Obit: Minsaas, Mable Augusta #3 (1910 - 1965)

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Surnames: Minsaas, Hansen, Bruegl, Boe, Horn

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 09/30/1965

Minsaas, Mable Augusta (1910 - 27 SEP 1965)

Note: First name and birth year from another obituary on website

Mrs. Julius Minsaas, 55, of route 1, Willard (Clark Co., Wis.) was fatally injured shortly after 7 o'clock Monday evening when the car which she was driving overturned in a field in Mead Township, southeast of Thorp.

Mrs. Minsaas was traveling north on the township road when the car veered to the left into a ditch and through a fence before rolling over on its top.

Two passengers in the car, Mrs. Mattie Hansen, 59, and Joseph Bruegl, 80, both of the Granton area, were reported unhurt. Passing motoriest, James Boe and Gerald Horn, both of the Greenwood area, freed them from the vehicle and took them to their home.

Clark County authorities said Mrs. Minsaas may have lost control of the car during a moment of dizziness. She is reported to have suffered such spells on previous occasions. The three persons were enroute to a nearby rural store whent he accident occurred.