Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller reports that at 11:13 a.m. on Sunday, October 13, 2024, Marinette
County Dispatch received a call of a two-vehicle crash on Parkway Road near Johnson Falls Road in the
Town of Stephenson.
The investigation indicates that a vehicle operated by Kent J. Klempke, age 58, of Crivitz, Wisconsin was
traveling north on Parkway Road and traveled left of center just north of Johnson Falls Road, where he
collided head on with an RV motorhome traveling south driven by Mary A. Welch, age 54,
of Woodstock, Illinois. Klempke, who was not wearing a seatbelt, sustained fatal injuries in the crash.
Welch was transported for further medical treatment as were other passengers from both vehicles.
Speed and failure to maintain control appear to have been factors in the crash that remains under
investigation by the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin State Patrol, and the Marinette County
Medical Examiner’s Office. Also assisting Marinette County deputies at the scene were members of
the Wisconsin State Patrol, Town of Stephenson Fire Department, Twin Bridge Rescue, Crivitz Rescue,
Brazeau Rescue, and Aurora Bay Area paramedics.
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