Obit: Denzin, Jane Marie (1949 – 1966)

Contact: Dinah Reinke
Email: dinah@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Denzin, Barts, Fluty, Wilson, Burke, Thieme, Braister, Merritt

------ Source: Tribune-Phonograph (Abbotsford and Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 01/12/1967

------ Denzin, Jane Marie (28 MAR 1949 – 24 DEC 1966)

Jane Marie Denzin, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Denzin of Laramie, Wyo., and grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Armin Barts of rural Abbotsford, was one of three persons fatally injured in a high speed crash at Laramie, Wyo., December 24, at 1:55 p.m.

Jane Marie Denzin and Susan Fluty, both 17, and high school seniors, and Don Wilson 28, owner of Scottie’s Drive-in, were killed in the crash. Frank Burke, 23, owner of the automobile and the employee of the Drive-in, was in critical condition.

Funeral services for Miss Denzin were held at Zion Lutheran church at Laramie on Wednesday, December 28, at 2 p.m.

Mr. and Mrs. Armin Barts, son, Raymond, accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. Ruby Thieme, and son, Terry, of Jefferson attended the funeral and returned home Saturday.

Miss Denzin was born March 28, 1949, at Wausau, Wis. Besides her parents, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. Kenneth Braister, a brother, Randy, and her grand mother, Mrs. Irene Denzin, all of Laramie, and grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Armin Barts of Abbotsford.

Also attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Merritt, a maternal aunt, and daughter, Judy, of Stratton, Colo.