Injured in Fall (The Sun’s Own Service)
Hanover, Kans., Jan. 28—Edward Koppes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Koppes of Hanover, received a fractured right hip and right arm when he fell 20 feet from the roof to a concrete floor of a grain elevator which he was helping to build at Bonner Springs, Kans., on Jan. 19. He was taken to a Kansas City hospital. He is an employee of the Tillotson Construction company.
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1948
Wayne Baker Funeral Rites Monday P.M.
Funeral services for Wayne Baker, 23, Swanburg, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Faith Lutheran church at Swanburg.
Baker was killed in Estill, S.C., when he fell 100 feet when a scaffold on which he was working broke.
Baker was employed by the Tillotson Construction company, Omaha, Neb., and was working on a grain elevator at the time of the accident.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Abe Baker, Swanburg.
Brainerd (Minn.) Daily Dispatch
March 22, 1952
Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators 