Tragedy Connects Amish, `English' | theledger.com
Tragedy Connects Amish, `English' | theledger.com
FENNIMORE, Wis. -- When Amos and Mary Stoltzfus and their seven children moved to Wisconsin last summer from Kentucky, they expected changes in their family's life. Having followed other Amish into this southwestern corner of the state, Amos Stoltzfus was building a home and barn near this small town.
On Halloween, he and his pregnant wife and the children were riding south in their horse-drawn buggy when tragedy struck near the Cottonwood Supper Club. A pickup truck traveling in the same direction plowed into the buggy, killing Mary Stoltzfus, 36, and Ben, 12, the second-oldest child.
What has happened since has overwhelmed Stoltzfus and many in the community, both Amish and the "English," the name Amish use for outsiders. Area residents set up a fundraiser to help with medical bills expected to top $100,000.
FENNIMORE, Wis. -- When Amos and Mary Stoltzfus and their seven children moved to Wisconsin last summer from Kentucky, they expected changes in their family's life. Having followed other Amish into this southwestern corner of the state, Amos Stoltzfus was building a home and barn near this small town.
On Halloween, he and his pregnant wife and the children were riding south in their horse-drawn buggy when tragedy struck near the Cottonwood Supper Club. A pickup truck traveling in the same direction plowed into the buggy, killing Mary Stoltzfus, 36, and Ben, 12, the second-oldest child.
What has happened since has overwhelmed Stoltzfus and many in the community, both Amish and the "English," the name Amish use for outsiders. Area residents set up a fundraiser to help with medical bills expected to top $100,000.
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