Obit: Hoffman, Louis (1941 - 1960)

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Surnames: Hoffman, Bradow, Doyle

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 03/31/1960

Hoffman, Louis (17 AUG 1941 - 25 MAR 1960)

Louis Hoffman, 18, a bridegroom of six days, was killed early Friday morning in the first traffic fatality of 1960 in Taylor County.  Parents of the victim are Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hoffman, Medford.

A passenger in the car, Jerry Doyle, home on furlough from military service, was unhurt.  Hoffman was pronounced dead of injuries on arrival at Medford Hospital.

Police reports said the accident occurred about 1:55 a.m. on Whelen Ave. near the Medford Disposal plant.  The investigating officer theorized that the car missed a curve and went out of control.  After traveling along a Soo Line Railroad spur embankment, the vehicle crashed into a railroad culvert and rolled end-over-end, landing upside down.

Hoffman was married last Saturday at Pine City, Minn., to Marie Bradow who survives him.  Other survivors are his parents and three brothers, Larry at home, Gerald, with the Air Force at Marysville, Calif., and Robert, with the Army at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Young Hoffman was born in Medford Aug. 17, 1941, and attended the city’s public schools.  At the time of his death he was serving an apprenticeship in his father’s barber shop at Medford.

The traffic fatality was the first in several years in the city of Medford, and the first of 1960 on Taylor County highways, authorities said.

County Coroner, Frank Perkins, said Tuesday that non inquest would be held.