David W. Van Rossum (1916)

VANROSSUM, SHUTT, SHULTZ

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 9/3/2007 at 10:07:24

The Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 4, 1916

Killed in Auto Accident

Word reached here yesterday of the death of David Van Rossum of St. Charles, who was killed Monday in Missouri in an automobile accident.

Mr. Van Rossum was one our most highly respected citizens and will be greatly missed by his friends and neighbors. We have been unable to get the full particulars.

Transcriber's note: Born Feb. 24, 1872, son of John G. and Cynthia (Shultz) Van Rossum, Ollie Shutt, died Oct. 2, 1916.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, October 11, 1916
Page 6

St. Charles

DAVID VAN ROSSUM

The funeral of David Van Rossum was held in the M. E. church last Friday. A large crowd was in attendance, and his remains were laid to rest in the St. Charles cemetery.

Mr. Van Rossum and Frank Miller had been in southern Missouri for some two weeks looking up a land deal. They had gone in Mr. Miller's car and were returning home. When about 150 miles south of St. Louis, near a small town named De Soto, the steering wheel broke, the car ran off a bridge into a deep ditch on a rock. Mr. Van Rossum was killed and Mr. Miller had two ribs broken and was otherwise injured. The accident happened on last Monday.

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