FLINSPACH, Raymond 1891 - 1935

FLINSPACH, DALLNER, LARSON, KILLION

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 4/14/2022 at 21:33:48

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday, November 18, 1935
Front Page, Column 3

RAY FLINSPACH KILLED WHILE PLOWING FIELD
Caught On Plow As Tractor Runs Away; Funeral Is Tuesday

Raymond FLINSPACH, 44-year-old farmer, was killed on his 350-acre farm seven miles northeast of Fairfield Saturday afternoon, when he became caught on a two-bottom plow pulled by a runaway tractor, and was struck a death blow by the heavy plow when it was turned over.

Funeral services will be held for this well-known citizen at the Fairfield Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 oclock, with Dr. U. S. Smith, pastor of the church, in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body is now at the Hoskins Funeral home and will remain there until 1:00 p.m. Tuesday.

At the time of the fatal accident, Mr. FLINSPACH was working alone in a 20-acre corn field, plowing under stalks. He had plowed two 160-rod rounds in the field since starting to work shortly after the noon hour, when it became necessary to remove stalks and earth that were "balling up" between the blades of the plow.

Leaving the tractor, a McCormick-Deering 10-20, running in plow gear, Mr. FLINSPACH is believed to have climbed back onto the plow and tried to kick out the dirt and corn stalks from between the blades. A foot became caught, and Mr. FLINSPACH was held fast while the tractor continued southward in the field at the rate of about three and one-half miles an hour.

As the accident is reconstructed by county officers and neighbors of the FLINSPACH family, the tractor struck the fence at the south side of this 20-acre field, and veered slightly to the east, continuing about 30 rods to a ditch. Here, the tractor evidently bounced with such force that the plow became unhitched.

The plow turned over, striking Mr. FLINSPACH a lethal blow as it did so, according to Coroner C. C. Tallman, Sheriff Fred R. McIntire and others who examined the body. The body was not crushed, as was first reported, but had received a powerful blow on the head, it was stated by the coroner.

The tractor continued in an erratic course, as far as can be determined by tracks. Fences of the FLINSPACH farm were broken in seven places, a check made Sunday shows. Following the accident it was first sighted by Mrs. FLINSPACH, who saw it from the house, running without a driver in a field some distance south of the corn field where Mr. FLINSPACH had started to work.

Mrs. FLINSPACH called to the hired man, Rex DALLNER, who was shaving at the time. He ran out, hopped on the tractor, shifted it into high gear and drove it back to the field where Mr. FLINSPACH had been working. Mr. DALLNER and Mrs. FLINSPACH saw the overturned plow, and a few seconds later discovered the body of Mr. FLINSPACH, partially covered with corn stalks and earth.

The first persons to reach the scene after Mrs. FLINSPACH and Mr. DALLNER were Delbert Macy, Ted Kann, Cletus Ruxlow and Lester Bonnett.

Sheriff McIntire and Coroner Tallman were called, and conducted an examination of the body. There will be no inquest the coroner announced.

The body was then removed to the Hoskins funeral home in Fairfield. Mr. FLINSPACH was a large man, weighing about 255 pounds. Not a bone in his body was broken by the accident, it was reported today.

Mr. FLINSPACH is survived by his wife, and by his mother and one sister. The mother is Mrs. Iowa FLINSPACH, widow of the late Martin FLINSPACH who passed away several years ago. The sister is Mrs. Elmer LARSON, who lives north of Fairfield. There are a large number of other relatives in this county.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Thursday, November 21, 1935
Page FIVE, Column 1

Locals

... --Mr. and Mrs. Dale DALLNER of Des Moines and Miss Erma DALLNER of Muscatine have returned home after a visit at the parental F. S. DALLNER home and being called here by the death of Raymond FLINSPACH. ...

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Saturday, November 23, 1935
Page THREE, Column 5

... Mr. and Mrs. E. R. DALLNER attended the FLINSPACH funeral in Fairfield Tuesday. ...

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Saturday, November 23, 1935
Page SIX, Column 5

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere thanks to all the neighbors and friends for the many kindnesses shown during our recent bereavement.

Also for the beautiful floral offerings.

Mrs. Raymond FLINSPACH
Mrs. Iowa FLINSPACH
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer LARSON and family.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Daily Ledger"
Saturday, December 14, 1935
Page FOUR, Column 4

FLINSPACH Estate Valued At $26,336; Inventory Filed

The estate of the late Raymond FLINSPACH, well-known Jefferson county farmer who was accidentally killed while plowing corn on Nov. 16, is valued at 26,336.57, according to an inventory filed in the Jefferson county district court.

The heirs at law listed on the inventory are: Mrs. Helen FLINSPACH, wife of the deceased, and Mrs. Iowa FLINSPACH, his mother. Real estate owned by the estate is valued at $17,000.

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Note: Buried in Lot 3rd.054. Wife Clara Helen KILLION FLINSPACH died in 1975 and was buried with him. The "rod" mentioned in the obituary is a measure of distance, one rod being equal to 16.5 linear feet, and is a surveyor's term of measurement.