Eva May (Abrams) Klingensmith Rhyno (1917)

ABRAMS, KLINGENSMITH, RHYNO

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 3/12/2011 at 07:48:58

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 4, 1917
Page 1

Mrs. W. P. Rhyno Dies of Injuries

EVA MAY RHYNO

On a trip last Thursday afternoon to Colorado Springs, Mrs. W. P. Rhyno and daughters, Misses Louise and Lenore, became involved in a collision that resulted in the death of Mrs. Rhyno, serious injuries to Miss Louise and the escape of Miss Lenore with bruises. They were crossing railroad tracks in the city in an automobile, when a freight train backed so suddenly and forcibly that the automobile was totally wrecked and its occupants were hurled thirty feet away. Mrs. Rhyno's chest was crushed, she was conscious at intervals until her death which occurred Saturday night June 30th.

Miss Louise's injuries are extremely serious. She was brought here overland today in an ambulance, accompanied by a nurse who was with her in the hospital, and her father.

Mr. Rhyno left Thursday afternoon for Colorado Springs, arriving there Friday. Mrs. Oliver James went on Saturday, returning with Miss Lenore this morning. Several drove to Des Moines this morning to meet the family, all accompanying Mrs. Rhyno's body overland, arriving in Winterset about ten o'clock..

Mrs. Rhyno was Eva May Abrams, and as Mrs. Klingensmith, was deputy recorder for a time and succeeded her husband as recorder at his death. She later married to Walter P. Rhyno, who with two daughters remain in the home. One sister, living in Davenport, is left of her family.

The funeral services for Mrs. Rhyno will be Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the home.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, July 11, 1917
Page 1, Column 3

The funeral of Mrs. Walter Rhyno, who was killed in an automobile accident near Colorado Springs, was held at the home on West Court avenue last Thursday at 2:30. A large number of friends from different parts of the state and county were present t pay their last respects.

Winterset has lost a fine woman and a noble mother in the death of Mrs. Rhyno. She has lived in this community her entire life and won the lasting respect and good will of everyone. She was a favorite as county recorder when she was Mrs. Eva Klingensmith. Her later life was devoted entirely to her home and family. She was an exemplary wife and mother and all Winterset mourns her loss and sympathizes deeply with her family in her untimely death.

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