My mother, Dorothy Kusel, who was born and raised in Aspinwall, reminded me of the horrible tragedy that occured with the 2 Weller boys - a twin and another brother of Loren.
These types of accidents were unfortunately very common years ago with all of the train traffic in this area.
Mother's dad, Louie Ehrichs, was almost killed when his horses pulling his buggy were spooked and ran right into the path of the train engine. They were instantly killed and fortunately my grandfather was able to jump from the buggy...with the family story that the heavy blanket Louie was sitting on was tossed into the air and he watched it come whirling to the ground...I have that blanket today.

Glen Harvey Weller
Birth 6 Nov 1928 Buck Grove
Death 10 Mar 1948 Aspinwall
Burial Manning Cemetery
Lowell William Weller
Birth November 13, 1930 Buck Grove
Death 10 Mar 1948 Aspinwall
Burial Manning Cemetery

Rites Tomorrow for 2 Boys Killed in Crash at Aspinwall
Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Friday at the Ohde funeral home here for two Aspinwall farm boys who were killed instantly about 9:30 a.m. yesterday, March 10, 1948, when the truck in which they were riding pulled into the path of a Milwaukee freight train on an Aspinwall crossing.
The victims are brothers, Lowell William Weller, 17, and Glen Harvey Weller, 19, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weller, who live on a farm four miles northeast of Aspinwall.
The Rev. Brown Garlock, minister of the Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wilmer and Wayne Ranniger, William Sander, Ray Friedrichsen, Gilbert Rowedder, Merlin Schroeder, Louis and Julius Ranniger, John Rowedder, Herman Mohns, Herman Lage, and Arnold Brus.
The brothers were born at Buck Grove, Iowa; Glenn Harvey, November 6, 1928, and Lowell William, November 13, 1930.
SURVIVING are their parents and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Carl E. Peterson (Gladys) and Gordon Weller, both living near Westside, Loren (Lowell's twin), Fern and Cleo, at home.

Brothers Die On an Iowa Rail Crossing
ASPINWALL, IA.
Two brothers were killed Wednesday morning when the truck in which they were riding was struck by an eastbound Milwaukee freight train on a crossing 100 yards from the Aspinwall Depot.
The dead are Lowell William Weller, 17, and Glen Harvey Weller, 19.
The driver of the truck, George Justice, of Botna, was injured. He was taken to a hospital in Manning, four miles east of here, but, was released after X-rays showed he was not hurt seriously.
Witness.
E.D. Brady, station agent here, said he was looking out of the depot window when the fast freight struck the truck as it pulled onto the crossing.
Brady said the truck was loaded with baled hay. The Weller brothers and Justice were riding in the truck cab, he said.
Derailment.
One car of the freight train was derailed in the accident and the engine was damaged.
Brady said section workers helped get the derailed boxcar back on the tracks and the train went on.
The Weller brothers were sons of Ed Weller, farmer, four miles northeast of here.

EDWARD WELLER Born November 30, 1898
HILDA (MRS. EDWARD) WELLER Born December 26, 1899
Both Entered Into Rest Sunday, June 23, 1938
Killed in a car accident
Funeral Services Huebner Funeral Home Denison, Iowa, Thursday, June 27, 1968 10 A.M.
Words of Comfort by Rev. Andrew Stewart-Morris
Comfort in Music by Mrs. Dorothy Norman, Organist
Mr. Henry Henningsen, Soloist
Hymns "Rock of Ages" "Abide With Me"
Pallbearers: Steve Mathies, Keith Weller, Harold Beerman, Henry Brus, Dale Gottsch, Ivan Bickers, Jim Mathies, Bill Weller, Merlin Brockman, Arlo Gottsch, Wilbur Gottsch, Harold Voege, Galen Weller
Interment Manning Cemetery Manning, Iowa
Lunch at V.F.W. Hall, Manning, Iowa
Huebner Funeral Service

Edward Weller
MR. AND MRS. EDWARD WELLER

Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Weller of Manilla, who were killed in a two-car accident about five miles south of Denison Sunday, June 23, 1968, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Huebner Funeral Home in Denison. Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.

Mr. Weller, born November 30, 1898, was dead on arrival at Crawford County Hospital in Denison following the crash in which his wife, 68, was killed instantly. She was the former Hilda Gottsch. Both were buried in the Manning Cemetery.

Surviving the couple are their children: Mrs. Carl (Gladys) Petersen, Schleswig; Gordon Weller, Westside; Loren Weller, Manning; Mrs. Allen (Fern) Mathies, Denison; and Mrs. Raymond (Cleo) Bohn, Wayne, Nebraska; and 28 grandchildren.