From: Ann Cranston
> To: pashort@rectec.net
> Subject: John Mauller, Jr obit
> Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 10:33 PM
>
> Union Highland Cemetery Florence, Colorado
> Record # 3870 Block # 4H (note see #311)
> John Raymond Mauller, Jr.
> birth 1918 Mar 11 Florence, Fremont Co. Colorado
> death 1935 Feb 15 Rainbow Park, Fremont Co., Colorado
> Obituary notice: Florence Citizen, Feb 16, 1935, p. 1
>
> JOHN Mauller JR. KILLED, THREE ARE INJURED IN WRECK
> CAR CRASHES INTO STALLED TRUCK ON THIRD STREET AT DUSK FRIDAY EVENING
>
> Grim tragedy struck the John Mauller family last night when John
> Mauller Jr., 17, was almost instantly killed while returning home from an
> errand for his mother. Mauller was killed when his car struck a
> stalled truck belonging to Tony Moschetti in front of the Moschetti home
on
> East Third street in Rainbow Park at 6:30 at Friday evening.
> John Griffin, 12, who was riding with Mauller when the accident
> happened is in serious condition at Graves Hospital in Canon City, Tony
> Moschetti, 55 is also in the hospital badly injured, while Mrs. Tony
> Moschetti is recovering at home from severe scalp lacerations.
> The accident happened when Mauller was returning home from a trip to
> Rainbow Park to buy eggs for his mother. He was driving along Third
street
> toward Florence, and in the dusk, as his car came over a rise in the road,
> failed to see the stalled truck until too late to avoid striking it.
> Moschetti was attempting to crank the truck when it was struck, and Mrs.
> Moschetti was seated in the cab of the truck. The impact of the collision
> knocked the truck forward crushing Moschetti to the ground, and knocking
> Mrs. Moschetti down. The two boys in the car were crushed and torn by the
> terrific impact. Mauller apparently receiving a broken neck and young
> Griffith a broken foot and head injuries. Moschetti received a broken
> pelvic bone and a broken hip.
> Ambulances were summoned from Florence and the injured were brot into
> town for medical aid. Little John Griffith, unconscious, was first taken
> to his home, but was later removed to Graves hospital. Moschetti was
> rushed directly to Graves hospital in Canon City. Mrs. Moschetti was
taken
> to her home and a physician summoned to care for her. The body of John
> Mauller, who was dead when doctors and ambulances arrived, was taken to a
> local mortuary.
> Coroner C.H. Graves, Sr., of Canon City investigated the accident, and
> ordered an inquest, which will be held at the Holt chapel at 3:30 or 4
> o'clock this afternoon.
> The truck was badly damaged and the Mauller roadster was completely
> demolished by the force of the collision.
> John Mauller, Sr., operates the Sinclair Filling Station on East Main
> street, and was formerly cashier of the Security National Bank of
Florence.
>
> Moschetti is a well known and successful truck gardener. All of the
> principals in the tragic accident are well known here, and the entire
> community was shocked and saddened by the tragedy. John Mauller Jr., had
> been working with his father at the filling station after school hours,
and
> had a wide acquaintance thru the community.
> Reports from Graves hospital early this afternoon indicate that both
of
> the injured are better and will recover. Little John Griffith is still in
> a dazed condition, but has partially regained consciousness. He has not
as
> yet been told of his friend's death. He is suffering from a broken right
> ankle, face lacerations, and a possible slight brain concussion,
Moschetti
> is suffering from a broken pelvic bone, a broken hip and cuts and bruises
> about the face. He too is better this afternoon, and while he will be
> bedfast for several months as a result of the accident, attending doctors
> do not regard his condition as critical. The dead boy, John Raymond
> Mauller Jr., was born in Florence on March 11, 1918 and had lived here all
> his life. Several years ago he was an active member leader in the local
> troop of Boy Scouts. He was a student at Florence High School, and was
> employed after school hours and on Saturday at his father's filling
> station. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mauller, Sr., he is
> survived by four sisters Dora Lee, Louise, Mildred and Ruby Mae. Funeral
> services will be held from the Presbyterian Church at two o'clock Monday
> afternoon with Rev. James R. Burchfield officiating. Burial will be in
> Union Highland cemetery.