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From: "cheryl BALOG wenberg" <>
Subject: [INLAKE] DRAMSTADT, Howard Death 1937
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:47:05 -0600


The Hammond Times Indiana Feb. 8, 1937

Killed As Car Strike Bridge

Howard DRAMSTADT, 23, a resident of Hammond and an employee of the Fred C. Rowley and
Sons Construction Company, was killed early today when the car in which he was riding en route
to Kentucky struck a bridge near Columbus, Ind.

His body will be brought back to Hammond late today by his brother-in-law, George EBERLY,
business agent for the laborers union here who left for the southern Indiana city shortly after
word of the fatal accident was received.

Details of the crash were not available this morning, but it was understood that another man
was in the automobile with DRAMSTADT at the time.

Survivors:

Parents: Mr. and Mrs. William DRAMSTADT, with whom he resided at 4431 Ash Avenue

Sisters: Mrs. EBERLY

Mrs. William COCHRAN

Mrs. Leonard MISKIRB

Brother: Herbert

The young man was born in Hammond and attended high school here three years.

Young DRAMSTADT had been employed by the Rowley Company for the past year as a
hod carrier. He was working on a new building which the company is erecting in Burnham.


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