Tractor Upsets, Herman Farmer Fatally Injured

Bert Metzler, 52, Dies of Injuries after Tractor Rolls Over

Funeral Services Are Held Today

Farmer Dies Two Days After His Tractor Rolled Over 10-Foot Embankment and Crushed Him as He helped Cut Wood Saturday

Critically injured late Saturday when the tractor he was operating went over a ten-foot embankment, Bert Metzler, 52, farmer of northeast of Herman, died Monday evening at Tekamah General hospital.

He was assisting a crew of men in cutting wood on the Chatt timberland when the tractor upset and went over the embankment, pinning him underneath.

A short time later two other workers, Jay Wakefield and Orville Metzler, found him and rushed him to the hospital after extricating him. Examination showed that Mr. Metzler’s side had been crushed.

Born and raised in the Homestead neighborhood near Herman, he had been a farmer all his life except for a period he spent in the mercantile business at Tekamah with his brother, Harry. He moved to his present location with his family about three years ago.

Surviving Mr. Metzler are his wife, one son, Clinton; a sister, Mrs. Jay McClannahan of northeast of Herman; and two brothers, Harry of Tekamah and Will of Craig. Funeral services are being held this afternoon at the Shafer & Peck mortuary in Tekamah, interment to follow in Tekamah cemetery.

Note: Since the actual death date was not given, the news article date was used.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~