Francis Sieverding (died 1944)

SIEVERDING

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 3/10/2010 at 21:44:23

Jackson Sentinel and Maquoketa Excelsior, July 7, 1944

Bellevue Child Killed by Train

Two Year Old Francis Sieverding Is Accident Victim

Francis Sieverding, two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sieverding of Bellevue, was fatally injured at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday by a southbound Milwaukee passenger train about a half mile north of Bellevue.
The child was playing in nearby weeds and darted into the path of the engine. Taken to a Bellevue Hospital, the child died at 8:00 p.m., the same evening.