Born: April 10, 1905
Died: January 15, 2002
Married: Carl Vernon Sandberg
Children:
Before her marriage, Ethel Hoepfner Sandberg was a founder of the Women's College Scholarship Club. With her husband, Carl Sandberg, she moved to Glen Cove, Long Island some time before 1954. She is buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery.
Plattsburgh Sentinel, January 20, 1931
3 INJURED IN BOBSLED ACCIDENT
First Accident On Olympic Bobsled Slide On Mt.
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y. Jan. 18 (AP)—Three persons were injured in the first serious accident on the Olympic bobsled slide on Mt. Van Hoevenberg near here today.
Miss Ethel Hoepfner, 26, of Saranac Lake suffered a possible fractured skull. Samuel White and Harry Fritz received severe shoulder injuries. A Mrs. Deforest was not injured.
The party of five had started down the slide at the half mile mark. At a sharp turn midway to the bottom, the sled left the track and overturned. The cause of the accident was not determined. Approximately 1,000 people have used the slide since it was opened a short time ago. It was estimated 200 had been using the icy coasting track today before the accident occurred. The cause of the accident was believed by officials to have been a shifting in weight on the sled or a sudden application of the brakes. The driver, Paul Stevens, local sportsman, was not hurt.
Essex County Republican, June 24, 1932
Speed Boat Nearly Causes Death of 2 at Saranac L.
Thrown from their Adirondack skiff into the water as their frail craft was hit by a speed boat Miss Ethel Hoepfner, 27, of 10 Baker street. Saranac Lake, sustained a deep gash across the top of her head, while her companion, William Wiles, 29, of Dorsey street, was knocked unconscious, and both narrowly escaped drowning.
The accident occurred Sunday about 1 o'clock when the speed boat, operated by Russell Demerse, Riverside Drive, speeding around a turn in the Saranac river, at a point where the Lower Saranac lake narrows into the stream, hit the small craft. Demerse claims he was working over his motor and did not see the boat which was coming out from the shore.
The impact nearly demolished the guide boat. Wiles a poor swimmer, was knocked unconscious and thrown into the water. Miss Hoepfner grabbed the craft for support until Demerse could maneuver his boat to pick up the pair.
