Mrs. Lena KLEMME - died 1924

KLEMME, RUSSELL

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 5/6/2005 at 06:23:49

Mrs. Lena Klemme Is Killed In Allamakee County Auto Wreck

WAUKON, Iowa, -- May 31 -- Special: Mrs. Lena Klemme, 45, of Waukon, mother of Mrs. Ralph Russell, 1009 Garfield avenue, Dubuque, was instantly killed at 7:45 Thursday evening when a car in which she was riding plunged over an embankment near Dorchester. Mrs. Henry Snicker (sic), 63, of Waukon, is in a critical condition in a hospital. Two other passengers escaped with minor injuries. William Schwartzhoff, a farmer living near Dorchester, was driving the car. He turned out too far in attempting to pass another auto and his machine plunged down the embankment. Mrs. Klemme is also survived by a son, Arthur of Waukon.

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, 6/1/1924 - contributed by Mary Durr