Obit: Oestreich, Sharon #2 (1941 – 1967)

Contact: Audrey Roedl

Surnames; Oestreich, Fischer, Schofield

----Source: The Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 10 Aug 1967

Oestreich, Sharon (06 Dec 1941 – 04 Aug 19670

Mrs. Richard D. Oestreich, 25, route 1, Loyal, mother of two small sons, and expecting the birth of a third child, was fatally injured onFriday, August 4, shortly after 8 p.m., when a car driven by her husband was involved in a collision with a truck at the intersection of Clark County Highways H and K, about 5 miles south of here.

She was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Joseph’s Hospital from head and other injuries suffered.

Her husband was not seriously injured and was released from the hospital after observation and treatment.

The driver of the truck was Floyd L. Nelson, Route 1, Fairchild, who escaped injuries.

The Clark County authorities said the truck was eastbound on Highway H. After entering the intersection it struck the Oestreich car on the right side and shoved it into the ditch. Oestreich and his wife were thrown from the car, while the truck continued across the intersection, through a ditch and into a field before coming to a stop.

There is a stop sign on H to halt traffic through the intersection at this particular point. Authorities are continuing their investigation to determine if the truck had stopped before entering the intersection.

The Oestreichs were traveling south on Highway K enroute to the Clark County Fair at Neillsville when the crash occurred.

Services were held Tuesday, August 8, at 2 p.m. at the Loyal Methodist Church for Mrs. Oestreich. The Revs. Lelan and Ellen Shaw officiated and burial was made in the Lutheran Cemetery.

The former Sharon Fischer was born December 6, 1941, at Iron Mountain, Michigan and moved to the Loyal area with her parents at the age of seven. On October 15, 1960 she married Richard Oestreich at Trinity Lutheran Church, Unity. She was a graduate of Spencer High School. Prior to her marriage she was employed at a dairy plant at Marshfield as a lab technician. After their marriage the couple operated a farm in the Loyal area.

She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Unity.

Mrs. Byron Zepplin was the organist and Mr. William Chambers the soloist sang “In the Garden” and “Abide With Me.”

Pallbearers were Roger Sook, Ronald Seefeldt, Jerome Fischer, Robert Oestreich, James Oestreich, and Glen Seefeldt.

Besides her husband she is survived by two sons. Rick five years and Ronald four years; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fischer, Riplinger; her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fischer, Unity; and her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Schofield, Spencer; two brothers, Rodney and Douglas Fischer, Riplinger; and one sister, Mrs. Allen Schmutzler, Riplinger.

She was preceded in death by one brother.