DOCKERTY, Irma Alice (Vosburgh) 1872-1949

DOCKERTY, VOSBURGH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/14/2013 at 23:19:51

Mrs. L.R. Dockerty

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MRS. L. DOCKERTY
KILLED IN ARIZONA

Friends have received word of the sudden death of
Mrs. L.R. Dockerty of Mitchell, who was killed Saturday evening, December 10, 1949, when she was struck by a car. Mr. and Mrs. Dockerty were vacationing in Buckeye, Arizona.

Mrs. Dockerty was the mother of Ruth Dockerty, instructor in the Osage high school.

Mitchell County Press-News, December 15, 1949
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Irma Alice (Vosburgh) Dockerty

April 22, 1872 – December 10, 1949

MITCHELL WOMAN KILLED IN ARIZONA

Osage, Iowa – Mitchell County residents learned Sunday of the accidental death of Mrs. L. R. Dockerty, Mitchell, who was killed Saturday evening at Buckeye, Arizona, where she was vacationing.

Mrs. Dockerty and her husband, a retired rural mail carrier, were vacationing at Buckeye, with their home near her brothers, Clarence Vosburgh. They have vacationed yearly there. The brother was on a business trip to Oklahoma at the time of the accident. News of the death came to their only daughter, Ruth, instructor in the Osage high school.

It was Mrs. Dockerty’s custom to walk nightly to her brother’s home, and it is presumed that she was struck by a car. Ruth attempted flight reservations, but weather conditions were not favorable, so she left by train Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. Dockerty was born and reared at Oskaloosa, Iowa. She was a member of Unity Club, PEO, DAR and Congregational Church, Osage.

Survivors include her husband, daughter, brother and sisters.

Waterloo Courier, Monday, December 12, 1949
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TRAFFIC KILLS FOUR IN STATE

Highway accidents claimed four lives in Arizona over the weekend, boosting the total for the year to 263 compared to 281 on the same date last year.
Dead are: Blaine Kinsley, 39 Mesa; Anna Mae Olson 32 Phoenix; W. F. Allee 85 Phoenix; Mrs. L. R. Dockerty, 73, Mitchell Iowa.

Mrs. Dockerty suffered fatal injuries when she was hit by a car in Buckeye. The accident happened in front of the home of the woman’s brother, C. O. Vosburgh.

A 31 year old cotton picker was held for investigation in connection with the accident.

Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona Monday December 12, 1949
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Irma Alice Vosburgh was born at Oskaloosa, Iowa on April 22, 1872, the daughter of Horatio L. Vosburgh and Rebecca Marietta (Calwell) Vosburgh.
She married Lew Roy Dockerty the son of Ephriam Dockerty and Elizabeth (Williams) Dockerty on February 18, 1894 in Monroe County, Iowa. (Iowa marriage record)

He was born August 28, 1869 in Wisconsin and died January 19, 1951.

They had one daughter Ruth Vosburgh Dockerty, who was born February 8, 1895 in Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa. She died October 27, 1993 in Osage. (from her birth record and SS death record)
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Iowa Marriages:
Name: Irma Vosburgh
Gender: Female
Spouse: Lew Roy Dockerty
Marriage Date: 18 Feb 1894
County: Monroe
State: Iowa
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Iowa Births and Christenings:
Name: Ruth Vosburgh Dockerty
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1895
Birth Place: Mitchell County, Iowa
Father's Name: Lew Roy Dockerty
Mother's Name: Irma Vosburgh
FHL Film Number: 15029