Friday, March 27, 2020

Henry Rable Jr.

Henry Rable Jr was born September 29, 1941 in Czechoslovakia to
a member of the Class of 1959. He was President of his class as a
Junior and on student council, He played baseball and basketball
all four years. He was 30 on the basketball team and 21 on the
football team where he was a halfback. He was on football for 3
years and track his last two years Hank was Prom King as a
Junior with Isabelle Potts as Queen. He played clarinet in band,
solo, duet and quartet. The quartet played "Staccoto and; Legeto"
at the spring concert in 1957. George Wilcox, Zona Jones and
Rosemary Cook were the other three. Hank went to Badger
Boys State in 1958. After graduation Henry went to Carroll
College in Waukesha. Hank was a passenger in a car which
veered out of control after passing a car. Witnesses said the
car went off the left shoulder and then crashed into a ditch
two miles north of Wautoma on Highway 22. Hank was killed
instantly. Hank and the driver were thrown from the car, He died
on August 17, 1960.  He and his parents are buried at Calvary
Cemetery in Wautoma.

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