Henry County IA Archives Obituaries.....Anderson, Axel November 19, 1931
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Mt. Pleasant News, November 20, 1931
"Headline:  Anderson Killed Instantly At Street Crossing
	Struck by car on Jefferson Late Thursday

	Fred Niece Driving Car; Mr. Anderson Thrown to Pavement

	Axel Anderson, 77, was killed instantly Thursday evening when struck 
by a car driven by Fred Niece of this city.  Mr. Anderson was attempting to 
cross Jefferson street at the Jefferson-Henry intersection when he was hit by 
the Niece car and was thrown about twenty five feet.  He was dead when 
physicians arrived.
	Niece, who is employed at the Brown meat market and stays at the Frank 
Barr home was driving north on Jefferson and saw Mr. Anderson step into the 
street, but was unable to turn the car sufficiently to avoid striking him.
		Students See Accident
	Clayton Jones and Roger Waters, students at Iowa Wesleyan, were 
sitting on the Sigma Phi Epsilon porch and Charles Boyer, also a student at 
Wesleyan, was getting into a car in front of the fraternity home when the 
accident occurred and saw the car strike Mr. Anderson.  Clifford Bauer was in 
the car in front of the house, but did not see the accident.
	They saw Mr. Anderson start to walk from the northeast corner of the 
intersection at an angle across the street to the southwest.  Niece approached 
from the south and apparently saw Mr. Anderson as the car horn was sounded.  
Mr. Anderson, who was very deaf, failed to hear the horn, however, and walked 
directly in front of the machine.
		Thrown to the Northwest
	Niece whirled his car to the left just before the car struck Mr. 
Anderson and the result the body was tossed to the north west.  He struck the 
pavement face downward.  Niece's car traveled on a short distance and crashed 
into the rear of the Bauer car, which was facing north on the west side of the 
street.  The Niece car was slightly damaged and one rear wheel and the back of 
the Bauer car were bent and broken.
	The ambulance and the physician were called to the scene at once, but 
death had been instantaneous.  Mr. Anderson was badly bruised and cut on the 
face and was bruised on the leg were the car bumper evidently struck.
	Mr. Anderson lived alone much of the time at the home on North 
Jefferson but during the present school year, a grandson, Warren Woline, had 
been making his home with Mr. Anderson.  Woline left about an hour before and 
at that time, Mr. Anderson was reading a newspaper.  It had been his custom to 
retire about seven o'clock in the evening, but recently had been complaining of 
not being able to sleep.  He evidently decided to go for a walk before 
retiring.  Late in the afternoon, about four o'clock, he had gone to the home 
of his daughter, Mrs. Cyrus Jordan, and visited there.
		Lived Near Swedesburg
	Mr. and Mrs. Anderson moved to Mt. Pleasant from a farm two miles 
south of Swedesburg sixteen years ago.  Mrs. Anderson died about ten years 
ago.  Four daughters survive, Mrs. Con Spangler, Mrs. Will Woline, Mrs. Albert 
Woline and Mrs Cyrus Jordan of Mt. Pleasant; also several grandchildren and 
nephews and nieces.  One daughter, Mrs. Oscar Hookom, died several years ago 
and one son in infancy.  Three brothers and a sister preceded him in death."

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