Roadside Crosses in Harvey County, Kansas
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
Many roadside memorials have been placed in Harvey County over the years. Many more deaths from vehicle accidents were never marked by a roadside cross.
This page is dedicated to the memory of those whose lives were effected by these roadside accidents in Harvey County. Information for this page was derived from the book, Sudden Stops: Roadside Crosses in Harvey County by Darren McMannis.
Adlai J. Vollbracht
Newton Man Dies in Road Mishap An 84-year-old Newton man was fatally Thursday following a two-car traffic accident one mile west of Walton on US Highway 50. Adlai J. Vollbracht, 212 E. 8th, died at 7:00 p.m. at Bethel Deaconess Hospital of severe chest injuries,...
Ludwig Joseph Eck
Brother of Three Priests Killed in Newton Accident The brother of three Wichita priests, Ludwig Joseph Eck, 44, died Saturday, June 21, in Newton. He was struck by a car while mowing his lawn. His priest brothers are: Father Vincent Eck of Christ the King parish;...
Steven Schultz
Highway 81 south of Newton / A 21-year-old Newton man was killed in a traffic accident on U.S. 81 at the south edge of Newton around 3:10 a.m. today, Sheriff Norman Walker said. He was identified as Steven Howard Schultz of 421 E. 10th. Walker said death resulted...
John Schrag
2 Miles east & 2 Miles south of Burrton / Burrton Crash Kills Three Three Harvey Countians died in a two-car collision southeast of here Saturday morning. Dead were Mrs. Joe Steffen, 61, Michael Shive, seven months old, and John Schrag, 10, RFD 2, Halstead. Two...
Michael Shive
2 Miles east & 2 Miles south of Burrton / Burrton Crash Kills Three Three Harvey Countians died in a two-car collision southeast of here Saturday morning. Dead were Mrs. Joe Steffen, 61, Michael Shive, seven months old, and John Schrag, 10, RFD 2, Halstead. Two...
Marie Steffen
2 Miles east & 2 Miles south of Burrton / Burrton Crash Kills Three Three Harvey Countians died in a two-car collision southeast of here Saturday morning. Dead were Mrs. Joe Steffen, 61, Michael Shive, seven months old, and John Schrag, 10, RFD 2, Halstead. Two...
Oscar Seedle
Gravel road near Burrton.
Ronald Wood
Highway 50 curve 4 miles east of Hutchinson.
Otto Scott
K196 near Burrton / Otto Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Scott, farmers of rural route 5, Newton, south of the city, passed away at Grace hospital in Hutchinson Friday evening about 6:00 o'clock (August 19, 1927), as a result of injuries received in an automobile...
Arnold Arthur Schroeder
First Mennonite Church parking lot, 429 E. First St. – Newton.
