Frank Olds Kuhn

Lifelong Lusk resident dies in traffic accident on I-80

A longtime Lusk resident, Frank Kuhn, was killed in an accident Sunday night about 35 miles east of Rock Springs on Interstate 80.

Kuhn, 61, was pronounced dead at the scene after his pickup truck struck a concrete barrier and a tractor-trailer truck, and then rolled down an embankment about 11 p.m. The driver of the other truck was not injured.

The Wyoming Highway patrol reported that Kuhn's 1970 GMC pickup swerved to the right and struck a concrete construction barrier about seven miles east of Point of Rocks. The pickup then swerved to the left and struck a 1975 Kenworth semi driven by Robert Edens, 53, of Salem, OR. Both vehicles were westbound on I-80.

The force of the impact caused Kuhn's pickup to go into a broadside slide, crossing the roadway and rolling two and one half times over an embankment, coming to rest on its top.

State Patrolman Phil Browder said Kuhn was apparently pinned in the wreckage and died shortly after being removed from the vehicle.

Born and raised in Lusk, Kuhn had moved to Rock Springs about three months ago. He and his wife formerly operated Kuhn Equipment in Lusk.

A Mass of Resurrection will be said for Kuhn at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Lusk with burial to follow in the Lusk Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Peet Mortuary Chapel.

A complete obituary will appear next week.

The Lusk Herald
October 8, 1986
Frank O. Kuhn

The Mass of Christian Burial was held for Frank O. Kuhn, 62, of Rock Springs on Thursday, Oct. 2, 1986 at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Lusk. Father Michael Carr officiated with burial following in the Lusk Cemetery.

A rosary was recited on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Peet Mortuary. Military graveside rites were presented by Weiten-Dupes Post No. 4 of the American Legion.

Frank Olds Kuhn died about 10:50 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 1986 from injuries he sustained in a one-vehicle rollover about 29 miles east of Rock Springs on Interstate 80.

A resident of Rock Springs for the past three months and a former lifelong resident of Lusk, Kuhn was born in Lusk on July 14, 1925, the son of the late Joseph and Gertrude Olds Kuhn. He attended schools in Lusk and graduated with the class of 1945.

Kuhn was a U.S. Army Air Force veteran of World War II. He married the former Elaine Wasserburger in Lusk on May 29, 1947. He was a member of St. Leo's Catholic Church and was a charter member of the BPOE Lodge in Lusk. He was employed by Sweetwater School Dist. No. 1 in Rock Springs and previously operated Kuhn Equipment in Lusk with his wife.

Survivors include his wife, Elaine of Rock Springs; three daughters, Sandi Kuhn of Rock Springs, Mrs. Ken (Pam) Kozola of Casper, and Mrs. Brent (Sibyl) Clausen of Littleton, CO; two sisters, Gertrude Brooks of Torrington and Helena Gibson of Payson, AZ; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Kuhn was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Greg and Clark, and by a daughter, Melonie Chriswisser.

Memorials may be made to the family. Peet Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.

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