Gladys Alzina Kasa 1914-1918

KASA, JACOBSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/31/2013 at 21:30:03

News of Wallingford
The sad news reached us Friday evening that little Gladys Kasa was killed in an auto accident near Jackson, Minn. The parents and relatives have the sympathy of all in their bereavement. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, April 10, 1918)

Girl Killed In Auto Accident
Gladys Kasa Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Kasa Killed Instantly
Was On Her Journey Home
Miss Edith Jacobson Was Also Badly Injured as Was Her Father and Sister
The auto season seems to have but opened when we have another terrible accident in which little Gladys Kasa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kasa of Reveria, Minn., lost her life, and Miss Edith Jacobson had a limb broken in two places and Miss Cecil Jacobson was very badly bruised. Mr. Lewis Jacobson, the driver of the car, was injured about the face and hands. The accident happened about nine miles north of Jackson on Friday last. It seems the little Kasa girl has been visiting with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Jacobson, during the winter. For the past few days she had been urging Mr. Jacobson to take her home. Friday [April 5, 1918] being a nice day he concluded to take her home. They were in Jackson about 2 o’clock and the accident happened a little before three. Mr. Jacobson says he was not driving the Ford at any great speed, probably 20 miles per hour. He was just crossing another road when suddenly the car jumped to one side. He remembers being thrown to one side of the car. He pushed down the brake and the car tipped to the other side. That was the last he remembered. The daughter says the car never turned over but tipped far enough that the front fenders were badly bent. The daughter assisted the father from under the car. He was lying face down and the rear wheel of the car was resting on his back. The little girl was probably killed by being thrown against a telephone pole. This is in all probability the way the young lady had her limb broken. The accident is one of those where it is hard to say just how it happened. There is no way of knowing. It is said, however, there is nothing broken about the steering gear of the car. In fact the damage to the car will not exceed twenty dollars.

The funeral services of Gladys Kasa were held in Wallingford on Tuesday and the remains were laid to rest in the High Lake [Wallingford Lutheran] cemetery. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, April 10, 1918)