William Alexander "Bill" Mitchell 1892-1975

MITCHELL, REDIEHS, KREBSBACH, LEINTZ

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/25/2015 at 14:04:51

Two Armstrong Men Injured in Crash
Early – James R. Laffey, 45 and Bill Mitchell, 85, both of Armstrong, were seriously injured in a car-truck accident 2 ½ miles south of here 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at the junction of highways 20 and 71.

Laffey has been transferred to the University of Nebraska hospital at Omaha, Neb. with multiple head and chest injuries. Mitchell is in a Sac City hospital with compound fractures of both legs and ankles plus head injuries.

According to Iowa Highway Patrolman John Bensley, who investigated the accident, Laffey was the driver of a car heading west on Highway 20 and he apparently ran a stop sign and his vehicle ran underneath a straight truck driven by Gene Barber, Odebolt. The truck was headed south on 71 but was in the process of turning left from 71 onto 20. Barber was not injured.

Charges in connection with the accident are pending, added Bensley. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 28, 1975)

William Michell
Armstrong – Funeral Services for William Alexander Mitchell, 83, Armstrong, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Armstrong with the Rev. Donahue Sarff officiating and burial at the Armstrong Grove Cemetery. He died Dec. 15 at the University of Nebraska Hospital in Omaha, Neb., from injuries received in a Nov. 25 accident near Early.

Mr. Mitchell was born Feb. 2, 1892 in Kossuth County to Andrew and Barbara Japp Mitchell and was educated in country schools. He was married to Lydia Rediehs in 1926 at Armstrong and worked there as a mechanic and operated an auto salvage business. He lived in the Armstrong area all his life.

Survivors include two sons, Darrel, Webster City, and Serle, Armstrong; one daughter, Mrs. Geraldine Krebsbach, Jamestown, N.D.; 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one brother, Wallace, Jerome, Idaho; and two sisters, Mrs. Hollis Leintz, Des Moines; and Mrs. Sue Williams, San Francisco, Calif.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, one brother and eight sisters.

Friends may call at the Henry Funeral Home in Armstrong. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 17, 1975)