Please note: Many obits contain many errors. Warsaw Paper, Jan. 27, 1956 COLE CAMP RESIDENT KILLED WHEN TRUCK SKIDS, STRIKES TREE Wilbert Brauer, of Cole Camp, met instant death at about 12:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon of last week, when a 1954 one-half ton Dodge pick-up in which he was riding with two other men crashed into a tree after the truck skidded on some ice packed snow. The accident occurred on Highway 72, fourteen miles south of Rolla, Mo. Brauer, and his two companions, B. H. Elliott, owner and driver of the truck, of Hartville, Mo., and Tom Bell of Nobby, Mo., are all employees of the H. J. Hessefort Construction Co. of Cole Camp and were working on a road project on Route K at Redford, Mo., in Reynolds County. Due to a work shutdown on the construction project on Thursday because of the inclement weather, the men decided to spend the weekend at their homes and were enroute to Cole Camp when the accident happened. According to information received the truck skidded off the highway, rolled down a 25-ft. embankment and crashed into a tree. Brauer was thrown through the windshield from the impact and Elliot was also thrown out of the truck, receiving a skull fracture. Bell, the other occupant, escaped uninjured. The body of Mr. Brauer was brought to Cole Camp in the Eickhoff ambulance and taken to the Eickhoff Funeral Home. Elliott was taken to the Phillips County Hospital at Rolla. Obituary Wilbert Henry Brauer was born at Walnut, Kansas on April 27, 1911, a son of William and Mathilda Munsterman Brauer. At the age of three years he came to Cole Camp with his parents. He was baptized on May 21, 1911 by the Rev. Mueller at Walnut, Kansas. On April 5, 1925 he was confirmed in the Lutheran faith by the Rev. R. Kranz at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Brauersville, northeast of Cole Camp. On June 9, 1935 he united in marriage with Miss Dora Steffens. The couple have resided at Cole Camp. Six children were born to this union. A son, Leroy, preceded the father in death at the age of two years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Brauer, two sons, Elroy and Ray Dean and three daughters, Sharon and Margaret, all of the home and Delores, Mrs. Vernon Brown of Cole Camp; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Brauer, five brothers, Homer, Raymond, Norman and Leonard, all of Cole Camp, and Elmer Brauer of Brazilton, Kansas and one sister, Lydia, Mrs. Harvey Luetjen, Cole Camp. One sister preceded him in death. He attained the age of 44 years, 8 months and 22 days. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m. Sunday at the Eickhoff Funeral Home, and at St. Paul's Am. Lutheran Church, Cole Camp at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Elmer H. Kuhlmann conducted the services. The church choir with Mrs. Robert Gerken as organist, sang, "What A Friend We Have In Jesus," "Abide With Me" and "In The Hour of Trial." Pallbearers were: Rudy Haase, Fred Schutte, Florence Koeller, Ralph Kreisel, Herman Brauer and Marvin Boeschen. Burial was at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Brauersville. rwbrauer@iland.net