Carolyn Kale
KALE
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 2/10/2006 at 22:40:59
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, April 5, 1950CAROLYN KALE, TRURO
Truro Pays Final Tribute to Victims of Train Crash
Carolyn Kale was a daughter of Loren E. and Etha D. Kale of Truro. She was born in the Harken hospital at Osceola June 8, 1934, and was 15 years of age at the time of her death, Monday March 27, 1950, in an auto-train crash near St. Charles, Iowa.
Her entire life was spent in the Truro community. She was a member of the Congregational Christian church. She was a member of the sophomore class at the Truro high school where she was active in athletics, music, and other phases of school work.
She is survived by her parents, a sister, Marilyn, a brother, Denis and her grandmother, Mrs. Olive Kale of Truro.
Three ministers presided at the joint funeral services which were held at the Truro high school gymnasium. They were the Rev. V. R. Willey, pastor of the Truro Congregational Christian church, the Rev. W. J. Fowler of the Truro Methodist church, and the Rev. Lester Pearson of Madison Chapel Church of Christ.
Her body was placed at rest in the Ebenezer cemetery near Truro.
________________________The Osceola Sentinel
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, March 30, 1950
Page 1, Column 1Rites Sat. For Crash Victims
Three Die After Car Rams Train; Fourth Still Critical; Joint Services Scheduled At Truro
Joint funeral services will be conducted at Truro Saturday afternoon for a Clarke county youth and a Truro boy and girl who died from injuries received Sunday night when their car struck a freight train.
Carolyn Kale, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Kale, died early Monday morning.
Donald Spellerberg, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Spellerberg of Madison township, and Gene Carlson, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Carlson of near Truro, died Wednesday.
Only one of the four who still survives is Alice Umsted, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Umsted of near Truro. Her condition today was described as very critical.
Bodies of the three victims will lie in state in the Truro high school auditorium Saturday morning.
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