Obit: Krom, Louis #1 (1883 - 1934)

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Surnames: KROM

----Sources: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 08/30/1934

Krom, Louis (1883 - 26 AUG 1934)

Louis Krom, proprietor of a general store at Owen, Clark Co., Wis., was instantly killed when his automobile left the road and crashed into a tree near Weyauwega about eleven a.m. on Sunday last. His daughter, Jean, 12, riding with him, escaped with minor bruises. Mr. Krom was on his way to Milwaukee from Owen, Wis. The body was sent to Milwaukee to which city he moved with his family recently.

Mr. Krom is survived by his widow; daughter, Jean; four sons, Clare, 17; Donald, 16; Harold, 4, and David, 3, and four brothers, Benjamin of Withee; Morris of Thorp; Joseph of California, and Abraham, residing in Chicago.

Funeral services were held at Milwaukee at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

1930 Federal Census Record, Owen, Clark, Wisconsin, enumeration district # 0030, family # 201, sheet number and letter: 8B, line # 93

Louis Krom, 47 yrs., (1883 Russia), white, married, male
immigration year: 1904
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Russia
mother's birthplace: Russia

Household Members
head Louis Krom M 47 Russia
wife Rose Krom F 38 Russia
son Claire S Krom M 13 Wisconsin
son Donald C Krom M 11 Wisconsin
daughter Jeane E Krom F 8 Wisconsin
son Harold B Krom M 0 Wisconsin