Obit: Elliott, Donald M. (1906 - 1959)

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Surnames: Elliott, Pomplun, Ondal, Tolle, Fix

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 04/09/1959

Elliott, Donald M. (11 JAN 1906 - 5 APR 1959)

Donald M. Elliott, 52, and his wife, Viola, 51, Stanley, were killed about 11 p.m. Sunday in a two-car collision on Hwy 13 about four miles south of Wis. Rapids.

Also killed in the accident was Robert Burnett, 24, Vesper, driver of the other car.

Traffic officers reported the collision occurred near a break over a hill.  The Burnett auto was turning around in the road when the Elliott auto came over the crest of the hill.

The Stanley couple was returning from Madison where they had been visiting their daughter, Nancy, a nurse in training there.

Elliott had been a long time employee of the Northern States Power Co. at Stanley, as a ling patrolman.

Funeral arrangements are being made by the Plombon Funeral Home, Stanley, with services to be held at the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Stanley, Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock.

Mr. Elliott was born Jan. 11, 1906 in Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), and worked for the Wis. Telephone Co. out of Eau Claire for several years.  He was later employed by the Northern States Power Co. in Eau Claire, Sparta, Ellsworth, and moved to Stanley about 14 years ago.

He was married in 1929 to Viola Pomplun in Westfield, Wis.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Arthur Ondal, Eau Claire; Nancy, Madison; two brothers, Arleigh, Eau Claire, Kenneth, Iron Mountain, Mich.; and a sister, Mrs. Blanche Tolle, Chicago.

Mrs. Elliott was born July 5, 1907 in Westfield, Wis., and taught school in Westfield until her marriage to Donald Elliott in 1929.

Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Emma Pomplun, Westfield; four brothers, Walter, Portage; Albert and Elmer, Westfield; William, Waterloo, Iowa; and a sister, Mrs. Eleanor Fix, Madison.