HYLAND, Gerald Dean 1936-1942

HYLAND, SCHALLOCK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/20/2011 at 20:09:44

6-Year-Old Orchard Child
Fatally Injured by Auto

GERALD HYLAND SUFFERS
SKULL AND BACK HURTS

ACCIDENT OCCURS NEAR
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL AT DISMISSAL

ORCHARD, IOWA - Gerald Dean Hyland, 6, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hyland of Orchard, died Tuesday at Nissen Hospital in Osage of injuries suffered Monday afternoon when he was struck by an automobile driven by Carroll Watters, farmer northwest of Orchard.

The accident occurred about 4 p.m. as the Orchard consolidated school was dismissing and the Hyland child reportedly ran out of the building and directly into the path of Watters car.

Gerald suffered a skull fracture and back injuries and never regained consciousness after the accident.

The child's father was employed at the Al Wetter garage here until it closed two weeks ago.

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, November 24, 1942]
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NOTES:

The newspaper gave his name as "Gerald Lee Hyland" but we changed it to "Gerald Dean," to agree with the tombstone.

Burial was at Osage City Cemetery. The Osage Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb shows:
HYLAND, GERALD DEAN (loc) 1228 7 (death/burial) 27 NOV 1942

He is the son of Stanley K. Hyland (Aug 20, 1913 - Mar 4, 1992) and Elsie D. Schallock Hyland (Feb. 7, 1917 - Jun 2, 2005)

[ Sources: Social Sec. Death Index, Elsie Hyland's obituary http://iagenweb.org/boards/mitchell/obituaries/index.cgi?review=265032 , and ZabaSearch.com ]