Richard Lowell Hylton (1929)
BROCK, HYLTON, WILSON
Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 11/24/2006 at 13:45:33
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, October 10, 1929
Page 5MORTUARY - Richard Lowell Hylton
Richard Lowell Hylton, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hylton, was born at Peru on October 5, 1914, and died at Winterset, September 30, 1929. He came with his parents to Winterset in 1915. The family made this their home until 1920, when they removed to a farm in the Ord community, where they lived until March 1929, when they again moved to Winterset.
Lowell was active in the Sunday school and Christian Endeavor in the Ord church. He had manifested the same interest and loyalty in the Sunday school and Christian Endeavor of the Winterset Church of Christ. He was an energetic and enthusiastic member of the Pioneer club.
He leaves to mourn his death, a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hylton, one sister, Virginia Hylton, and one brother, Willard Hylton, and many friends among the young people of the church and high school.
The Rev. H. L. Olmstead conducted the funeral services Wednesday, October 2, at 2:30 o’clock, at the Church of Christ.
________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, October 3, 1929
Page 1LOWELL HYLTON IS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Son of Dale Hylton Is Killed In Accident Near High School Building
Lowell Hylton, fifteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hylton, of Winterset, was killed, Monday, September 30th, in a car accident on Washington street. The boy, who was a sophomore in the Winterset high school, was riding on the running board of a Ford roadster driven by Junior Brock, a high school friend, and it is believed that when he turned to wave his arm at some people on the sidewalk, another car, a Chevrolet coupe, driven by Donald Wilson, another high school student, coming from the opposite direction, either caught his arm, and pulled him to the ground, or he fell in front of the Wilson machine. The Wilson boy stated that he did not know he had struck the lad until he looked back and saw people in the middle of the street. It is stated that the Hylton boy might have grabbed at the bow on the side of the car and had his arm caught.
People carried the boy to the lawn of the A. Fogle residence, and he died within a few minutes. His arm was shattered and torn, and his skull was fractured, his neck was broken, and he had a deep gash in one cheek. His father was summoned and he died within a few minutes after he reached him.
The boy was born Oct. 5, 1914, and prior to March 1, 1929, the family for six years made their home on the Bell farm, 6 miles southwest of Winterset. This year they moved to the Blosser home on east Jefferson street, and Mr. Hylton is employed at the C. R. Peters implement store.
The boy was a sophomore in high school and was well liked and popular among his fellow students. The members of the class marched in a body from Tidrick’s funeral home to the Church of Christ, Wednesday afternoon.
The Rev. H. L. Olmstead, pastor of the Church of Christ, conducted the funeral services at the church, Wednesday afternoon, October 2, at 2:30 o’clock. The church was filled with friends who came to pay their final respects to the boy, and many were unable to gain entrance to the church. The local high school was dismissed in the afternoon at 2 o’clock, so that the students could attend the services. The pall bearers were high school classmates of the lad: Avery Macumber, Lloyd Callison, Stanley Bell, Howard Hartsook, Curtis Hartsook and Gene Bivens.
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