National EMS Memorial Service Honoree
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Elizabeth Washebek
Brazeau Rescue Squad, Inc. Pound, Wisconsin |
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Elizabeth, an emergency medical technician with the Brazeau Rescue Squad, died of massive internal injuries as a result of an auto accident on Monday, February 6, 1989. She was riding in the back of the ambulance while attending a patient during transport to the hospital.
When the ambulance collided with a semi-trailer in an intersection, the impact threw Elizabeth from the squad vehicle Don and Elizabeth were the parents of one daughter, Karen, and five sons--David, James, Thomas, Donald, Jr., and Loren--and were well known in the Brazeau community.
For five years they owned and operated Don and Betty's Resort at White Potato Lake, Wisconsin. She was a member of the choir at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church.
Elizabeth Weshebek's devotion to helping others ended in tragedy. She was 53 years old.
Honored 1994
