Burlingame, Benjamin H. 1867-1929

BURLINGAME, KASTLE, FISHER, DOUGLAS, LOTZA, LESTINA, KLOTZBACH, KADLEC, TAYEK, VLAZNEY

Posted By: Charlene Barnhart (deceased)
Date: 2/3/2006 at 18:39:06

BEN BURLINGAME KILLED BY AN ENRAGED BULL
A tragedy happened last night Wednesday, at the Burlingame farm home, when Mr. Burlingame was killed by an angry bull.

Mr. and Mrs. Burlingame were in town in the evening and when they arrived home shortly after ten o’clock the bull was making such a fuss. Mr. Burlingame went out to the barnyard to see what it was all about. When he did not return his wife called the neighbors, Joe Lotza and Ed Lestina and they came at once to her assistance. They found Mr. Burlingames’s body in the yard where he had been trampled to death by the enraged bull. His chest was crushed in, every rib broken, and his lower jaw broken in three places, and a bad gash in the back of his head near the left ear were marks of the bull’s terrible rage. It is supposed he met instant death as all signs of life were extinct when they rescued him from the yard.

His tragic death has caused a gloom to fall over the whole community, His wife, Elizabeth Kastle Burlingame and two sons, Lon of Froelich and Ed of Elkader and a grandchild are left to mourn the loss of a loved one. He was sixty-two years old.

-source: Monona Leader – October 17, 1929

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OBITUARY - BENJAMIN H. BURLINGAME
Benjamin H. Burlingame, the only son of Alonzo and Cornelia (Fisher) Burlingame, was born at Holden, Mass., on June 10th, 1867. Two years later they removed to McGregor Iowa, and his home has been in this vicinity all his life.
In 1880 his mother was called to her reward leaving him and his only sister, Marjorie, five years of age in care of their father. Later Marjorie made her home with the Edward Douglas family of Dysart, Iowa.

Early in the winter of 1891 his father disappeared and though the country was thoroughly searched no trace was found of him until the early spring when he was found in the river a few miles below McGregor and it was supposed that he was drowned while crossing the ice.

He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Kastle and of their children, two daughters Mamie and Marjorie, preceded him in death. He is survived by his devoted wife Elizabeth and his sons, Edward of Elkader, and Alonzo of Froelich, and one sister Marjorie Burlingame of Alhambra, California, also nine grandchildren.

“Ben” as he was known to all, was widely known for his plain frank and honest nature. Everybody was welcome at his home, his genuine hospitality was always evident.

The entire community was shocked and deeply grieved to hear of his tragic death on the evening of October 16th, 1929. Requiem High Mass was said for the deceased by Rev. Father Donlon in St. Patrick’s church, Monona. Interment in St. Patrick’s cemetery.

The casket bearers were: Joseph Lotza, Edward Lestina, Henry Klotzbach, Joseph Kadlec, John Tayek and Martin Vlazney.

-source: Monona Leader – October 24, 1929