AURINGER, Beverly Clarice (Myers) 1933-1959

AURINGER, MYERS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/21/2011 at 02:43:59

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MRS. JOHN D. AURINGER

Funeral services for Mrs. John D. Auringer, 26, of 1115 Randolph St., Waterloo, Iowa, and her two-year old daughter, Cynthia, will be at 10:30 a. m. Friday at Riceville at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

The Reverend Arthur Stirns, pastor of the church, will officiate, Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Riceville. It is expected that mother and daughter will be buried in the same casket.

Two-year-old Cynthia Auringer was killed outright in a car-truck collision on Hwy 9 near Cresco Monday night.

Mrs. Auringer died Tuesday morning of injuries received in the accident.

Her husband and a son, Steven, age 6, were also injured in the accident, but are in good condition in a Cresco hospital.

She was born Beverly Clarice Myers on March 27, 1933, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Myers who then lived near Goldfield in Humboldt County.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Church and had been a resident of Waterloo for about six years.

She was married to John D. Auringer in Waterloo on November 26, 1951.

She is survived by her husband and by two sons, Steven, 6, and David, 4; by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Myers, of Waterloo; by two sisters, Barbara, and Arlys, 6, of Waterloo; and by two brothers, Gary of Waterloo, and Dean of Swaledale.

[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, April 1, 1959]
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Two Die in Cresco Crash

A thick blanket of fog that covered the bulk of Iowa Monday night claimed the lives of Mrs. John (Beverly) Auringer, 26, Waterloo, and her daughter, Cynthia, 2.

Percy Haven said the accident near Cresco happened this way:

A car driven by John D. Auringer, 29, Waterloo, going east on Highway 9, one half mile west of Davis Corners, came up on a semi-trailer. Because of dense fog he was unable to see the truck until almost upon it. He attempted to turn out to pass the truck, but the right rear of the car caught on; the left rear of the truck. The whole right side of the car was torn off and the car overturned on the shoulder of the road.

His daughter, Cynthia was thrown out of the car and was killed instantly. The mother, who had been holding the child, died of injuries at 6 a.m. Tuesday at a Cresco hospital.

Auringer and two sons, Steven, 6, and David, 4 were hospitalized in "fairly good" condition.

The driver of the truck, Lester Frita, 60, Belleville, Wisconsin was not injured.

Mrs. Auringer was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Meyers, Waterloo, formerly of the New Haven area. Auringer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Auringer, Riceville. They had spent the Easter weekend at his parents' home and were returning to Waterloo when the accident occurred.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday, March 31, 1959]