Margaret Ann "Peggy" Waery Amdahl 1932-1954

AMDAHL, WAERY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 9/8/2013 at 23:11:34

4 Killed in Crash Near Sherburn
Cars With Iowa, Washington Couples Collide
Mishap brings State Fatalities to 413 for Year
By the Associated Press
Four persons – two couples visiting Minnesota – were killed Thursday night when their cars collided at the intersection of U.S. 16 and a Martin County road near Sherburn, 15 miles west of Fairmont.

The crash carried the state traffic toll for the year to 413 as compared with 417 a year ago.

Victims were David Nelson, 29, and his 28-year-old wife of Tacoma, Wash., and Garven Amdahl, 22, and his wife, Peggy, 21, Estherville, Iowa. Amdahl, a medial student at University of Iowa, was the son of Emmett Amdahl, assistant sales manager of an Estherville milling firm. The dead couple had left their 4-month-old daughter with relatives there.

Norman Bartlett of Sherburn, an eye-witness, said the two cars jumped into the air amid clouds of dust and steam after the collision. Nelson and Mrs. Amdahl died at the scene, the two others later in Tri-Mont Hospital. (The Winona Daily News, Winona, MN, September 10, 1954)

Crash Kills Couple; E. Haven Cleric's Kin
East Haven, Sept. 10 – Word was received here today of the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Garvin Amdahl, of Estherville, Iowa in an auto accident at Fairmont, Minn.

Mrs. Amdahl, 22, was the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. James E. Waery. The Rev. Mr. Waery is pastor of the Old Stone church here. He formerly was pastor of the South Congregational church at Waterbury.

Reports reaching here said Mr. and Mrs. Amdahl were killed instantly last night in a two car crash which also took the lives of a couple in the other auto.

The Amdahl's were married by the Rev. Mr. Waery last Sept. 13 in Iowa City, Iowa where both attended the University of Iowa. Amdahl was a second year medical student and his wife, a graduate of the Julliard School of Music, New York city, was taking special classes at the university.

The Amdahl's infant child had been left in the care of its paternal grandparents while they were making a short business trip.

The Rev. Mr. Waery and Mrs. Waery left New Haven airport by plane today for Estherville where services will be conducted. (The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, CT, September 10, 1954)

Amdahl Memorial Fund is Started
A memorial fund is being started in Cedar Rapids in the name of Mr. and Mrs. Garven Amdahl of Estherville, who were killed in an auto crash Thursday, for their four-month-old daughter.

Mrs. Amdahl was the former Peggy Waery of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Her father, James Waery, was minister of Bethany Congregational church in Cedar Rapids in the late 1930's. He went to Iowa City from Cedar Rapids and is now pastor of a church in East Haven, Conn.

The Amdahl's were killed near Sherburn, Minn., in a two-car crash. Their infant daughter was staying with relatives at the time.

Funeral services will be held at Estherville Monday at 2 p.m. The fund is being collected in lieu of flowers.

Irene Stangl, 1844 B avenue NW, is in charge of the fund, or donations may be sent to Bethany Congregational church. (Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, September 12, 1954)