Cerro Gordo County IA Archives Obituaries.....Fann Et Al, Floyd 1939
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Globe-Globe Gazette Apr. 1939
From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe Gazette, Monday, April 10, 1939,
p. 1, col. 5:

4 DIE IN IOWA CAB-BUS CRASH
Victims All Occupants of Taxi in Accident North of Mondamin

MONDAMIN, (AP) - Four persons died Easter Sunday when a taxi-cab and an
Interstate bus crashed on highway 75 two miles north of here.

Floyd Fann, 40, Omaha, driver of the cab; Mary Poppe, about 43, Omaha, and
Raymond (Gus) Fallmer, 28, Mondamin.

Fallmer's mother, Mrs. Mattie Fallmer, 58, Mondamin, died shortly after being
taken to a Council Bluffs, Iowa, hospital. All were occupants of the cab.

Bus passengers, all of whom escaped injury, said the bus was knocked into a
guard rail by the impact. The taxicab, belonging to Safeway Cabs, Inc., of
Omaha, for which Fann was a driver, was demolished.

From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe-Gazette; Monday, April 3, 1939, p.
3, col. 8:

Fred Christ, Cresco Carpenter, Is Dead; Funeral Conducted

CRESCO - Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Bradley funeral home
for Fred Christ, 72, carpenter of Cresco for many years, who died at his home
here Thursday night. He was born in Switzerland April 7, 1866.

He is survived by three daughters: Mrs. J. P. Gethart of Mason City; Mis Mayme
Christ of Clear Lake, and Mrs. Besslie (sic) Culbertson of Cresco. The Rev. A.
D. Phelps of the Congregational church officiated at the funeral and burial
services at Oak Lawn cemetery, Cresco.

From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe-Gazette, Monday, April 3, 1939, p.
3, col. 4:

Rites Conducted at Cresco for Watros; Burial in Oak Lawn

CRESCO-Funeral services for Omer G. Watros, 63, were held Monday at the Bradley
funeral home with burial at Oak Lawn cemetery, Cresco, the Rev. T. M. Neilsen,
pastor of the Methodist church, officiating.

He is survived by a son and a daughter living elsewhere, a sister, Mrs. Ruby
Hampton of Cresco and a brother, Dr. Roy Watros of Davenport.

From the Mason City (Cerro Gordo, Iowa) Globe-Gazette, Monday, April 3, 1939, p.
8, col. 4:

Patrick Murphy, 78, Dies at Livermore; Services on Tuesday

LIVERMORE - Patrick Murphy, 78, died at his home here Saturday night.

Funeral arrangements have been made for 9 o'clock Tuesday at Sacred Heart
church, with the Rev. Maurice J. Costello officiating. Burial will be made at
Mount Calvary cemetery here.

Mr. Murphy leaves beside the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Marie Hansen, and a son
Bernard.


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