HANCOCK, Courtland Y. 1889-1967

HANCOCK, COMAN, YOUNG, EVANS, NOTMAN, BURKE, ANTONISEN

Posted By: Michael Kearney (email)
Date: 6/22/2002 at 08:46:30

The Clinton Herald Thursday May 11, 1967 p. 1 Crash Kills Herald Publisher, Wife
Courtland Hancock Dies in Dubuque Accident Fatal To 3
Courtland Y. Hancock, 77, of Caroline Ave., president and publisher of The Clinton Herald, and his wife, Elizabeth Coman Hancock, were killed late Wednesday afternoon in a two-car, headon collision on rain-slick U.S. 52, three miles south of Dubuque. Also killed in the crash was Charles E. Frazier, 26, of rural Bellevue, driver of the other car. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Hancock will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian church. Dr. Richard Dempsey, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Clinton Memorial Park. Visitation in the Snell-Smith funeral home will begin Friday noon. Pallbearers will be Eugene Machael, Morse Watkins, Everett A. Streit, Ralph E. Long, D.A. Lundgren, Lawrence Mills, Paul B. Holleran, Don Smith, Bruce Townsend, A.J. Goerdt, Dr. George B. Ellison and Eric Hensel. Honorary pallbearers will be E.C. Halbach, A.E. Meyer, I.H. Carnes, Byron R. Pinney, Dr. Clifford D. Grant and Lee F. White. The Iowa highway patrol said there were no witnesses to the crash which occurred on an open section of two lane U.S. 52, three miles south of Dubuque. The Hancocks, who had been in Dubuque, were returning to Clinton. Frazier, who lived in Jackson county, was driving toward Dubuque. Time of the accident was set at 3:55 p.m. Officers said the Frazier car, which was cut in two by the impact, caught fire after the bodies had been removed from the wreckage. Spilled gasoline had been ignited by warning flares. State patrolman Lyle Peters said first word of the accident came from a nearby farm resident who called the Dubuque county sheriff's office. Mr. Hancock was a descendent of a pioneer Clinton family. His maternal grandfather was W.J. Young, founder of W.J. Young & Co., a holding company the assets of which, include The Clinton Herald and an interest in the Clinton National Bank. Mr. Hancock was born June 11, 1889 in Dubuque, the son of Charles T. and Mary Young Hancock. His father was in the wholesale grocery business in Dubuque until shortly before his death in 1910. Mr. Hancock attended Dubuque public schools, Culver Military academy in Culver, Ind., Exeter academy at Exeter, N.H. and Tome School at Fort Deposit, Md. He was employed in the Security National bank in Pasadena, Calif., from 1913 to 1917. During World War I Mr. Hancock served with Battery D, 114th Field Artillery and was stationed at Camp Carney, San Diego, Calif., and was overseas eight months. After his discharge from the army he returned to the Pasadena bank but came to Clinton in 1925. He became president of The Clinton Herald Co. in 1934. His marriage to Miss Elizabeth Coman took place July 11, 1935. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Robert E. (Beth) Evans; a grandson, Courtland Charles Evans; one sister, Mrs. Arthur Notman of Staten Island, N.Y.; a nephew, John M. Notman, of Clinton and a cousin, Mrs. Molly Young Burke, Wife of Dr. J.C. Burke of Santa Fe, N.M. Mr. Hancock was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Elks lodge, the Clinton Country club, Izaak Walton League, the Minocqua, Wis., Country club, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He had served as a trustee of Jane Lamb Memorial hospital and was deeply interested in the current fund campaign. During World War II, Mr. Hancock served on the Clinton County panel of the Office of Price Administration, was president of the Clinton United Service Organization council and served as chairman of the Clinton County Victory Loan drive. He was one of the originators of the Quad County 4-H club baby beef show. Mrs. Hancock was born in LaGrange, Ill., daughter of Stephen C. and Agnes Antonisen Coman. She was graduated from Clinton high school and Grinnell college. In addition to her daughter and grandson, Mrs. Hancock is survived by one brother, Stephen C. Corman of Tampa, Fla.; an uncle (see Hancock, page 2)