NIGHTINGALE, Noble 1900-1931

NIGHTINGALE, SHERMAN, COLBERTSON

Posted By: Karen L. Robertson (email)
Date: 9/27/2011 at 20:20:45

NOBEL NIGHTINGALE KILLED IN AUTOMOBLE ACCIDENT

KANSAS CITY MAN, SON-IN-LAW OF THE GEO. COLBERTSONS WAS ON BUSINESS TRIP

Word of the tragic death of Noble Nightingale, son of Mrs. A.J. Sherman and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Colbertson reached here Saturday.

Mr. Nightingale was killed in an automobile accident Saturday afternoon about 14 miles from Chanute, Kansas. He, with two fellow workers, Hugh and Alton Hill, had been to Bartlesville, Okla., to estimate a job of metaling lathing, which was their trade. They were returning home in Mr. Nightingale's car, when as nearly as can be learned from the one farmer who witnessed the accident, Hugh Hill took the wheel, the car struck a telephone pole, swerved, turned over three times and landed in the ditch on top of Mr. Nightingale.

Mr. Nightingale was unconscious when picked up but lived ten minutes. He suffered concusions about the head and a broken shoulder. The body was shipped to the home at Kansas City and the family notified. His companions are in a serious condition, Hugh still unconscious and Alton badly injured.

Funeral services were held in Kansas City Monday and the body shipped to St. Ansgar where services were held at the Colbertson home Wednesday afternoon followed by services at the Methodist church, conducted by the Rev. Otis Moore. The Lion's Club quartet, C.H. Brogmus, Wm. Groth, W.A. Moe and Armond Walk, sang several beautiful selections at the services.

Obituary (Written by a member of the family)

Noble Wm. Nightingale was born on July 9th, in the year of our Lord, 1900 at Kansas City, Mo.

He was the son of Mrs. A.J. Sherman, Dickens, Iowa, and Mr. Wm. Nightingale, of Sedalia, Mo.

At the early age of 15 he was received into the Centrapolis Baptist Church, by confesion of faith and baptism, by Brother Guy Prather.

He was united in marriage to Miss Grace Colbertson of Saint Ansgar, Iowa, on November 22, 1920. To that union was born two children, a daughter, Joyce, and son, LaVerne.

For the past 9 years, he has been engaged in the metal lathing trade, in which work he was engaged at the time of his death.

Surviving him are his wife, Grace, and two children, Joyce, 9, and LaVerne 7, residing at the home, 4026 Spruce St., Kansas City Mo., his mother, Mrs. A.J. Sherman, Dickens, Iowa and father, Wm. Nightingale of Sedalia, Mo., and step-father, Delbert Sherman, Dickens, Iowa; a brother, Orville, of Houston, Texas, an aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Waltemeyer, 1626 Corrington Ave. and a host of friends and relatives who are left to mourn his death.

His passing was a shock to all who were intimately acquainted with him for he was taken from their midst by a sudden accident while returning from a business trip to Oklahoma in the interest of work connected with his trade.

He had left his home Friday night after a dinner meal had been prepared for him, during which time the family joked about his trip, not realizing that it was their last meal together. He took his parting expecting to return on Sunday night.

The trip to Oklahoma was made safely but in his haste to get home to his family death met him on the highway thus preventing the happy return he had expected.

The loved and loving brother, husband, son and friend died where manhood's morning almost touches noon.

While he enjoyed life and raptured with the world, he passed to silence and pathetic dust.

This tender hearted man in every storm of life was oak and rock, but in the sunshine he was vine and flower. He was a friend of all, with a friendship that caused him to lay down his life for his friends. He loved the beautful and was with color, form and music touched to tears. He aided with the weak and with a tender hand gave aid. He added to the sum of human joy, and were every one for whom he did some loving service to bring a blossom to his grave, he would sleep tonight beneath a wilderness of flowers.

There was never a father more proud of his children than was this man, with whom he shared their childlike joys and sorrows. Nor was there a better son than he. He lovod his step-father with a fervent love as he would an own father, never giving an unkind work, and alwasy listening to his words of council.

In his trade he made lasting friends that will miss him as they return to their earthly toil, and he to do a greater work for the master.

In his home community there will be an unnumbered host of friends who will miss his smiling face, sweet disposition and winsome personality.

The greater loss will be felt in his home, where he was so devoted to his family, making many noble sacrifices to keep the home intact.

St. Ansgar Enterprise