Daniel Elmer Batman 1901-1926

BATMAN, MORGAN, SCOTT, JONES

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 9/11/2010 at 17:09:03

Estherville Young Man Died Suddenly
Daniel Batman Taken Ill Friday and Passed Away at Hospital Saturday Morning

One of Estherville’s most likeable and agreeable young men passed away on Saturday morning when Daniel Batman, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Batman, answered death’s summons after an illness of only two days. He had always been in good health and had been attending to his work regularly each day. On Friday he was taken quite ill and it was thought he had an attack of appendicitis. He was taken to the hospital where he submitted to an operation but other complications had already set in and he passed away Saturday morning. Everything that surgical skill and loving hands could do was done for him but his condition was hopeless. Daniel Elmer Batman was born August 5, 1901, at Hornick, Iowa. He was the son of Anna Jane and Daniel F. Batman. He resided at Hornick until 1914 when he together with his parents and brothers and sisters moved to Pipestone, Minn., residing there for four years. From Pipestone they moved to Birch Tree, Mo., and came to Estherville in 1920 where he has lived ever since. Mr. Batman was employed in the Rock Island shops before the strike in 1922 and was called back to his work in April, 1924, having served four years of apprenticeship, becoming a full fledged car man a few months before his death. He leaves to mourn his early departure his father and mother, three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Morgan, Mrs. Ray Scott and Mrs. Henry Jones, and one brother, Theodore, all living in or near Estherville, besides a host of friends and relatives. He is preceded in death by one brother and sister. His family were all with him at the time of his illness and death. Mr. Batman was well liked by everyone who knew him. He had a host of friends in this city and wherever he located because of his pleasant manner and agreeable disposition. He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word and was a man who possessed unusually high principles and morals and lived in accordance with these high ideals throughout his entire life. During his parent’s declining years he has been their main support and his place in the home can never be filled. Deceased was a generous and big hearted man and was always ready to sacrifice his own pleasure and comforts for those of his family and friends. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Christian church, Rev. Olmstead officiating. The members of the Carmen’s Union payed their last respects to their devote worker by attending the services in a body. Members of the union acted as pall bearers. Deceased was a regular attendant of the Christian church and was one of their most loyal members. He united with this church in 1922 during the Cole Evangelistic meetings and was baptized by Rev. P. H. Green. The sympathy of the entire community is extended the bereaved family and relatives in their hours of grief over the loss of their beloved son and brother. Taken away as he was in the prime of his life makes his passing away doubly sad but the parents and brothers and sisters have the great consolation of knowing that his life has been such that it gives promise of greater things in the hereafter. (Estherville Democrat, Estherville, IA, October 6, 1926)

Rock Island Employee Passed Away Sat., Oct. 2
Daniel Elmer Batman, son of Anna Jane and Daniel Forest Batman was born August 5, 1901, at Hornick, Iowa where he resided until 1914 when he with his parents and brother and sister moved to Pipestone, Minn. They lived there four years moving from there to Birch Tree, Missouri. There he resided 1 ½ years, then coming to Estherville in 1920 where he resided until his death which occurred October 2, 1926, at the Coleman hospital, he being 25 years, one month and 27 days at the time of his death. He was employed in the Rock Island shops before the strike and was called back April 1924 having served four years of apprenticeship and becoming a full fledged carman just a few months ago. He leaves to mourn his early departure a father and mother, three sisters, Mrs. Nettie Morgan, Mrs. Ray Scott and Mrs. Henry Jones and one brother, Theodore, all of whom reside in and near Estherville besides a host of friends and relatives. One brother, William, and one sister, Blanche, having preceded him in infancy. The family were all with him during his last illness and were all at his bedside at the time of his death. He took sick Friday morning and an operation was found necessary but he passed away the evening of the same day. All was done that loving hands and medical skill could do. Daniel was a loving good hearted boy, always willing to do for others where he could regardless of his own welfare, he and his brother being their parents only support in their old age. He united with the Christian church in February 1922 during the Cole Evangelistic meetings and was baptized by Rev. R. H. Green. The funeral services were held from the Christian church Tuesday p.m., Rev. H. L. Olmstead officiating. The pall bearers were some of his fellow workers form the Rock Island shop. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, October 6, 1926)