Fred Schachtschneider, 49, a resident on Route 2, Milton Junction, was instantly killed Sunday July 19 at 12:01 p.m. when he was struck by the Milwaukee Road passenger train en route from Janesville to this city. Mr. Schachtschneider had been fishing on the railroad bridge over Rock River about 1 1/2 miles south of this city. Other fishermen told deputies who investigated the accident that the engineer blew the whistle as he approached and thought Schachtschneider would get out of the way. He was on the part of the trestle which was over land but seemed terrified and frozen to the spot, according to reports. His body was badly mangled.
Mr. Schachtschneider was born January 9, 1893, in Harmony township and was a son of William and Augusta Schachtschneider. Nearly his entire life was spent on his mothers' farm near Milton Junction.
Survivors are his mother; 5 brothers, Otto, residing on the farm there; John, this city; William, Cameron; Henry, Janesville, and Walter, Whitewater; and 3 sisters, Mrs. William Krafft, Fort Atkinson; Mrs. George Kettle, Route 3 Janesville; and Mrs. Augusta Fiedler, city. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in the Overton Funeral Home, Janesville. Burial was made in Oak Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. E.A.L. Treu of St. Paul's Lutheran Church officiating. [from the Edgerton Reporter source Barb Moksnes]
Fred Schachtschneider, 49, a resident on Route 2, Milton Junction, was instantly killed Sunday July 19 at 12:01 p.m. when he was struck by the Milwaukee Road passenger train en route from Janesville to this city. Mr. Schachtschneider had been fishing on the railroad bridge over Rock River about 1 1/2 miles south of this city. Other fishermen told deputies who investigated the accident that the engineer blew the whistle as he approached and thought Schachtschneider would get out of the way. He was on the part of the trestle which was over land but seemed terrified and frozen to the spot, according to reports. His body was badly mangled.
Mr. Schachtschneider was born January 9, 1893, in Harmony township and was a son of William and Augusta Schachtschneider. Nearly his entire life was spent on his mothers' farm near Milton Junction.
Survivors are his mother; 5 brothers, Otto, residing on the farm there; John, this city; William, Cameron; Henry, Janesville, and Walter, Whitewater; and 3 sisters, Mrs. William Krafft, Fort Atkinson; Mrs. George Kettle, Route 3 Janesville; and Mrs. Augusta Fiedler, city. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in the Overton Funeral Home, Janesville. Burial was made in Oak Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. E.A.L. Treu of St. Paul's Lutheran Church officiating. [from the Edgerton Reporter source Barb Moksnes]
Family Members
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Otto August Schachtschneider
1884–1942
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John W. Schachtschneider
1884–1956
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Emma Martha Schachtschneider Krafft
1886–1966
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William C. Schachtschneider
1888–1944
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Theresa Albertina Bertha "Tressie" Schachtschneider Karberg
1889–1917
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Louis Schachtschneider
1891–1940
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Alena Bertha Schachtschneider Kettle
1895–1974
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August G Schachtschneider
1895–1926
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Augusta M. Schachtschneider Fiedler-Amudjeff
1897–1980
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Martha Henrietta Schachtschneider
1897–1897
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Henry E. Schachtschneider
1900–1961
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Walter H. Schachtschneider
1902–1960
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