Obit: Capaul, John (1896 – 1963)

Contact: Lisa Haas
Email: lisa@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Capaul, Vanderloop, Balzer, Roehling, Nesvacil, Haagenson, Roth, Hrdlicka, Holtz, Rogers

----Source: Lucy Henke Haas scrapbook

Capaul, John (30 JUN 1896 – 31 JAN 1963)

John Capaul, 66, of Cornell, Wisconsin, died at St. Joseph's Hospital at 4:15 o'clock this morning from injuries received in a car accident Monday night.

Mr. Capaul was born June 30, 1896 in Stanley, the son of Balzer and Dara Roehling Capaul. He was married to Minnie Vanderloop in Stanley on May 10, 1921, and they moved to Cornell in December of that year where they have since resided. Mr. Capaul was employed at the Cornell Paper Mill until July 1961, when he retired.

He was a member of the American Legion and the Twenty-five Year Club of the Cornell Paper Mill. Surviving are his wife, Minnie; four sons, Raymond and Harold of Cornell; LaVerne of Dubuque, Iowa, and Robert of St, Paul; four daughters, Mrs. William (Lucille) Nesvacil, Cadott; Mrs. Colin (Bette) Haagenson, Minneapolis; Mrs. LaVern (Rita) Roth, Cadott; and Mrs. Robert (Mary Jane) Hrdlicka of Jim Falls; three brothers, Peter and Balzer of Stanley and David of Sattley, California; two sisters, Mrs. Roy C. Holtz, Chippewa Falls and Mrs. Robert Rogers, Odensburg, Wis., 21 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Cornell Funeral Home Friday afternoon and evening. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at Holy Cross Church, Cornell, with Father Peter Minwegan officiating.
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Chippewa County Notes First Road Death of '63
John Capaul Dies of Injuries Suffered Monday

Chippewa county noted its initial traffic fatality of 1963 this morning when a rural Cornell man died in St. Joseph's Hospital of injuries suffered late Monday afternoon.

The county's first traffic victim is John Capaul, 66 years-old, and driver of a car involved in a collision with another car at an intersection on county Trunk EE about five miles northeast of Cadott.

According to County Traffic Officer Max Brookshaw, both Capaul and his 63 year-old wife, Minnie, were thrown from the car by the impact of the collision. Mrs. Capaul is still in serious condition at St. Joseph's.

Driver of the other car involved in the mishap was 62 year-old Herbert Sparks, Route 1, Cornell. He reportedly escaped with minor injuries.

Capaul's death raised the Wisconsin 1963 highway toll to 48, compared with 51 on this date a year ago.