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| 10501 | Young Man Is Killed John Kelso Struck by Wabash Train Monday Morning John Kelso, who recently moved from near Homer with his father, was killed while working on the Wabash section here on Monday. Kelso, with several other of the section men, was working a short distance west of the depot, and when No.51 approached he failed to hear the train and stepped directly in front of it. He was thrown from the track with both legs broken and a large gash in his forehead. Drs. Martin and Mallory were immediately summoned to the freight house, where the injured man had been carried, but were unable to save him and he died within an hour after being struck. A coroner’s inquest was held at the undertaking parlors of Heins & Creamer Wednesday morning and the verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death by being struck by engine No.177, pulling Wabash train No.51 and “we further find that the engineer was negligent in the performance of his duty in not giving the proper lookout within the yard limits of the village of Tolono.” The jury was composed of W.A. Perkins, foreman, J.W. Laughlin, G.E. Duell, George E. Mecham, and A.C. Perkins. The remains ot the dead youth were taken to Homer on Tuesday afternoon, and the funeral services were held at a church east of that place and interment took place at a cemetery in that vicinity. Tolono Weekly Herald, Tolono, Illinois. Friday, 24 August 1917. | Kelso, John Alvin Smith (I2090)
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| 10502 | Young Mother Dies Mrs. George McGhee, 35 years of age, died at her home a few miles east of Purdin at 11 a.m. Saturday. About three weeks ago a splinter entered on of Mrs. McGhee’s fingers which caused blood poisoning from which she never fully recovered. Later she suffered an attack of typhoid which was the immediate cause of her death. She was a loving disposition, always finding good in everyone and will be greatly missed by her many friends. Lillie Henderson Garrett, a daughter of John J. and Martha Garrett, was born May 12, 1888, and died August 11, 1923, therefore was 35 years, 2 months and 29 days in this life. She was married to George McGhee in 1908 and to this union three children were born, Vonice age 12 and Genevieve age 8 and Urby age 4 years. Besides her immediate family she leaves one brother, J.W. Garrett of Browning, and three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Tattershall of Purdin; Mrs. Ben Peery of Linneus and Mrs. Dan Nickell of Brookfield and numerous other relatives and friends. Knowing her intimately as we did, cheerful, responsive and ever willing to help others, it is almost impossible to realize that she is gone. There is comfort in the thought that life never ends, and that somewhere is the face not seen, the voice not heard, the heart so brave, so steadfast, so true that somewhere free from earthly pains and care, joyous, alive and happy she awaits us. May the grief of her departing be assuaged by the remembrance of her thoughtful presence and many deeds of loving kindness that made her life a daily pleasure to all who passed her way. Funeral services were conducted from the Purdin Christian church of which she was a member, Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. by Rev. Acre after which interment occurred in the Purdin cemetery. “With careful hands she strewed life’s destined fields, With kindly thoughts and goodly deeds, With love each stony place was made to yield Sweet ministry to other’s needs. And now, the world is poorer far we say But heaven is richer since she went away.” The Daily News-Bulletin, Brookfield, Missouri. Tuesday, 14 August 1923. | Garrett, Lillie Henderson (I2345)
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| 10503 | Zella “Maxine” Hill was born May 20, 1930 and departed this life Thursday, June 25, 2020 reaching the age of 90 years. She was the daughter of (the late) Charlie and Rosie (Taylor) Goldsberry. She married Wiley Hill and to this union 4 children were born. She is survived by: 2 sons, Luther and Lester Hill; 2 daughters, Nancy (Tony) Thompson and Naida Stanley; 2 brothers, James and Dean Goldsberry; 1 half-sister, Vinnie Goldsberry; along with a host of family and friends who mourn her passing. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband Wiley Hill; 1 brother, Frank Goldsberry; and 1 sister, Margie Neal. She was a loving mother, sister, relative and friend who will be sadly missed by all who knew her. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 29, 2020 between 10 am - 11 am in the chapel of the funeral home. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 29, 2020 at 11 am at the Hickey Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in the Tuttle’s Chapel Cemetery. Hickey Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. | Goldsberry, Zella Maxine (I3928)
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| 10504 | Zelma D. Barber Graveside services are today for Zelma D. Barber, a Wilmington resident for 60 years. Born Oct 3, 1902, in Illinois, she died Dec. 15, 1988, in Lomita. She is survived by two sisters, Bessie Wadlow and Lois Buanita Hedges, both of Wilmington; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes. News-Pilot, San Pedro, California. Saturday, 17 December 1988. | Smith, Zelma Olive (I3338)
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| 10505 | Zelma M. Smith Casper – Services for Riverton resident Zelma M. Smith, 74, will be conducted at 10 a.m. today at Memorial Chapel Funeral Home and Crematory by Pastor John Spears of Highland Park Community Church. She died Dec. 18, 2002, at Poplar Living Center surrounded by her loving family. Born Sept. 7, 1928, in Riverton – the same night as a celebration with a circus and serious knifing incident – she was the daughter of Harvey A. and Goldie Mae (Gardner) Eaton; and was raised and educated in the Riverton area. She graduated from Riverton High School and began working at Northern Utilities Co., where she was employed for several years. She met Lester G. Smith of California, who was working for the Bureau of Reclamation and they were married in 1948. The couple moved to Whittier for a few years then returned to Riverton. A housewife, she also worked at KVOW-Radio, Riverton Nursing Home, Super 8 Motel and the Sundowner Motel. She was a member of the Riverton United Methodist Church and had served as noble grand and soloist for the Rebekah Lodge of Wyoming. Her interest included sewing, knitting, and writing. She had published three books for children and her work had been entered into the Poetry Hall of Fame. Survivors include her husband of 54 years; a son, Dana Smith and his wife; daughter, Darlene Pursel, and her husband; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Memorial may be made to Meals on Wheels, 1760 E. 12th St., Casper 82601. Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyoming. Saturday, 21 December 2002. | Eaton, Zelma Mae (I1361)
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| 10506 | Zingg Mr. Austin W. Zingg of Route 1. Services Friday 2:00 p.m. at the Balmer-Collins & Riddell Mortuary. Interment Grandview Cemetery. Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado. Thursday. 9 April 1959. | Zingg, Austin Wesley (I900)
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| 10507 | Zingg, Research Head, Dies at 52 Austin W. Zingg, 52, chief of the watershed technology branch of the Agriculture Research Service here since 1956, died Tuesday in a Denver hospital, where he had been a patient for five days. A resident west of Fort Collins since 1954, Mr. Zingg had filled various jobs with the U.S. Department of Agriculture since he graduated from Iowa State College in 1930 with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture engineering. He received a master's degree at Kansas State College in 1952. He served as supervisor for erosion control studies in 17 Western states, with headquarters here, for three years prior to his appointment as watershed chief. Married in 1932 Born Dec. 20, 1906, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Mr. Zingg married the former Bernice Hudson, who survived him, in 1932. They are the parents of two children, Larry, a student at Colorado State University and Ginny, a pupil at fort Collins High School. He also has a brother, Warren Zingg of Tulsa, Okla., and a sister, Mrs. Esther King of Olds, Iowa. The funeral has been set for 2 p.m. Friday at the Balmer-Collins & Riddell mortuary, with the Rev. W.J. Hage in charge. Burial will be in Grandview cemetery. Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado. Wednesday, 8 April 1959. | Zingg, Austin Wesley (I900)
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| 10508 | Zora Lee "Zeke" Hyatt, age 78, of Meadowlands Drive, Morehead, Kentucky, formerly of Taylor, Michigan, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at his home. He was born March 6, 1934, in Rowan County, Kentucky, a son of the late William Everett Abbott Hyatt and Elizabeth Wallace Hyatt. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, John Hyatt, Dorcie Hyatt, and Ora Hyatt, and one sister, Ocie Baldridge. Zeke retired after 35 years of service as a trackman for Conrail Railroad in Detroit, Michigan, and was an Honorable Kentucky Colonel. He enjoyed working outdoors in his garden and flowers, collecting knives, listening to Bluegrass music, playing cards and pool, watching old Westerns, traveling, and going to Kwik Stop to visit with his buddies. Zeke loved his family and spending time with them, especially pulling Jenna in her wagon and swinging with her. He is survived by his wife, Lila Shaw Hyatt; two daughters, Carolyn Hyatt and Joanna Hunt and husband Tim, all of Morehead, Kentucky; and one granddaughter, Jenna Leigh Hunt. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals Memorial Chapel with the Rev. David Starcher officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation is after 5 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Northcutt & Son Home for Funerals. Pallbearers: Jr. Baldridge, Freddy Baldridge, Rodney Wallace, Tony Wallace, Brian Wallace, and Doug Wallace. Honorary pallbearers: Roger Wallace, James Wallace, Clinton Wallace, Asa Lambert, and Clarence Jones. | Hyatt, Zora Lee (I3291)
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| 10509 | [In article about recent highway deaths] The dead: [list of six, including:] Clarence Clester, 35, 8203 Morton avenue, Walnut Park. Clester was struck by a car driven by Arthur D. Hofelling, 1221 East 78th street, at 29th and San Pedro streets. He died in Georgia street receiving hospital. Daily News, Los Angeles, California. Monday, 5 August 1940, page 8. | Clester, Clarence Alvin (I1576)
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| 10510 | [Under the section Southern States News. Texas.] J.W. Roberts, of Rockwall, reached the city to-night in charge of R.B. Hedges, who was recently wounded in a fight with highwaymen, near Morrisville, Colo. In the fight two of the gang, Texas Jack and Shelby, were also wounded, and are now prisoners. The following morning, while Hedges lay in bed, one of the gang entered and shot him in the hip. Hedges came through in the express coach, and was lifted from the car on his cot. The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana. Saturday, 11 October 1879, page 8. | Hedges, Robert (I345)
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| 10511 | ‘Catacombs’ owner dies in accident Haunted houses were his passion By KEVIN HOFFMANN The Kansas City Star Dennis Kingsolver died in a place he loved: a haunted house. Kingsolver, whose family had founded and operated The Catacombs since he was a teenager, fell Monday night while working on an elevator. He was 38. A repairman with SBC Communications and a father of five, Kingsolver was best known as one of Kansas City’s haunted house icons. His enthusiasm for Halloween showed even as a youngster, when at age 10 he transformed his mother’s basement into a haunted house to spook neighborhood children. “He would hang blankets to separate the basement into different rooms with different things in each one,” said Morris Kingsolver, Dennis Kingsolver’s father. “He put cardboard over the stairs and you had to slide down.” His mother, Shirley Kingsolver, said her son charged 25 to 50 cents and made hundreds of dollars scaring many in the early endeavor. In 1981, at age 13, he spurred his family to open its first commercial haunted house, The Catacombs, at 1221 Main St. The Catacombs later moved to an old castle-like building in Independence before setting up in its current location in the West Bottoms at 1100 Santa Fe St. According to a police report, Kingsolver and another man were trying to cut an elevator cable near the second floor of the seven-story building. As they worked, a cable snapped and hit Kingsolver, who was standing on top of the elevator car, and knocked him off balance. The other worker tried to grab him, but the cable hit Kingsolver again and knocked him off the elevator. Kingsolver fell about 10 feet. He apparently died when either the cable or counterweights from the elevator system struck him, police said. Both parents were there Monday when the accident happened. “It’s very tough,” his sister Diana Leahy said, adding that the family had been buoyed by friends stopping by and recounting “all the good things” Kingsolver had done for them. Kingsolver grew up in Kansas City, North, and graduated from Winnetonka High School, where he met his wife. He raised his own family north of the river. He worked more than 15 years for the phone company but spent much of the year at his haunted houses. Even in the off-season, he constantly tinkered with them, creating new thrills and switching out props for a fresh look. In 2003, he merged his two haunted houses, The Catacombs and Fear, into The Catacombs Extreme Scream. He and some employees had been working there two nights a week since January. “They would go down there from 5 to 9 (p.m.) and work on props, and clean it,” Morris Kingsolver said. “That’s what they were doing last night.” Many patrons of Kingsolver’s haunts remember his trademark graveyards and the worker who chased them out an exit with a fake chain saw. Lately, Kingsolver had spoken to another haunted house owner of a new attraction he likened to a small roller coaster that would drop patrons a story or more. It was unclear whether the work Monday was for that attraction and whether workers would finish the ride. Workers and family members talked Tuesday about whether they would open the Catacombs on schedule the second weekend of September. One of those workers, childhood friend Todd Sheets, praised his boss. Growing up, he and Kingsolver played baseball together and ran around their Gracemor neighborhood. Sheets, an independent filmmaker, can still remember the hearse that Kingsolver used to keep in his front yard during the summer months when the haunted house was shut down. Kingsolver was like an older brother, said Sheets, whom Kingsolver hired at the Catacombs and quickly promoted. When Sheets needed a place to edit his horror movies, Kingsolver let him set up shop in the West Bottoms building. “I’ve never met anyone that good-hearted before in my life,” Sheets said. Sheets was there when the accident happened, standing a few feet away. Kingsolver had given Sheets a ride to the haunted house Monday night. Just a few hours before Kingsolver died, they had sat in the car, joking and laughing. Kingsolver already was brainstorming what the Catacombs would be like, not this fall, but the year after. “I’m thankful,” Sheets said. “I’m very thankful for that time I got to be with him.” Dwayne Throneberry, longtime owner of the Main Street Morgue, said he held a lot of respect for Kingsolver even though they were friendly competitors, and he hoped the business would remain open. “He had that fire in him when he talked about haunted houses,” Throneberry said. “He was always excited about improving his place … he just loved Halloween.” For many years, Kansas City’s haunted house industry thrived with about a dozen houses opening every season. But by last year, only three owners of major haunted houses remained, holding four locations. “It will impact it just because it’s a very small community,” Throneberry said. “He was one-third of the owners and we lost him.” Shirley Kingsolver said her son hired many underprivileged young workers to help with his haunted houses and took pride in giving them paychecks. “He felt so good because many of them would use that money to buy a car or something like that,” she said. Haunted houses were not Kingsolver’s only love, said his sister Leahy. He “was one of the biggest Chiefs fans” she said, and his favorite place was Hawaii. He traveled to the islands four or five times, she said. The only passion that surpassed his love for haunted houses, however, was his family. “He absolutely adored his wife and his children,” she said. “They meant everything to him.” Kingsolver and his wife, Amy, had been married 18 years. Their five children range in age from 4 to 16. The family has established a fund to help support the children’s education. In lieu of flowers or memorial contributions, the family suggests donations to the Dennis Kingsolver Family Education Fund through the Bank of America, 2728 Vivion Road, Kansas City, MO 64119. https://iamslarti.livejournal.com/19162.html | Kingsolver, Dennis Eugene (I3736)
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| 10512 | “Flu” Cuts Store Hours Page 1 Flue Now Nation-Wide Disease Reported Epidemic In Practically Every Part of County. On Increase At Army Camps 13,605 New Cases Reported, With 820 Additional Deaths – Malady Reaches South America. Washington, Oct. 9. – Spanish influenza now has spread to practically every part of the country. Reports today to the Public Health Service showed the disease is epidemic in many Western and Pacific Coast States as well as in almost all regions east of the Mississippi river. Its spread also continued in Army camps, the number of new cases report being greater than on the day before. [story continues at length] Page 16 “Flu Cuts Story Hours Dr. Blake Order Them to Open After 9:30 an Close at 4:30. 81 Die In City: 1,525 New Cases 75 Die At Meade, With 455 New Cases – 15 Expire At McHenry. Health Commissioner Blake moved rapidly yesterday in adopting further measures to check the spread of Spanish influenza and pneumonia, which show no signs of abatement. Late in the afternoon he issued a general order directing that department store, retail stores and specialty shops open not earlier than 9:30 o’clock in the morning and close not later than 4:30 in the afternoon. (continued on page 6) Page 6 (continued from page 1) from this source. The number of new pneumonia cases yesterday was 289, the lowest since Saturday. Fifteen Marylanders. There were fifteen Marylanders in the list, six of whom were Baltimoreans. The Baltimoreans were: [list including ] Harvey L. Hedges, Walkersville. The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland. Thursday, 10 October 1918. | Hedges, Harvey Lycurgus (I62)
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