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William Ralph Nitzsche

Male 1904 - 1963  (58 years)


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  • Name William Ralph Nitzsche 
    Nickname Ralph 
    Born 9 Dec 1904  Rulo, Richardson County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 May 1963  Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Turon Cemetery, Turon, Reno County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5486  Rossville
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2020 

    Father William Nitzsche 
    Mother Ina Myrtal Moore Nitzsche Diehl,   b. 1883,   d. 14 May 1961  (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F2128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Hazel Griffiths Nitzsche Diehl,   b. 17 Jan 1908, White City, Morris County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1998, Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
     1. George Gaylord Nitzsche,   b. 16 Dec 1925,   d. 26 Dec 1999  (Age 74 years)
     2. Doris Jean Nitzsche Stankiewitz,   b. Oct 1930
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2016 10:48:14 
    Family ID F1786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Marie Bush Nitzsche Fearer,   b. 28 Aug 1916,   d. 31 Jan 1990  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1936  Kansas City Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Dennis R Nitzsche
     2. Larry E Nitzsche
     3. Janice Nitzsche
    Documents
    Marriage- Bush, Marie-Nitzsche, Ralph
    Marriage- Bush, Marie-Nitzsche, Ralph
    Bush-Neitzche [sic Nitzsche]

    Miss Marie Bush, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Bush, and Ralph Neitzche, son of Mrs. Frank Diehl, were quietly married, Saturday, in Kansas City.

    Mrs. Nietzche is a graduate of the Rossville grade and high school and grew to womanhood here. Mr. Neitzche has spent most of his life here and has been employed for several years by the Union Pacific.

    Mr. and Mrs. Neitzche will have their headquarters in Rossville until they are permanently located.
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2017 13:49:29 
    Family ID F2257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 May 1963 - Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Nitzsche, William 1
    Obituary- Nitzsche, William 1
    In Memory of Ralph Nitzsche, who passed away May 8, 1963: Two years have passed since that sad day when one we loved was called away. God took him home. It was his will. Within our hearts he liveth still. Sadly missed by brothers and sisters.
    Obituary- Nitzsche, William 2
    Obituary- Nitzsche, William 2
    Electrical shock kills repairman
    William Ralph Nitzsche 58, of Turon, Kansas, a Rock Island Railroad signal maintainer was killed Wednesday, morning when he came in contact with a 600 volt power line while working up a highline pole on the right-away near US 54 just west of Pratt, Ks.

    He was dead when they removed his body from the pole. A passing train crew saw him dangling by his safety belt and radioed the report in. Death was said to have occurred approximately an hour prior to this time. Just minutes after his body was placed in an ambulance, another repairman climbed the pole to finish tying off the line that Nitzsche had been working on and he, too touched the “Hot line’’ and the crew standing by had to climb the pole and bring him down. His condition is reported good in the Pratt Hospital. After investigating the accident later, they found that a tree limb had broken and fallen across the wires west of where the accident happened and this caused the wires to be “hot”.

    Ralph Nitzsche was born December 9, 1904 at Rulo, Nebraska. He lived in Rossville for several years before moving to Turon, Kansas 26 years ago. He worked as a signal maintainer for the Rock Island Railroad for 26 years. He was a member of the Christian Church and Masonic Lodge in Turori. At the time of his death, he had been Scout Master for the Boy Scouts, Troop No. 339 over 20 years.

    He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie Nitzsche and two sons, Dennis R. and Larry E. all of the home; two daughters, Janice of the home, and Doris of San Pedro, Calif.; two brothers, George Diehl, 3115 Minnesota, and Earl Diehl 2540 Amhurst, both of Topeka; and three sisters; Mrs. Ina Marney of Chicago, Mrs. Alice Gentry of 1129 Webster, Topeka, and Mrs. Ruth Martinek, Rossville.

    Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Turon Christian Church with burial in the Turon Cemetery.

  • Notes 
    • This one gave me a lot of trouble. I am not 100% sure I have the marriages and children correct, and I hesitated to go ahead and enter them this way, but it seems probable.