Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hummel

HUMMEL

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 5/23/2021 at 17:43:30

18 October 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser
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Called by neighbors to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hummel, 419 First avenue, the Clinton police today found Mrs. Hummel dead, and her husband in a critical condition as the result of asphyxiation.

The neighbors noticed Mr. and Mrs. Hummel were not about their home in the usual manner this morning, and becoming alarmed, telephoned the police to investigate. Chief Kamer and Policeman Ed. Burks went to the home where they found the woman already dead, and the man in a serious condition. The house was filled with gas fumes from a hard coal burner.

The city ambulance was called and Mr. Hummel hurried to Agatha hospital where it is reported there is a slight chance for his recovery. Mrs. Hummel's body was removed by Undertaker Rockwell.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Hummel are past eighty years old. They have been residents of Clinton for many years. The lived alone, and have no survivors in this city so far as is known.

20 October 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser
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Funeral services for Mrs. Benjamin H. Hummel will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Rockwell undertaking parlors. The Rev. H. J. Rendall of the Presbyterian church will officiate.

Mrs. Hummel died as a result of asphyxiation Wednesday and was found several hours later beside her aged husband who now lies in a critical condition at Agatha hospital, with little hopes for his recovery. Mrs. Hummel will be buried at Springdale cemetery.

23 October 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser
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B. M. HUMMEL DIES, DOUBLE FUNERAL HELD
A double funeral service today at the Rockwell Undertaking parlors marked the close of a little home at 512 First avenue, where Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hummel, both past 80 years old, have lived for many years.

Mr. Hummel died at midnight Saturday night at Agatha hospital, where he had lain unconscious since last Wednesday as a result of gas fumes from a hard coal burner.

Mrs. Hummel was dead when the police reached the house after having been called to make an investigation of a story by the neighbors that neither Mr. nor Mrs. Hummel had been seen about their home since Tuesday night. The rooms were filled with gas from a hard coal burner. Mr. Hummel was unconscious, and was removed in the city ambulance to the hospital, where he died three days later without gaining consciousness.

The funeral of Mrs. Hummel was set for this afternoon. After the death of her husband, a double funeral was arranged, the Rev. H. J. Rendall of the First Presbyterian church officiating. Mrs. A. H. Hammarstrom sang three special numbers, "Lead, Kindly Light, "No Night There" and "Abide With Me."

The pallbearers were: Spencer Lecky, William Nixon, Rudolph Anderson, Damon Judd, Isaac Strohm and George Saxon.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Hummel were among the oldest resident in Clinton. Mrs. Hummel was born near Camanche and has lived in this vicinity all her life.

Mr. Hummel has a son and two daughters living. Charles Hummel, the son, lives in Des Moines. Both daughters live in Muscatine.