| F. S. Reiling Is Killed by High Voltage
Frank S. Reiling, 61, Auburn, was killed by an electric shock
about 5:30 p.m. Thursday about five miles southwest of Lohrville.
He was working with a well-drilling crew when a boom came in
contact with a high voltage line.
John Rasty, 16, was knocked down and burned in the accident, but was not hospitalized.
Rosary Saturday, Sunday
The body was brought to the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll, where
friends may call after 2 p.m. Saturday. The rosary will be recited
Saturday at 3, 7:45 and 8:30 p.m., and again Sunday at 3, 8 and 9 p.m.
The Rev. Jerome Koenig, pastor of St. Mary's Church at Auburn, of which
Mr. Reiling was a member, will lead the 7:45 rosary Saturday and the 8
p.m. rosary Sunday.
Requiem mass will be read at St. Mary's Church, Auburn, at 9:30
a.m. Monday, with Fr. Koenig officiating. Burial will be in Our Lady of
Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel. Mr. Reiling was born Feb. 20, 1900, in
Kniest Township, eight miles north and one-half mile west of Carroll, a
son of Albert and Mary Reiling. He spent his young manhood on the farm
with his parents. On Feb. 19, 1924, he was married to Cathrine Margaret
Daniel at SS. Peter and Paul Church in Carroll, the Rev. H. J. Dries officiating.
Moved to Auburn
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Reiling moved to a farm eight
miles north of Carroll, and later farmed in the vicinity of Maple River
and Ulmer. From there they moved to a farm eight miles north of Carroll,
where they resided for eight years, moving to Auburn in 1952.
He is survived by his wife and two sons, Frank H. Reiling, Lake
View, and Donald D. Reiling, Carroll; nine grandchildren; and the
following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Joe Schelle, Breda; Mrs. Ed
Underberg, Springville, N.Y.; Mrs. Regina Gehling, Gilmore City; W. J.
Reiling, Auburn; Theodore Reiling, Carroll; and Mrs. Mary Rosonke, Carroll.
His parents, four brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
(Carroll Daily Times Herald, Iowa, Friday, July 21, 1961, p. 1)
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