GOHN, Frank 1858 - 1927

GOHN, KELLY, FARRIS, SMITH, HICKENBOTTOM, AULT, KELLEY, RITTER, JACOBY, SCHNEIDER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:29

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, October 18, 1927
Front Page

F. GOHN KILLED BY TRAIN TODAY
Railroad Worker Struck On Straightaway Track At Glendale At 6:30 a.m.

Frank GOHN, 69 years old and for years a member of the Burlington section crew was killed by an eastbound train running on the westbound track at Glendale at 6:30 oclock this morning.

He had left his home in Parsonsville and was walking to work, not knowing that No. 16 was on the westbound track and was struck as he walked in the same direction the train was going. Nobody saw the accident and the crew was not cognizant of it. The body was found a little later by other workers on their way to the day's labor. It had been struck fairly and lifted about twenty feet. The back, both legs and an arm were broken.

The body was brought to Mark Hoskins' undertaking rooms. Dr. W. T. Webb, coroner, viewed the body and ordered its removal. Dr. Webb will interview the members of the train crew on its return this evening and probably will decide that an inquest in unnecessary.

Besides his wife, Mr. GOHN is survived by the following sons and daughters Mrs. Ed KELLY, Melmond, Iowa; Mrs. Nettie FARRIS, Mt. Pleasant; John, New London; Mrs. Will SMITH Mrs. Joseph HICKENBOTTOM, Fred and Oliver of near Glendale. Mrs. SMITH and her husband had left yesterday afternoon on a trip to Sand Point, Idaho, and were notified at Council Bluffs of the death.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Friday, October 21, 1927
Front Page

FUNERAL HELD AT PARSONSVILLE
For Frank GOHN, Who Was Killed by Burlington Train; Burial Was At Union

Funeral services for Frank GOHN, who was killed when walking on the on the Burlington tracks Tuesday morning, were held yesterday afternoon at 2 oclock from the Parsonsville church in charge of Rev. F. E. Weston of Mt. Pleasant, and they were largely attended.

The pallbearers were Section Foreman Kremer, Martin Stephenson, Henry Lee, Harold Six, Vernard Horton and Grant Nelson. Mrs. Edward Weston and Mrs. Edward Brokken sang the songs being accompanied on the organ by Miss Ruth Leu. Burial was made in Union cemetery.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Friday, October 28, 1927
Page 3

FRANK GOHN

Frank GOHN, son of John and Eva Margaret GOHN, was born in Burlington, Iowa, May 8, 1858. He was sixty-nine years, five months and ten days of age at the time of his death. The greater part of his life was spent in Burlington except seventeen years which were spent at New London and Glendale. July 31, 1888, he and Julia AULT were joined in marriage. Eight children were born to them. One son died in infancy. He leaves to mourn his passing, his wife, the following children, John GOHN, New London; Mrs. John FARRIS, Mt. Pelasant; Mrs. Ed KELLEY, Belmond; Fred, Oliver, Mrs. Will SMITH and Mrs. Joe HICKENBOTTOM, Glendale; twenty-eight grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Anna RITTER, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Mary JACOBY and Mrs. Margaret SCHNEIDER of Burlington, one brother John GOHN, of Burlington and many other relatives and friends. He was a hard working man much loved by a wide circle of relatives and friends, and he will long be missed among them.

The funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1927 from the Parsonsville church in charge of Rev. Frank E. Weston of Mt. Pleasant.

Mrs. Edward Brokken and Mrs. Edward Weston, with Miss Ruth Lue as accompanist, sang three selections. The remains were carried to their last resting place in Union cemetery by Clare Creamer, Vernard Horton, Grant Nelson, Harold Six, Martin Stephenson and Henry Leu.

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