Beaverton Historical Society Gladwin County Obituary/Death Notice
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Max Soldan
CRASH IS FATAL TO M. SOLDAN
Max B. Soldan, 46, of Saginaw, lost his life, Thursday afternoon when his 1959 station
wagon crashed into a concrete abutment on the new M-20 expressway between Bay City and Midland.
Soldan, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Danile Soldan of Gladwin, was on his way to Gladwin to visit his
parents when the tragedy occurred. State police theorized that Soldan alone in the car, may have
suffered a heart attack before the vehicle left the roadway and smashed headon into the abutment
carrying Flajole road overpass. The coroner said an autospy showed death resulted from internal
injuries.
Several motorist helped pull Soldan's body free of the wreckage when it caught fire seconds after
the crash. State Trooper Richard Wood said the station wagon travelled 115 feet after leaving the
pavement and continued in a straight line into the overpass foundation. Soldan, a foreman at Malleable
Iron Foundry, GMC, was on sick leave from his work and recovering from lung surgery performed last fall.
Born June 4, 1915 in Gladwin, he married the former Miss Nest Waltenburg Dec. 21, 1950, in Alpena. He
had been employed at Malleable Iron for 23 years, and had been foreman for the past 20. The Soldans
resided at 3023 Martz Place, Saginaw.
Survivors include his widow; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Soldan, of Gladwin; a daughter, Mrs.
Donald Phillips, of Saginaw; three sons, Danny and Douglas, at home, and Robert of Belding; two sisters,
Mrs. Theodore Patenge, of Lansing, and Mrs. Robert Welser, of Gladwin; two brothers, Robert of Gladwin,
and Howard of Holt; and two grandsons. Funeral services were Monday at 1 p.m. at the Case Chapel in
Saginaw, the Rev. William Richard officiating. Burial was in Highland cemetery, Gladwin, at 3:30 p.m.
Both Soldan and his wife Nest were natives of Gladwin County and attended the Gladwin schools. In
recent years they have owned a cabin at Pratts Lake and spent considerable time here.
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Personal Information
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Death Date
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Burial/Final Location
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Service
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01/--/1961
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Highland Cemetery, Gladwin, MI
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Publication Information
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Pub. Date
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Publication
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Pub. Page
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01/11/1961
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Gladwin County Record, Gladwin, MI
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P:1 C:2
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Transcription Information
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Date
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Transcribed by
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Source Media
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January 2005
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Tom Ladner
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Microfilm
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