Obituary: Gerry Fox - Class of 1967

MADISON — Mr. Gerry D. Fox, age 37, died unexpectedly on Saturday, January 17,1987. He was born on June 11, 1949, In Fort Worth, Texas. Survivors include his wife, the former Margo Pollock; a son, Sean of Madison; his parents, Robert and Erma Fox of Madison; four brothers, Robert (Raven) Fox of Scottsdale, Arizona, Barry, Terry, and Peter, all of Madison; a sister, Patti (Allan) Anderson of Madison; and his grandmother, Shallle Rogers of Blythevllle, Arkansas. Funeral services will be held at the JOYCE FUNERAL HOME, 540 West Washington Avenue, at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, with the Reverend Eugene Bailey officiating. Burial will be In Sunset Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Friday.

Originally published in the Wisconsin State Journal on January 22, 1987. 

Gerry Fox's class year is based on information in the 1967 Tychoberahn, where he is listed amongst the graduating seniors.

Obituary: Joseph Lynn Klassy - Class of 1967

Crash Splits Car;
2 Men Are Killed

The traffic deaths of two young Madison men, killed about 4 a.m. Wednesday when their Corvair split in half crashing at the South Beltline-Park St. interchange, were rules "accidental" by Coroner Clyde Chamberlain Jr.

Killed were: Danny John Waller, 18, the driver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Waller, 124 N. Hancock St. Joseph Lynn Klassy, 19, the passenger who was married and had an infant son, and lived with his widowed mother, Mrs. Donald (Inez) Klassy, 717 Mayfair Ave.

COUNTY POLICE said the Corvair, apparently traveling at high speed, struck a solid metal guardrail at the westbound exit from the Beltline to S. Park St. and careened topside into a cement-embedded metal pole holding the big, green highway-route sign.

The pole split the car, with the two sections landing about 52 feet apart, Policeman John Detra reported.

Both yong men, who were not wearing seat belts, were thrown from the car. They were pronounced dead upon arrival at a Madison hospital from severe head and neck injuries.

Chamberlain sid it was not known where or to where the young men were travelling.

Their deaths raised the Madison and Dane County traffic toll this year to 34.

Both Waller and Lkassy had been students at Central-University High School.

FUNERAL SERVICES for both young men are pending at the Schroeder Funeral home, 3325 E. Washington Ave.

Waller's survivors, besides his parents, include three brothers and a sister at home, Richard, Terry, Michael, and Janet, and two other sisters, Mrs. Kenneth Russell, 1418 Loftsgordon Ave., and Mrs. Richard Edmark, Racine.

Klassy is survived by his wife, Lila, and a son, Jospeh, who lives in Madison; his mother; two brothers, Romaine, 5402 Temple Ct., and Stephen, with the navy submarine service; a sister, Mrs. Mark Moffat, Battle Creek, Mich., and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Jones, Stoughton, and Henry Klassy, New Glarus.

Originally published in the Wisconsin State Journal on August 31, 1967. At this time, obituaries were news stories written by newspaper staff, not family. Submitted by Sidney Iwanter (Class of 1967).

Obituary: Daniel L. Meysembourg - Class of 1967

Pfc. Meysembourg
Killed in Action

Marine Pfc. David Daniel L. Meysembourg, 18, of 117 S. Marquette St., was killed in action March 11, in the area of Quang Tri, Vietnam.

Born in Rice Lake, he had lived in Madison for 17 years.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Meysembourg, who were notified Sunday of his death.

He joined the Marines in July 1967, and had been serving in Vietnam since Jan. 19.

He was a 1967 graduate of Madison Central High School and a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church.

He is survived by his parents; three brothers, Jerry 2319 Milwaukee St.; Michael and David at home; a sister, Sandra, at home; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Theresia Oettinger, Rice Lake; paternal grandfather, John L. Meysembourg, Menomonee Falls.

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ryan Funeral Home, 2114 N. Sherman Ave.

Note: The above was originally published in the Wisconsin State Journal on March 19, 1968. At that time, obituaries were still "news stories," written by newspaper staff, not families. Danny's name is listed incorrectly in the article. Below is a copy of the page from the March 30, 1968 issue of The Capital Times listing the date for the funeral (about halfway down the second column from the left). It has the correct name, the name listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.