Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Klahn, Charles 1925
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Lake Odessa Wave, 12 Aug 1925

Hit by Auto on M-16 while Driving a Cow Towards Home.  Officers Pronounced 
Death by Accident.

Charles Klahn aged 70, a farmer of South Boston and a brother of John Klahn 
living just west of Lake Odessa was hit by an automobile on M-16 last Friday.

Mr. Klahn lives in this county near the Kent county line and is a prosperous 
farmer.  On Friday he was driving home a cow when an automobile was 
approaching, the cow decided to cross the road and Mr. Klahn jumped into the 
road to herd her off and misjudged the distance from the on coming car and ran 
directly into its path.  He was hurled to the side of the road and was dead 
when the driver of the car reached him.

The car was driven by W. H. Millard of Pittsburg, Pa., Genrl. Agent for N. 
Pacific R.R. who with his wife and two daughters had started on a vacation trip 
to Northern Michigan.  They had driven from Pittsburg that day and were 
scheduled to spend the night in Grand Rapids.

Mr. Millard did all he could do, calling a doctor who pronounced Mr. Klahn 
dead.  Coroner Boynton and Sheriff Cook of Ionia investigated the affair and 
pronounced death due to accident.

Mr. Klahn is survived by his widow two daughters and one son.


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