Walter Benhart Mangold 1890-1931

MANGOLD, KINGSTON

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Date: 4/29/2015 at 19:39:26

W.V. Mangold Dies in Mishap Near Ringsted
Walter V. [Walter Benhart] Mangold, 40, assistant cashier in the Farmers Savings bank at Ringsted was killed last night when the car he was driving struck the edge of a bridge near Ringsted and turned over in the ditch.

Mr. Mangold was found dead in the front seat of his car, with his jugular vein severed by flying glass at 8:30 p.m., an hour and a half after the accident had occurred. Mr. Mangold had been in Seneca on business. Motorists noticed a casing in the road and reported the accident to garage men in Ringsted who went out to investigate.

The coroner was called immediately but, since there was no evidence of violence, the death was pronounced accidental. Mr. Mangold’s watch and purse were in his pockets. The back and side windows of the car were smashed.

Mr. Mangold is survived by his wife and a son seven years old. He had lived in Ringsted for several years and was cashier of the Ringsted State Bank there. No funeral arrangements have been announced this morning. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, October 15, 1931)

Ringsted News
The funeral services of W.B. Mangold was held Saturday afternoon at 1:15 o’clock at the home and 1:30 at the Presbyterian church conducted by Rev. Gladsone. Mr. Mangold was an ex-soldier. After the war he was married to Mrs. Amey Kingston of Armstrong and moved to Ringsted where he has been in the banking business until his untimely death by accident one mile east of Ringsted where his car ran off of a high grade. He leaves to mourn his death his wife and one son, Morris, his mother and grandfather of Sissiton, S.D. and a brother of Armstrong. A loud speaker was placed outside of the church to enable the large crowd that gathered on the lawn to hear the church services. The pallbearers were Milo Butterfield, Loren Hoien, Nels Christensen, Aug. Kyhl, John Thorsen and John Steimer. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, October 20, 1931)

Armstrong – Many from here attended the funeral of Walter Mangold at Ringsted Saturday. Mr. Mangold met his death in an auto accident Wednesday night of last week. He was a son-in-law of H.A. Kingston and brother of Herman Mangold of Armstrong and had lived here many years. Burial was in the Armstrong cemetery. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, October 21, 1931)

W.B. Mangold Killed in Crash
Walter Mangold, one of the most popular and influential young men of Ringsted was killed last Wednesday evening when his car struck a concrete railing on a bridge on county road B one mile east of Ringsted. The accident occurred at about seven-thirty as he was returning alone from a business trip to Seneca, but was not discovered until two hours later. Mr. Mangold’s throat had been cut by flying glass and he was dead behind the wheel when found.

From the damage to the car and the marks on the road it is believed that after striking the railing the auto, a model A Ford swerved across the bridge and dropped down a high embankment on the other side and came to rest upright, but almost entirely out of sight of passing cars. From grass imbedded on the sides of the car it evidently turned over once. The front wheel, fender and running board along the left side were crushed and the rear window broken. At the time of the accident Jens Jensen who farms the land near the bridge heard the sound of a blow out and walked across the fields to the road but did not see the car and went home. About two hours later Roy Osborne of Spencer going west along the road noticed the car in the ditch and reported it upon reaching Ringsted. Homer Myers and Andrew Nelson, accompanied by John Jensen, a farmer of the community, went out to investigate and found the body.

Mr. Mangold was but forty years old and has held a number of important positions in Ringsted. He was assistant cashier of the Farmers Savings bank which closed last week at Ringsted and held the same position in the old Ringsted State bank. He was town treasurer.

The deceased young man was a veteran of the World War and prominent in county Legion circles. He is survived by his wife and nine-year-old son Morris. His mother resides in Sisseton, S. Dak., and a brother Herman lives at Armstrong.

Funeral services were held at one-thirty at the Presbyterian church in Ringsted Saturday afternoon with the American Legion and the Masonic lodge of which Mr. Mangold was a member, in charge. Burial was made in the Armstrong cemetery. The attendance at the funeral was enormous, loud speakers making the services audible to the many who could not be accommodated in the church edifice. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, October 21, 1931)