Herald Times Reporter (Manitowoc)

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Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier index.
Only a citation to a Manitowoc newspaper obituary is given, with no text or image. The name and the timing (published 20 Feb 2011, after a 17 Feb 2011 death) fit the claim, but the actual death date and place cannot be confirmed. It is consistent but thin.
Matches: Obituary citation is for Karl F. Konecny, matching the name in the claim; Publication date of 20 Feb 2011 is three days after the claimed death date of 17 Feb 2011, which fits a normal obituary timeline; Herald Times Reporter is a Manitowoc newspaper, consistent with a death in Manitowoc
Limits: No image or transcription is attached, so the obituary text cannot be read; Death date, place and birth year (1944) cannot be verified from the citation alone; The citation does not show the age at death or the residence of the deceased; The Manitowoc location is inferred from the newspaper's place of publication, not from the text