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Obituary- Shideler, Vernon

Vernon Shideler

Vernon Shideler, 35, an employee of Kansas Power and Light Co. fell to his death Saturday afternoon when a pole on which he was working at Fourteenth and Monroe collapsed.

He suffered fatal injuries as the pole struck the paved street. He was taken to Vail hospital in a Carter ambulance and pronounced dead on arrival. He had chest and head injuries.

Shideler was making repairs to the pole which had been damaged indirectly after a bus-car accident.

A Topeka Transportation Co. Highland-Shorey bus was traveling south on Fourteenth and was involved in an accident with a car driven by Anthony Habinger, police said.

The bus crashed into a telephone pole at the southeast corner of the intersection, breaking it off. Strain on wires caused another pole to snap off the south side of Fourteenth between the alley and Monroe.

Paul Eis, driver of the bus, went to a nearby telephone to report the pole had been damaged and Shideler was in a crew arriving to make repairs. Shideler had gone to work to the top of the 30-foot pole to work on the wiring. It was held erect by wires, witnesses said.

The pole collapsed while Shideler was at the top. He was secret to the pole by a safety belt and, as the fall started, he swung underneath the sidearm.

Patrolman Delmar Royer, one of the investigating officers, said the sidearm appeared to strike Shideler in the throat.

Ernest Turner of 1428 Quincy, an eye-witness to the accident, said he believed Shideler knew the pole was broken when he went to the top.

He said Shideler might have ridden the pole to the ground and probably escaped serious injuries but he could not unhook the safety belt.

Turner said he helped pull the injured man from beneath the pole. As the pole struck the street, it bounced and turned over, Turner explained and the sidearm struck Shideler.

Dr. H.L. Clark, coroner said the pole was being held in place by wires and when it began to fall the descent was fairly slow.

The crash apparently threw Shideler into the crossarm, Dr. Clark reasoned. His throat was cut and he bled to death in a few minutes, the coroner said.

Dr. Clark said a policeman was standing beneath the pole and made an attempt to catch Shideler

Following the accident, second crew was dispatched to Fourteenth and Monroe to complete repair work.

Shideler is survived by his wife Ruth, and two sons, John 10, and Vernon, 3. He has a brother, Earl who is also employed by KP&L. Mr. Shideler was a nephew of Mrs. Bertha Class and Ray Parr of this community.

The parents were the late William Shideler and Effie Parr Shideler both former Rossville citizens.

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Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parr and Mrs. Bertha Class were in Topeka, Tuesday to attend the funeral services of their nephew, Vernon G. Shideler.

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