiner, Richard Stoll, Edwin Wenninger, Albert Borth, Fred Schulz, and Leo Nonnenmacher.
New Ulm Review,
July 15, 1925
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